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A New Kind of Star: Justin Bieber

Justin Bieber.  If you have never heard of him then you are obviously not a tween and not spending a lot of time with tweens or teenagers. Justin Bieber is the current pop sensation of the “fans [...]

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What is a Digital Native?

Digital Natives was a term first used my Mark Prensky (2001) to refer to the generation of kids who grew up with digital technology as a given – those who don’t remember a world without the [...]

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Beginners Guide: IM & SMS Language

“Oh mum it was so LOL!” Part of  living in the digital world, that many teens inhabit, is learning the lingua franca, or native language.  Many of you may already be doing so and [...]

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74% of Teenage Boys Like Shopping

According to a recent international survey 74% of teenage males stated they enjoyed shopping.  Before you start thinking the survey is flawed it also found 92% of teenage girls like clothes [...]

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What Teenagers Think of Parents

In the previous post I suggested that parents often doubt the role they have in their teenagers life and development. The doubt springs from 2 basic beliefs; teenagers don’t really need their [...]

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