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Personal Digest: When phones rewrite parenting rules
Digest Newsletter · Jul 27, 2026
Personal Digest: When phones rewrite parenting rules

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specific microbiome bacteria linked to aging rates — New research ties particular gut bacteria to differences in aging, suggesting gut–brain pathways influence neurological aging.

Parenting

Parenting

Parenting in the gadget age: phones, AI, and boundary drama

Smartphones (seattletimes.com) · Artificial Intelligence (chinadaily.com.cn) · Extended Family (businessinsider.com)

Mental Health

Mental Health

Mental-health pressure points: from social media to postpartum crises

Social Media (wvlt.tv) · Cannabis (drug) (kevinmd.com) · Suicide (timminstoday.com)

Neuroscience

Neuroscience

Gut bugs, ants, and ads: small circuits with big effects

Microbiome (labroots.com) · Paid Media (mi-3.com.au) · Ethology (scitechdaily.com)

Psychology

Psychology

Big ideas: free will, fitness, and the brain’s shopping cart

Free Will (theconversation.com) · Self-esteem (psychologytoday.com) · Consumer Behaviour (m.economictimes.com)

Emotional intelligence

Emotional intelligence

AI tries to feel: promising twins and cautionary chatbots

Artificial Intelligence (trendhunter.com) · Chatbot (whdh.com) · Leadership (forbes.com)

Education

Education

Schools stretched: staffing, tech, and rights collide

Teacher education (nondoc.com) · Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (consultqd.clevelandclinic.org) · Transgender rights (dailybruin.com)

Trauma

Trauma

Psychedelics re-enter the clinic as a trauma tool

Psychedelics (baltimoresun.com)

Chronic illness

Chronic illness

Longer lives, longer illnesses: the slow-burn health crisis

Ageing (news18.com) · Diagnostic test (nypost.com) · Respiratory infection (medicalxpress.com)

Trauma-informed care

Trauma-informed care

Trauma‑informed care scales: from crisis teams to harm reduction

Resilience (psychology) (iredellfreenews.com) · Human Trafficking (khaama.com) · Harm Reduction (goodmenproject.com)

Social emotional learning

Social emotional learning

Curriculum fights over SEL and anti-racist readings

Early Childhood Education (thecollegefix.com)

Emotional pain

Emotional pain

Psychosis and fame: different roads to deep emotional pain

Psychotic (psypost.org) · Amy Winehouse (wglr.com)