Paradise, PA: The Digital Brain
In a world where kids are interacting with technology and media for more than 7 and-a-half hours a day, researchers are now unpacking how that immersion is shaping the way kids think, read, write, and research. Yes, spending life in…
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Episode 06: “Digital Kids and Social Media” with Walt Mueller
Download the podcast as an .mp3 by clicking here. RSS FEED – click here. Access from iTunes. FURTHER RESOURCES Links to news stories mentioned in the podcast: Merriam-Webster just added “cisgender” and “genderqueer” to its dictionary Teen drinking: Who’s trying…
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Texting, Driving. . . And A Great Video To Show Your Kids. . .
Spring has sprung here in Central Pennsylvania where I live. That means I’m climbing back on the bicycle. That also means that I’m spending an increased amount of time looking into the faces of the drivers I encounter on the…
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Pottstown, PA: Hyper Connected 24/7: Kids and Social Media
What would the children and teens you know do if you asked them to give up their cellphones and Internet connections for a day? It wouldn’t be easy. Our kids are increasingly tethered to their technology, so much so that…
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Episode 02: “The Challenge of Church Kids” with Marv Penner
Download the podcast as an .mp3 by clicking here. RSS FEED – click here. Access from iTunes. FURTHER RESOURCES Links to news stories mentioned in the podcast: New Mexico Teens Can Now Legally Sext Each Other and Exchange Nude Photos…
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Can Social Media Kill Our Kids? . . .
So maybe “kill” is too strong a word. It might be better to use words like “derail,” “suck the life out of,” or “horribly misdirect” when it comes to social media’s growing effect on our kids. Never would I say…
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Teen Cyber-Security. . . A Helpful Infographic To Share With Parents
As part of our Digital Kids Initiative here at CPYU, we are always looking for good resources that inform and equip parents to lead their kids into a life-time of safe and God-glorifying interaction with technology. Today, we ran across…
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Beaver, PA: Born 2 B Wired
CPYU President Dr. Walt Mueller will present “Born 2 B Wired”. Digital natives. . . that’s who our kids are. Unlike us, they’ve been born into a hyper-connected world filled with things like Facebook, social networking, status updates, tweets, texts,…
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Thanksgiving Social Media Shutdown. . . Give It A Try You Turkey! . . .
While watching a scene from the iconic teen film The Breakfast Club a few weeks ago, I suddenly realized just how much our world has changed. It dawned on me that not one of the movie’s five main teenage characters ever…
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Teens And Media: The Last 20 Years. . . A Fascinating Infographic. . .
Like frogs in a kettle of slowly boiling water, we are sometimes so immersed in the world around us that we fail to see just how much and how quickly things are changing. That’s certainly the case with media. Remember…
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Austin, TX: Hyper Connected 24/7: Kids and Social Media
CPYU President Dr. Walt Mueller will make a presentation on “Hyper Connected 24/7: Kids and Social Media” What would the children and teens you know do if you asked them to give up their cellphones and Internet connections for a…
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Adolescent Realities. . . A Gut-Wrenching Poetic Peek Into Life In Today’s World. . . .
There’s very little that’s been written by generational theorists that sits well with me. The theorists I’ve read over the years typically function in a prophetic mode. They look ahead and speculate on the shape the next emerging generation will…
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