Earlier last month, a number of websites—Wikipedia was the most well-known—shut down for a day to protest proposed federal legislation to crack down on pirated movies and TV shows. This blackout caused me to wonder: what would life be like without the Internet? Quite a thought. Internet has become so central to teenage lives that, [...]
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Life Without the Internet? Tips for Teens on How to Unplug
February 1st, 2012 by Karen Feldscher · No Comments · All Things BodiMojo, Parent Talk, Tech Talk, Teen Talk
Tags: computers·internet·online·Teen Talk·teenagers·time·websites
Parents: ‘Friend’ Your Teen’s Social Media Use
September 9th, 2011 by Tara Cousineau, PhD · No Comments · All Things BodiMojo, Parent Talk, Tech Talk, Teen Health Talk, Teen Talk
Here’s part two on the Columbia University research on teens and social network, which reported that seven out of 10 teens use social networks on a typical day. No surprise there. The researchers found, however, a disturbing association of behaviors when comparing teens who don’t spend time on social networking sites in a typical day [...]
Tags: facebook·internet·limits·online·social media·Teen Talk·teenagers