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Sunday: Our Youth

How to help your child with boredom

“I’m bored.” If you gave me a nickel for every time you heard someone say this, I would acquire quite a nice sum of money. Speaking of money, according to the article “The Surprising Benefits of Boredom,” written by Dr. Neel Burton for psychologytoday.com, in 2016 the entertainment ...

Child experts file FTC complaint against Facebook kids’ app

NEW YORK (AP) — Children’s and public health advocacy groups say Facebook’s kid-centric messaging app violates federal law by collecting kids’ personal information without getting verifiable consent from their parents. The Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood and other groups ...

Iron ore & Civil War

NEGAUNEE — Where there’s smoke, there’s history. That was the case at least on Friday when Lakeview Elementary School fourth-graders visited the Michigan Iron Industry Museum to learn about “Iron Ore and the Civil War.” Things like blacksmithing, cannon-firing and medical ...

Voices of youth

What would you do if you were invisible for a day?

Fun times with figure skating

I started figure skating because I saw my friend do it in a show and that made me want to do it, but I had been thinking about it, though, throughout the years. I started figure skating when I was 6. I was having so much fun, too, that is until I found out my friend figure skated and that she ...

Reading rocks!

By TRINITY CAREY Journal Staff Writer MARQUETTE — The Upper Peninsula Children’s Museum was “All About Books” Thursday evening as families gathered for reading and activities as part of the museum’s Third Thursday Literacy Nights. The Literacy Legacy Fund of Michigan ...