Kids these days, we’re told, are scrolling the summer away on their digital devices. But some tweens and teens are rebelling — by getting good old-fashioned summer jobs. They’re bucking a longterm trend. The percentage of teens actively working or looking for work over the summer has dropped by 30 percentage points since the ‘70s, … Read more
You likely already know this little ditty. In 2019, Carl Martin, a Danish musician and musicology student, sat down to compose a song and struck what he believed was musical gold. He had crafted a four-note melody that he said “felt just right” and claimed it was the “best melody anybody in music has ever … Read more
Age of AI? Almost 9 in 10 children say they actually want “hands-on” jobs in the future, according to new research. A survey of 2,000 parents and their Gen Alpha children (ages 5-16) found that children are already thinking about jobs, and most (85%) want a “hands-on” job. Along with tactile work, many kids said … Read more
Gen Alpha boys might not feel so “alpha” when they hear the depressing claim about their sperm. “In 1970, men had twice the sperm count as our teenagers do today,” Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. declared on Monday while joining President Trump at a maternal healthcare event in the Oval Office. … Read more