In his book Permission to Feel, scientist Dr. Mark Brackett cites research of interviews with 22,000 teenagers about their feelings related to school and 3/4ths of the words were negative: tired, bored, and stressed topping the list. He also cites a report by UNICEF that says American teenagers rank in the bottom quarter of developed…
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8 Reasons We Have Delayed (Even Further) Getting Our Daughters Phones
Four years ago, I wrote a post about the wrestle of giving a kid a phone, of social media among teenagers, and what Kaye and I were planning our approach would be with our daughters. Kaye and I were in the midst of reading and researching and talking with other parents. Our daughters were 10…
To Phone or Not to Phone—and When?
In previous generations, when parents gathered for dinner and compared parenting notes, a pressing question was “When are you going to let your teenager get a driver’s license?” Comments would be made about how hauling the kid around was proving to be less and less practical, about the high cost of insurance, about safety implications,…
12 Observations on the iGeneration
While the name iGeneration is not yet the agreed upon official name for those who are currently 6 to 23 years old, it is a sticky name that describes a generation that is growing up constantly connected, digitally native, and surrounded by screens. In her book iGen, Jean Twenge shares insightful research on the generation…
Links for Leaders 7/8/16
I’m on my phone too much. You’re on your phone too much. It’s the world we live in, but that doesn’t mean we have to be OK with it. Leaders, your employees are going to have to do a lot on their phones to get work done. But sometimes, like in meetings, being connected to…