It’s one of the questions that will define this generation of parents – “Should I friend my teen on Facebook?” This is a defining question as it encapsulates the most significant shift in parenting for a couple of generations. The difference between parenting kids in the in the age of digital and mobile technologies compared […]
Continue readingLee Rainie, Director of the Pew Internet and the American Life Project, recently spoke at the annual conference of the National Religious Broadcasters. This presentation focused on the media habits of Millennials and GenX and how their patterns of gathering and creating information are different in the digital age. See slideshow here or watch below […]
Continue readingA survey of more than 10,000 teens, published in the Archives of General Psychiatry, found that almost four out of five teens had tried alcohol and more than 15 percent were abusing it by the time they turned 18-years-old. Some 16 percent were abusing drugs by the age of 18. Read full article here Original […]
Continue readingMany schoolchildren are more confident using a DVD player or iPhone than tying their shoelaces, research claims As many as 45 per cent of children aged between five and 13 can’t tie their shoe laces – but 67 per cent can work a DVD player, according to a poll by British electricity company npower. Read […]
Continue readingDigital Natives switch their attention between media platforms (i.e. TVs, magazines, tablets, smartphones or channels within platforms) 27 times per hour, about every other minute! Read more here
Continue readingApril 2012 edition of Girlfriend magazine published results on a survey of 1000 of its readers. The survey related to how teenage girls feel about themselves and their body image. Here is a link to an article the summarizes the findings and has some though provoking commentary to go with it.
Continue readingMore than one in three of those born in professional households had downed a full glass before reaching their teenage years, the statistics show. The 35 per cent figure among the middle classes is almost twice the level found among 12-year-olds across all economic groups. Experts said that most children who had drunk alcohol at […]
Continue readingUniversity of British Columbia research comparing traditional bullying with cyberbullying finds that the dynamics of online bullying are different, suggesting that anti-bullying programs need specific interventions to target online aggression. “There are currently many programs aimed at reducing bullying in schools and I think there is an assumption that these programs deal with cyberbullying as […]
Continue readingThe problem of teen “sexting” has captured a great deal of media attention, causing concern among parents, educators, and law enforcement agencies. This paper reviews some of the most influential studies and considers their relative strengths and weaknesses. It provides a very helpful balance to the way the issue is reported in the mass media. […]
Continue readingEducational website Edutopia.org, a part of the George Lucas Educational Foundation, has an online poll asking visitors to vote on whether they feel texting has become prevalent in school assignments; if it isn’t a significant concern; if they believe students can keep texting and grammar separate; or if they don’t feel strongly about any of […]
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