The 2025 World Happiness Report confirms what parents and educators have experienced: youth wellbeing has declined sharply in North America and Western Europe over the past fifteen years, and heavy social media use is a meaningful part of the explanation. In the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, young people rank among the unhappiest in the world relative […] Source by ChurchTechToday.com | Resources for today’s church pastor and church tech teams Read More
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