Many 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 Platforms Constantly
Digital 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 readingAustralian Girls & Body Image Survey
April 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 readingMiddle-class Tweens More Likely to Try Alcohol
More 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 readingCyberbullying & Bullying Are Not the Same
University 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 readingBalanced Review of Teen Sexting Research
The 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 readingIs Texting & Twitter Harming Teen Writing Skills
Educational 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 […]
Continue readingBlood Test to Diagnose Depression in Teens
The first blood test to diagnose major depression in teens, a breakthrough approach that allows an objective diagnosis by measuring a specific set of genetic markers found in a patient’s blood. The current method of diagnosing depression is subjective. It relies on the patient’s ability to recount his symptoms and the physician’s ability and training […]
Continue readingEcstasy & Speed Lead to Depression in Teens
A Canadian study on the effects of speed and ecstasy on young teens has found that those taking the drugs have a much higher chance of becoming depressed a year after usage. The study was conducted over a 5 year period and focused on 15 and 16 year-olds. Read the full news article here… Or […]
Continue readingBeing A Teenage Girl in 2012 – Interviews
Some really interesting interviews with 5 teenage girls from England about the issues they face growing up in 2012. The article appeared in the Daily Mail Online. You can read it here
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