Hank Wasiak Archives - Shaping Youth

Media That Uplifts & Inspires: Positive Picks For Youth Outreach

May 11, 2011 by Amy Jussel 16 Comments

Sept. 10, 2016 Update World Suicide Prevention Day is flooding my Twitter account, with poignant posts pointing to the desperate need for mental health resources and outreach, especially among youth … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Counter-marketing, Emerging trends & STEM, Growing up too soon, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Mobile Media, Apps & Gaming, Nutrition & Wellness, Positive Picks, Pro-Social & Positive Picks, Shaping Youth, Viral & Buzz Media Tagged With: adversity, Age-of-Conversation, Amy-Jussel, Asset Based Thinking, bullying, Change the way you see everything, children and adolescent depression, Disney, gender and media portrayals, Get through tough times, GLSEN, Hank Wasiak, Hardy Girls Healthy Women, HGHW, Hollywood Health and Society, humanity, I Can Helpline, Inspire Foundation, intervention, It Gets Better, Josh Shipp, kids depression, Kids health, lead a happier life, liberty, Life, Liz J Meyer, Mental Health Month, mHealth, paths to happiness, PBG, Pixar, positive psychology, Project Happiness, pursuit of happiness, Reach Out Australia, reachout, ReachOut in the USA, SEL, social and emotional education, social change, social media activism, spark change, SPARK! summit, teaching tolerance, Teen's Guide to World Domination, teens depression, The Trevor Project, Toy Story, troubled teens, Woody, youth motivational speakers

Addiction Series Part 3: Media, Medicos, & Critical Thinking

January 15, 2010 by Amy Jussel 12 Comments

Jan. 15, 2009 Thought I’d wrap up Part Three in this series on digital addiction vs. agency (part one and part two here) with some humorous insights from the medical community that poke fun at some … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Consumerism, Emerging trends & STEM, Growing up too soon, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Nutrition & Wellness, Shaping Youth, Stereotypes & Diversity, Viral & Buzz Media Tagged With: addiction, ADHD depression, APA, APA sexualization study, Asset Based Thinking, Consuming kids, Critical-thinking-skills, depression in teens, diagnosis, Digital, digital addictions, Don Tapscott, dsm process, DSM-V, entitlement, free agency, GenerationMe, Growing Up Digital, Hank Wasiak, how many shrinks does it take to change a diagnosis?, internet, internet addictions, Jean Trenge, KGOY, Kids, media influence, Media management, media-literacy, mental disorders, mental health, mind hacks, more mental health issues among youth, narcissism, net addiction, psychiatrists, psychobabble, psychology, saving play, Science Blog, Search Engine Journal, shrinks, social-media, Susan Linn, symptoms, teens, unstructured play, youth

Hank Wasiak on “Teens, Our Next Greatest Generation”

February 21, 2009 by Amy Jussel 6 Comments

Feb. 21, 2009 Great book cover, eh? Kinda drives the point home to "Change The Way You See Everything" doesn't it? The book's not quite out yet, but I embrace the premise. I know it's more than … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Emerging trends & STEM, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Positive Picks, Pro-Social & Positive Picks, Shaping Youth, Stereotypes & Diversity Tagged With: accentuate positive, Asset Based Thinking, Change the way you see everything, Dr. Richard Lerner, good kids, Hank Wasiak, Kathy Cramer, live your best life, O Ambassadors, Oprah, positive thinking, self help books, teens, The Good Teen

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Re-upping this @mluckovichajc cartoon given the @ddale8 CNN post-debate reference comparing the number of lies toni… https://t.co/mbeBzXVHwv
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RT @_cingraham: Columbia U. study released today: "We estimate that at least 130,000 deaths and perhaps as many as 210,000 could have been…
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Yep, youth in my household, “what is he even saying? He’s not making any sense at all. He’s just babbling, where’s… https://t.co/1lofQCWWEx
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