Heather Wake

4 days ago | upworthy.com | Heather Wake

We know too much screen time is not good for us. We also know that younger folks are particularly susceptible to screen addiction. Crucially, teachers and psychologists have been sounding the alarm about the effects of too much screen time on young people for years now. Reports flood in every year that more and more people in schools struggle to do anything without ChatGPT's help, that they're way behind in learning fundamental skills, that they're disrespectful and lazy.

5 days ago | upworthy.com | Heather Wake

We have a small favor to ask of you Facebook is critical to our success and we could use your help. It will only take a few clicks on your device. But it would mean the world to us. Here’s the link . Once there, hit the Follow button. Hit the Follow button again and choose Favorites. That’s it! If you’d like to know why this is so important for us, you can read more about it here . Pop Culture Add Upworthy to your Google News feed. A vintage 80s cassette tape.

1 week ago | upworthy.com | Heather Wake

An estimated 56 million US adults were reported as being affected by scam robocalls, resulting in $25.4 billion in losses, according to a 2023 Truecaller U.S. Spam and Scam Report. This means that about 21% of US adults were victimized by phone scams in 2023 alone. Surprisingly, the report also found that, despite the stereotype of seniors being the biggest victims of phone scams, young adults between the ages 18-44 were three times more likely to be taken advantage of than older adults 45 and up.

1 week ago | upworthy.com | Heather Wake

Some of us are lucky enough to take our parents for granted. We have a brain full of memories of them, and many decades to form new ones. We learn who they are as people, who they were before we were born, where they came from, what their hopes and dreams were, how they met their partner—our other parent. Some people don't have that luxury. About 5% of kids have lost one parent by the time they turn 18, and the odds get worse from there.

1 week ago | upworthy.com | Heather Wake

We have a small favor to ask of you Facebook is critical to our success and we could use your help. It will only take a few clicks on your device. But it would mean the world to us. Here’s the link . Once there, hit the Follow button. Hit the Follow button again and choose Favorites. That’s it! If you’d like to know why this is so important for us, you can read more about it here . Education Add Upworthy to your Google News feed. Something you've never thought about, but makes total sense.