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Susan Arico
Susan Arico is a New Hampshire-based writer with focus in digital wellness and the intersection of faith and culture. You can follow her on her substack, For the Sake of the Good.
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On Being An Unpopular Mom
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‘Sexiness’ Can Be Good, and Cell Phones Are Killing It
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Fine Then, I Won’t Have A Party
This is normal, right? Not everybody can make it to everything – we all have busy lives. And not everybody is good at communicating. We can’t expect everyone we invite to show up for our thing, to help our idea materialize.
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Decorum In Driver’s Ed? What The Driving Instructor Said
I have three teen girls who enjoy a good drama or rom-com, and we’re no strangers to the Pride and Prejudice movie with Keira Knightley (2005). It’s a fun watch, and there’s something intriguing and compelling about the period, costumes, balls, etc. The tale is set just over...
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Bethlehem … Or A Fake Town in the Metaverse?
"Once in Royal David's City" is one of my favorite Christmas carols. When I was eight, my class sang it in the school Christmas concert … and I've loved it ever since. David's City is, of course, Bethlehem, the town where Jesus was
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Squid Game: The ‘Bread and Circuses’ of Today
I talked to one of me teens recently about the Roman concept of "bread and circuses," things leaders used to comfort and distract the masses. Bread came in the form of free wheat for Roman citizens, and circuses came in the form of the Colosseum in Rome and
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Screens Are Damaging Our Kids – Childhood 2.0 Shows Us How
There's been a flurry of films in the past few years about kids and the screen-based life they now live. There was Screenagers in 2016, Like in 2018, The Social Dilemma in 2020, and now Childhood 2.0. This likely isn't an exhaustive list, either, and