How to help your child with boredom

October 7, 2018

“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 industry topped $2 trillion. That’s a lot of money spent solely on entertainment. I spoke with Annabella Martinson, an eighth-grader at Bothwell Middle School, about what she thinks about boredom. Hers was an opinion not unlike many of those of my other peers. She told me that when she really has ...

Child experts file FTC complaint against Facebook kids’ app

October 7, 2018

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 asked the Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday to investigate Facebook’s Messenger Kids for violating the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, or COPPA. The complaint says the app does not meet COPPA requirements because it doesn’t try to ensure that the person who sets up the kids’ ...

Iron ore & Civil War

September 30, 2018

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

September 29, 2018

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

Fun times with figure skating

September 23, 2018

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 was in a higher level than me. That really pushed me to work even harder until eventually I caught up to her and got to relax. Now it has kind of grown on me and I love it because I am the youngest and best in my class. At first, my mom signed me up for only one day a week, but she saw how good I ...

Reading rocks!

September 23, 2018

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 ...