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At what age should kids be on social media? Should they be on it at all? If they aren't, will they be social pariahs? Should parents monitor their conversations? Do parental controls work?  Navigating social media as a parent — not to mention ...

At what age should kids be on social media? Should they be on it at all? If they aren’t, will they be social pariahs? Should parents monitor their conversations? Do

Experts share some tips on staying safe, communicating and setting limits on social media -- for kids as well as their parents.

 

Mass incarceration is family separation “on repeat,” creating mass isolation and loneliness. And Black women are an unrecognized casualty.

US Surgeon General Murthy has called loneliness a public health crisis. Japan and the UK are countries who now have a Minister of Loneliness to address the problem. And there's increasing concern around the world that a problem that was once associated with the elderly is now prevalent among young people. Marco Werman speaks with Julianne Holt-Lunstad, a professor of

This past week United Way reported there has been a 22% increase in homelessness in Worcester over the last year, a continuation of a trend.

In a new study, brain volume was revealed to be smaller in people who had the fewest social contacts compared to people who had the most contacts.

Former White House press sec. Jen Psaki repeatedly pushed Big Tech companies to censor COVID information coming from conservatives, a federal judge says.

Deaths and injuries from guns in the U.S. have increased for years, mirroring the 1990s - the last time gun violence was considered an epidemic.