Snapchat launches parental controls to help manage teens’ social media use : NPR

Snapchat is rolling out new parental controls that enable mother and father to see their teenager’s contacts and confidentially report back to the social media firm any accounts that concern them. A toddler lies in mattress illuminated by the glow of a cellular phone. Elva Etienne/Getty Photos cover caption toggle caption Elva Etienne/Getty Photos Snapchat… Continue reading Snapchat launches parental controls to help manage teens’ social media use : NPR

Planet Money : The Indicator from Planet Money : NPR

SYLVIE DOUGLIS, BYLINE: NPR. (SOUNDBITE OF DROP ELECTRIC’S “WAKING UP TO THE FIRE”) DARIAN WOODS, HOST: On the age of 13, Coss Marte made his first drug deal. He purchased an oz of marijuana. He bagged it up, and he offered it to his faculty mates, making practically $300 that week. COSS MARTE: It was… Continue reading Planet Money : The Indicator from Planet Money : NPR

‘The Dating Playbook,’ By Farrah Rochon : NPR

Farrah Rochon’s The Relationship Playbook is an absolute romp, filled with humor, good banter, and — in fact — intercourse enchantment. Taylor Powell is the proprietor of Taylor’d Conditioning, a health and vitamin enterprise. And whereas she is likely to be the queen of saucy comebacks, she’s sadly on a downward spiral with regards to… Continue reading ‘The Dating Playbook,’ By Farrah Rochon : NPR