mind the gap | Verizon on girls' loss of confidence

in the wind | tweets from the space ending 06.28.14

P+G campaign driven by finding that 1/2 of girls report drop in confidence after their first period http://bit.ly/1nLpeuG

#yikes | 2006-10 10% of U.S. working-age deaths were attributable to excessive drinking 
http://1.usa.gov/1lsAorE

babies | rural teen birth rates still higher than urban + suburban no matter race/ethnicity
http://1.usa.gov/1llEmNZ

in the wind | tweets from the space ending 04.21.14

Dear Man in Prison | a letter from Mary Demuth to the sexual predator for whom there is yet hope 
http://bit.ly/1oyg9f6

puff | 27-nation study found 15-yr-olds most likely to have tried e-cigs in 2012 http://thebea.st/1qozezY 

for purity or power? | Iraq/Syria conflict recalls a century plus of "Christians" killing "Christians" in Europe Europehttp://atfp.co/TawxnH

punchline | love the sinner but... jimhancock.blogspot.com

for the record | the story behind last week's 'apps teens actually love' story http://bit.ly/1jGbH6r

discuss | The Guardian's Seven Digital Deadly Sins jimhancock.blogspot.com

discuss | The Guardian's Seven Digital Deadly Sins

Every now and again, someone creates something that seems to burst out of the package it was designed for. That's the case, I think, with The Guardian's Seven Digital Deadly Sins.

If you're leading older adolescents, college students or adults—which is to say, just about anyone post middle school / junior high—you can project the live site on a screen and pretty much take your group on a choose-your-own-adventure journey through stories, instant polls and confessionals on envy, pride, lust, gluttony, wrath, sloth and greed.

To reiterate, some of the material would be rated PG, mostly for language (and in at least one case because it's madly satirical in a manner almost sure to mess with the minds of a room full of concrete thinkers).

If you can A) get past the sometimes rude language, and B) be prepared to lead a redeeming conversation about the seven deadlies, this webspace can help you create an unusual—and unusually useful—learning space.

punchline | love the sinner but...

Tony Campolo with a significant twist on an old evangelical saying...

in the wind | tweets from the space ending 06.14.14

What Novelist John Green Teaches the Church about “Reaching” Young People 
http://bit.ly/1oB0JnZ #youthwork h/t Polly Toner

how long? | a brilliant take on texting + driving 
http://jimhancock.blogspot.com #techkids, #youthwork h/t Volkswagen Hong Kong

RT @TamaraRice: Because you're selling that teenage girl somewhere the lie that she's an adulterer. I've seen how this plays out. Please #TakeDownThat Post http://bit.ly/1izgZQE

how long? | a brilliant take on texting while driving

in the wind | tweets from the space ending 06.07.14

parental engagement? Facebook Seeks Patent for Tech to Let Kids on Its Network (Legally) 
http://bit.ly/1iMsOCS

exposing myths | helping teenagers understand poverty + the developing world 
http://bit.ly/1hWJGH4 

@YS_Scoop @IJM - Here's why I think The Justice Mission is important to me: http://bit.ly/1peBFlW 

flux | a good read from @chuckhunt4 on helping teenagers through transitions 
http://bit.ly/1knrVX6 

culture soup | Millennials, Xers + Boomers mix their flavors http://bit.ly/1pJf03I 

The client is always right | feedback on the creation of earth http://bit.ly/UlyM8W 

in the wind | tweets from the space ending 05.31.14

A Picture of School Gun Violence in the U.S. | Who's Shooting + Why http://bit.ly/xPBGpu 

is college worth the cost? new data say definitely yes (at least for now) http://nyti.ms/1hzbwcc

a generous-non-objectifying-chat about teen brain development at youthspecialties.com
http://bit.ly/1hzTJS8

most new heroin users: white, suburban 20-something's who started with prescription drugs http://bit.ly/1hmeVkc

in the wind | tweets from the space ending 05.24.14

Not Unmotivated...Demotivated iii | a small idea from Raising Adults
http://jimhancock.blogspot.com 

Have a tablet and a child? 7 apps that can help the child use the table to create mess-free images http://bit.ly/1lWLQZs

in 2010, the deadliest drug in the US was not sourced from Colombia South America but from Columbia South Carolina 
http://bit.ly/1meF8Qk

I learned it from you, OK! | Just 19% of US 17-yr-olds say they read daily http://bit.ly/1kzO3Mq 

#YesAllWomen

Not Unmotivated...Demotivated iii | a small idea from Raising Adults

Since so many kids grow up demotivated by the conviction that adults 1) don’t expect much from them and 2) seem unlikely to do do much that truly helps them, our course is almost obvious.

Give them something to do. Just because there are no cows to milk doesn’t mean we can’t give our children legitimate work to do—work that keeps us up late or gets us up early. And there’s plenty of that to go around—am I right, ladies? Somehow all those labor-saving devices we introduced since the 50s yielded longer work weeks and a superabundance of household duties. Why in the name of all that’s efficient would we fail to train and empower younger citizens to help with that work? If we let the darlings earn their keep, they’ll love us for it.

But we have to give them the right stuff to do. And the right stuff means helping kids learn to accomplish age-appropriate tasks. 

Take Science Fairs. We all know Roscoe didn’t make that cold fusion power converter. In fact, by your red-rimmed eyes, we can tell you stayed up all night working on it yourself. Either that or you have a nasty case of pinkeye. Why? To launch his career in the hard sciences? So everyone who knows you’re Roscoe’s mom will be proud of you? Who are we kidding?

Over-achieving is generally meaningless—more about appearances than function. Our children need to perform meaningful work. I mean they really need that. And meaningful work is not that hard to find. It’s right in our own homes and requires a minimal investment of brain capital to develop. If you’re not sure where to begin, start with the allowance.

Stop giving allowances. Really. I mean, what’s that about? Does someone give you an allowance just for getting out of bed in the morning? And even if someone does; is that a good thing? 

in the wind | tweets in the space ending 05.17.14

we've seen worse | John Green on myths of doom http://jimhancock.blogspot.com 

"How is that fair?" | Louie C.K. on the world where we raise daughters
http://jimhancock.blogspot.com 

Not Unmotivated...Demotivated ii | a small idea from Raising Adults
http://jimhancock.blogspot.com 

selfie-surgery and other questions about the meaning of life http://bit.ly/RKMYGu