Twitch.tv: Our Guide Down the Stream
How would you react if 90,000 people were watching over your shoulder while you edited a spreadsheet at work? Could you handle the pressure of a crowd large enough to fill an NFL stadium watching your every move while...
Charli D’Amelio: The “Reigning Queen of TikTok”
Welcome to 2020 where stars are born on the internet. Their fandom isn’t contrived, it isn’t fought for (at first), it (sometimes) isn’t really even justified. From YouTube to Instagram to TikTok, there is a literal world of opportunity...
How are Social Media Influencers Affecting Your Teens?
It’s no secret that social media is a powerful place, today. Social media platforms are constantly saturated with loads of information ranging from breaking news all the way to the latest makeup tutorial. As a result, brands and businesses...
Get to Know: PewDiePie
A study of 1,000 teens aged 13-17 by SurveyMonkey found that not only do 64% of teens prefer visual media over reading, but 50% get their news primarily from YouTube, which has 500 hours of video uploaded every minute,...
Being Present in Your Parenting
True Presence It’s funny how times have changed. We used to teach people not to get into cars with strangers, and now we frequent Uber and Lyft. Kale used to be merely a “garnish” placed around other food and...
Teen Culture During COVID-19
To update you on the latest in memes, fashion trends, gen-z celebrity drama, and social causes that your teens are most interested in would seem wildly tone-deaf to the circumstances we’re all confronting as March comes to a close...
How To Guide Your Teen Through A Social Media Cleanse
I may be a millennial — entering this world when floppy disks and VHS were still all the rage — but the learning curve on social media addiction has come to its peak in my adulthood. Yes, as...
Zendaya: From Disney Channel Star to Award-Winning Actress
Now that January is here, the usual holiday cheer is beginning to fade, and winter is in full-swing (fellow Mid-westerners, I’m with you), we can start looking ahead at yet another wonderful time of the year… *drumroll please*…. award...
Why Instagram is Hiding Likes
As more and more research unveils the alarmingly detrimental effects of social media and the mental health of young people, Instagram recently made waves with an important announcement. In an effort to combat the feelings of anxiety or inadequacy...