Back to school. We are all trying to squeeze the last moments of summer into already busy schedules these days. But parents and kids alike are turning their eyes to school starting in the not too distant future. A colleague of mine shared this story:
“My 12-year-old REALLY wanted to go school shopping last night, new shoes, [...]
We live such busy lives that time to connect with our kids are at a premium. Summer days bring many fun opportunities for family time – vacations, reunions, days at the lake, park or beach, or maybe just a walk or bike or trip around the city. These are great fun and we should get [...]
I love teenagers – but what on earth is going through their heads? I was all set to write about an uplifting aspect of media, when two articles grabbed my attention. The first in the Los Angeles Times reported the prevalence of “car surfing” among teens, especially in California, Texas and Florida. Fifty-one teens have died [...]
I am interviewed often by reporters and program hosts, but a recent interview by two young digital natives astounded me. These two kids (one 9 and the other 12 years old) are hooked on how the brain works. They’ve constructed a great website, Neurokids.org, to share the latest news and research about the brain with [...]
Just when we think that everyone understands that cigarettes are mini-cancer sticks, a whole new crop of teenagers arrives on the scene each year ready to take risks without thinking of consequences.
Lighting up a cigarette is a ticket to an avalanche of health problems – death being the most permanent. But for a teen, especially [...]
“The game is aimed at ages 10 to 15 because kids that age have largely stopped going to zoos and are more interested in things like video games.”
Parents on the lookout for ways to balance their children’s real world experiences with online experiences have a new videogame from national zoos and the folks who study wolves [...]
This month, the Nielson Company released a report called How Teens Use Media. The report provided a snapshot of the role media plays in the lives of U.S. teens today. In many ways, the report debunks the idea that teens are too busy engaging in new social media to engage in traditional media or the [...]
We’ve had quite a few high school graduations in the neighborhood this year. Kids that we’ve watched grow up and in one case bought quite a few Girl Scout cookies from. I remembered my advice to my own kids at their graduations.
For the last twelve years graduates have had to come up with answers. They’ve [...]
It could only happen in the 21st century, but a recent poll from the Annenberg Foundation’s Digital Future Report found a 40% increase in family members feeling ignored because of other family members’ Internet use. And this is happening during the biggest explosion of on-line social networking. People are adding friends by the dozens to their online life, [...]
What does it mean to be linked in and hooked into our computers… online … through games… texting… tweeting? Digital Nation, the new documentary from PBS, promises to be a series worth following and perhaps participating in. Its producers will investigate how technology changes how we live and work. The current topics explore digital impact on family life, the military use of simulated games, [...]
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