In Depth:  Glynn Harrison

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Social media and our children

Social media and our children

Glynn Harrison

If you missed all the headlines about the link between smartphones and the epidemic of mental illness in children and young people, then you have not been paying sufficient attention to your social media feed.

The demand for young people’s mental health services currently stands at record levels. It began around 2012, which saw a sharp uptick in rates of childhood anxiety, depression and self-harm. And since then, the graphs have continued their upward march. Even sceptical mental health epidemiologists like me, who prefer to look at data from several different sources before making up their minds, now believe that something serious is happening to our children.

‘We need a better story...

‘We need a better story...

Glynn Harrison

… because the sexual revolution demands one’ says Glynn Harrison

‘Mindful of the Church’s teaching that Christian marriage is indissoluble, and conscious of my duty to the Commonwealth, I have resolved to put these considerations before any others’

Why gratitude is good for you

Why gratitude is good for you

Glynn Harrison

Glynn Harrison commends an attitude of Christian thankfulness

‘Congratulations on owning a new iPhone 6!’