“Introspection means talking to yourself, and one of the best ways of talking to yourself is by talking to another person. One other person you can trust, one other person to whom you can unfold your soul. One other person… — Kate Fagan Copy Share Image
“Introspection means talking to yourself, and one of the best ways of talking to yourself is by talking to another person. One other person… — Kate Fagan Copy Share Image
“Digital life, and social media at its most complex, is an interweaving of public and private personas, a blending and splintering of identities unlike… — Kate Fagan Copy Share Image
“When Jim was growing up, good colleges were challenging to get into, but it wasn't like it is today, when being a solid, diligent… — Kate Fagan Copy Share Image
“And to make matters worse, those with the least empathy are often teammates—peers.” — Kate Fagan Copy Share Image
“Some stories simply touch us more deeply as they reach right into our hearts, settle there, and never leave.” — Kate Fagan Copy Share Image
“Much of young adulthood is presented as a ladder, each rung closer to success, or whatever our society has defined as success. Perhaps climbing… — Kate Fagan Copy Share Image
“And we're not just talking high school students; this practice of hovering often begins before they've learned how to write. Kids used to grow… — Kate Fagan Copy Share Image
“Madison and her friends were the first generation of “digital natives”—kids who’d never known anything but connectivity. That connection, at its most basic level,… — Kate Fagan Copy Share Image
“The ease of having ‘friends’ online might make people more likely to just tune out when they don’t feel like responding to others’ problems,… — Kate Fagan Copy Share Image
“Recognize that empathy might be in short supply. Educate yourself about mental health. And consider the idea that not every struggling teammate is weak.” — Kate Fagan Copy Share Image
“of being okay, and having everything together, and almost, like, say, even though I’m stressed, I still have time to have a perfect social… — Kate Fagan Copy Share Image
“tiring, but it is not confusing. You are never left wondering if you’ve made the wrong choice, or expended energy in the wrong direction,… — Kate Fagan Copy Share Image
“how it was fostering an increased dependence on outside validation, and consequently a decreased ability to soothe themselves. In 2013, these were just beginning… — Kate Fagan Copy Share Image
“One study found that an average high school student today likely deals with as much anxiety as did a psychiatric patient in the 1950s.… — Kate Fagan Copy Share Image
“The parameters of the actual world are expansive, and people can view you from any angle (literally and metaphorically), while online you need only… — Kate Fagan Copy Share Image
