It’s more important than ever to teach empathy from the very beginning, because our kids are going to need it. —Melinda Gates Nearly every expert I spoke with while writing “Raising Humans in a Digital World: Helping Kids Build a Healthy Relationship with Technology,” told me that if they could equip kids with one digital superpower, it would be empathy. [Download Empathy-Building Activities Below] Empathy is the ability to put oneself in another’s shoes. It encompasses persp

Today’s teens have grown up with the Internet, so many of their social structures revolve around social media. Therefore, it should be no surprise that online dating platforms often play a role in their romantic relationships. As the mother of a 13-year-old and 17-year-old, Fielding Graduate University faculty member and Media Psychologist Dr. Karen Dill-Shackelford understands first-hand that, “Teen dating itself, with or without apps, is never going to be worry or trouble-f