Sept. 19, 2016 When media pundits paint with a large brush focusing on "youth narcissism and selfie culture" amidst passionistas and purposeful prosocial projects that amplify student voice, it's beyond irksome, it's glaringly inaccurate. Our friends at PeerSpring host an entire platform brimming with youth change agents making their mark with projects important to them, from … [Read more...]
Youth Taking Action? Here’s How to Best Support Them
Filed Under: Pro-Social & Positive Picks Tagged With: #1000BlackGirlBooks, Actionists, adolescent body image, Amy-Jussel, applied science, Body Peace Treaty, Brave Girls Alliance, campus activism, Ccks Not Glocks, Day of the Girl, defiance, defiance as applied science, diversity in kidlit, empowering teens, girls leadership, Google Doodles diversity, intergenerational leadership, Lyn Mikel-Brown, Open carry campus protests, PeerSpring, persuasion, Powered By Girl, Seventeen Magazine, Spark Movement, SPARK! summit, student empowerment, student voice, Teen Girls against Photoshop, teen voices, youth activism, youth leadership
Get Out of Your Own Life! Environmental Influence on Kids
Mar. 30, 2009 Mea culpa for the unannounced vanishing act, but I’ve been out of town interviewing teens in a different ‘pocket’ of the greater Bay Area, exploring how environmental influences (peers, nature, geography) shift the volume and decibel level of media intake among kids and where we might learn some 'best practices' to leapfrog into a healthier place for the … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Advertising, Branding & Consumerism, Consumerism, Counter-marketing, EcoKids-Environment, Emerging trends & STEM, Growing up too soon, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Nutrition & Wellness, Positive Picks, Pro-Social & Positive Picks, Sexualization & Body Image, Shaping Youth, Stereotypes & Diversity Tagged With: 12 Going on 29, be yourself, beach volleyball, branding, Buckminster Fuller, CDC, consumption, defiance, Dr. Jessica Illuzzi, Dr. Peter Scheidt, Early-Sexualization, Earth Hour, eco, EcoSentience, environmental influence, Green-Teens, health, holistic, Kids, National Children's Study, NCLI, NCS, NextNow Collaboratory, NIH, organic, Peer pressure, Pop-Culture, preteen, Santa Cruz, self-worth, teenagers, well-being, world cafe