People are lining the fairways here in Minnesota at the PGA golf championship hoping to catch a glimpse of Tiger Woods. He’s not disappointing the fans, taking the lead after the first round. There’s lots of teens and kids in the audience, courtesy of free entry by the PGA. It was a beautiful day to [...]
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 [...]
A few months ago I bought my newest tech toy, a Blackberry. Now I know that I was a late adopter when it came to phones. My kids thought I was hopeless. But not one to spend money on every new upgrade that comes along, I held onto my old phone till [...]
While a Canadian professor argues that sexting is a modern day variation of “spin the bottle or doctor,” it is important to recognize that in a media-saturated world where the lines between public and private are blurred, sexting can have serious long term consequences for teens.
Teens often act without thinking ahead to the consequences. On [...]
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