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Digital Detox: Checkin Out For A Shaping Youth Founder’s Retreat

March 4, 2011 by Amy Jussel 3 Comments

Mar. 6, 2014 This year the sundown to sundown National Day of Unplugging is Friday March 7, 2014 through Sat. Mar. 8. Join me? For more digital detox beyond media management and awareness raising, … [Read more...]

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Media Slave? ReShaping Habits For More Summer Fun

July 27, 2010 by Amy Jussel 9 Comments

July 27, 2010 “Why aren’t you posting on Shaping Youth every day like you used to, Amy? Are you on summer hiatus like the networks?” Um, I guess that’s what you’d call it. Frankly, it never … [Read more...]

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