Trending Today on Twitter – 10/28/16 1. #GoodGirlsRevolt 2. #NationalChocolateDay 3. #ScaryStoriesIn5Words 4. #FunThingsToDoAloneOnHalloween 5. #DraftOurDaughters 6. #FantasySportsForRealLife 7. Good Friday 8. Jeezy 9. Fox News ‘Imploding’ 10. US GDP Source: Twitter Trending Searches Today on Google – 10/28/16 1. Raven Symone 2. Avenged Sevenfold 3. Vine 4. Apple 5. Tennessee Titans 6. Inferno…
Earlier this week we ran a “Youth Culture Today” radio spot on the marketing of cool. Little did we know that the night before 60 Minutes was going to run an eye-opening segment on how young social media starts attain fame and fortune, all while influencing vulnerable young kids to do the same. It’s brilliant marketing. But……
*The following is excerpted from an online article posted on Laboratory Equipment. Drinking highly caffeinated alcoholic beverages triggers changes in the adolescent brain similar to taking cocaine, and the consequences last into adulthood as an altered ability to deal with rewarding substances, according to a Purdue University study. Richard van Rijn, an assistant professor of medicinal…
*The following is excerpted from an online article posted on Investor’s Business Daily. A survey of U.S. teenagers by Piper Jaffray finds that young people are excited about Apple’s (AAPL) iPhone 7 and interested in new Fitbit (FIT) activity trackers, but think GoPro (GPRO) action cameras are yesterday’s news. In the firm’s 32nd semiannual survey of teens about brand preferences…
We’re miles apart connected through cell phones, but the smile I feel in her voice sinks into my bones. With me, through moves across the country, career changes, moments when I was feeling sorry for myself, and times I needed to celebrate, Sibyl always had the words that hit the spot. She’s never shied…
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*The following is excerpted from an online article posted on Adweek. Snapchat’s growth as the preferred social platform for teenagers continues to outpace other social platforms, and it’s cutting into Facebook usage. According to investment firm Piper Jaffray’s new “Taking Stock With Teens” report, 80 percent of teens use Snapchat at least once a…
We want our kids to understand how best to treat their neighbor, follow God, and trust Him no matter what. We could explain the facts of why they should, have them memorize the verses, or lecture them on what will happen if they don’t. Or we could tell them a story. More…
Dear parent of a pre-teen or teen—the competition has started. Whether you can recognize it yet or not, you’ve started to compete with another voice influencing your teen. It’s not the voice of their peers (though certainly they’re influential, too). It’s not their teachers or coaches. It’s your child’s inner voice, and…
*The following is excerpted from an online article posted on PsychCentral. According to a new study, 15 percent of sixth-grade students report they have perpetrated at least one form of abuse toward a dating partner through technology. For the study, researchers from the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) School of…