Hey parents, stop letting your kids sleep with a smartphone or tablet. A new study says kids who sleep near a small screen get, on average, 20 minutes less sleep and are about one-third more likely to suffer restless sleep. I know, that sounds obvious, but apparently it’s not. More [Keep reading]
Losing your iPhone isn’t as bad as losing a limb, but it can feel that way, suggests new research from the University of Missouri published this week. In a paper titled “The Extended iSelf,” researchers built on the theory that people see their cell phones as part of themselves. Phone [Keep reading]
You probably have some idea that you’re wasting time when you sit at your office desk through the dinner hour. Any boss worth his or her salt knows this, too. Now, there’s proof that even a formula-addicted economist could love. So as you sift through all the resolutions you have already [Keep reading]
In case you had any doubt about how hostile America is to workers right now, the U.S. Supreme Court has cleared that up. Unanimously. In a twisted ruling that only a corporation could love, the court yesterday ruled that Amazon (via its contractor) does not have to pay warehouse workers [Keep reading]
“I’m right in one of those sane circles,” Dawn Dinegan wrote to me from her four-bedroom home an hour north of Madison, Wis. “Lots of decent housing for $100K … good schools and low crime.” Those “sane circles” are on a map I published recently listing 100 U.S. communities with jobs, affordable [Keep reading]
I write a lot about struggling Americans, and there are a lot of them. Some folks persistently complain that I am merely supporting the whining class. You know the refrain: Americans have it a lot better than they ever have, that all the lines of people carrying huge TVs out [Keep reading]
Where are the most economically sane places to live in America? The map below is an attempt to answer that question. I recently wrote about data revealing the top places to live in America with affordable homes, jobs, and good schools. In The Restless Project, I’ve explained that many American [Keep reading]
Kimberly and her husband have no credit card debt, a reasonable $963 monthly mortgage payment for their North Carolina home, and just saved $600 a month on child care when their oldest child started kindergarten. And they are drowning. With two kids, aged 5 and 3, and now only one [Keep reading]
A recent study published in a serious academic journal found a connection between credit scores and heart disease. A note tucked inside the paper mentions research that could by vital to parents. Scientists at Duke University examined 1,000 New Zealand residents for signs that credit behavior and health were linked, [Keep reading]
Affordable housing is an elusive concept. Money writers, myself included, have a bad habit of separating out individual life choices and analyzing them, as if they happen in isolation. Like my recent series detailing the number of counties in America where average incomes can’t support average-priced homes. I did the [Keep reading]
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