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Published in Elemental

·Jun 26, 2019

The Complicated Relationship Between Screen Time and Depression

Blaming smartphones and social media for mental health issues in teens distracts from deeper problems — Much has been written about Palo Alto’s teen suicides, which is four or five times the national average. My daughter was 13 in 2009, attending Terman Middle School in Palo Alto, when her friend Natalie (name changed) ended her life. “Nat was gone forever,” my daughter wrote in an essay…

Mental Health

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The Complicated Relationship Between Screen Time and Depression
The Complicated Relationship Between Screen Time and Depression

Published in The Bold Italic

·Mar 18, 2019

For Aging Immigrants, Food from Their Homelands Is Key to Happiness

Stories from California’s immigrant seniors clinging to the flavors of their past — “Do you have drumsticks?” my 85-year-old mother asks the cashier at the checkout counter at Madras Groceries in Sunnyvale, California. The woman points to a pile of long, narrow, cylindrical vegetables near the counter. …

Food

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For Aging Immigrants, Food From Their Homelands Is Key to Happiness
For Aging Immigrants, Food From Their Homelands Is Key to Happiness
Jaya Padmanabhan

Jaya Padmanabhan

Journalist. Writer. Columnist for @SFExaminer. Previous editor @IndiaCurrents. Author of story collection “Transactions of Belonging.” Twitter @jayapadmanabhan

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