What is the Consequence of “Dialing It Down?”
My friend, Jack, is a long-time youth baseball coach. I asked him the other day how he has seen his […]
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Output is Not Outcome Dec 2011 GenTrends
Output is Not Necessarily Outcome During a recent conversation, a university faculty member told me of a student who
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Technology Young People and the Demise of Vocabulary
One of the results of digital communication is turning out to be a more limited vocabulary. Texting and e-mail are
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The Impulsiveness of Teenage Communication
Earlier this month, there was a minor dust up in Fairview, KS when high school senior Emma Sullivan tweeted about
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Protecting Children from Reason
My daughter Katie needed a construction worker’s outfit for a school club activity.She wanted a couple of accoutrements to go
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Zuccotti Park Nov 2011 GenTrends
Zuccotti Park and the Generations This past Monday afternoon, I had occasion to walk past Zuccotti Park in downtown New
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GenTrends Nov 2011
Zuccotti Park and the Generations This past Monday afternoon, I had occasion to walk past Zuccotti Park in downtown New
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Read to Think Oct 2011
How Could We Rely on Young People to Think If They Don’t Read? In a Wall Street Journal editorial this
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Read to Think Oct 2011 Gentrends
How Could We Rely on Young People to Think If They Don’t Read? In a Wall Street Journal editorial this
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GenTrends Oct 2011
How Could We Rely on Young People to Think If They Don’t Read? In a Wall Street Journal editorial this