A terrible paradox of the modern West is that while our societies are safer, healthier and richer than any in human history, this material comfort does not seem to be making us happy. Analysis of the recent millennium cohort study, led by researchers at University College London (UCL), provoked some apocalyptic headlines, with the shocking finding that roughly 7 per cent of UK children have attempted suicide by the age of 17. These bleak findings are confirmed by Samaritans, which provides a graph that shows a very clear and alarming trend: while less than 1 per cent of the over-75s have self-harmed at some point in their lives, around 12 per cent of millennials report having done so, along with more than a quarter of Gen Z girls. The suicide rate for young women in Britain is now at its highest on record.
Pastor Rick Sams: Christmas connections in a crazy COVID climate
Pastor Rick Sams
Special to The Alliance Review
How will you gather with your family this Christmas? That’s the biggest question facing families and friends this Christmas. Technology has come to the rescue of our ability to relate as families, as businesses and schools.
But … Zoom fatigue is real. And tech execs know how smart phones work for us and work on us. The people who are closest often suggest the most caution.
So many of them have decided they don’t want their own children anywhere near these devices, says Athena Chavarria, who worked as an executive for a tech company. Many CEOs of computer and communication companies have severely limited their own kids’ screen time of any kind video games, social media, TV, internet surfing, etc.