in the wind | tweets from the space ending 10.20.15

Where kids get the guns they carry + how to reduce the incidence of minors carrying firearms http://buff.ly/1OsoaOl 

Free 2015 National Bullying Prevention Month resources for teenagers http://buff.ly/1FIFjjW 

Sanitized for your protection|Is this a thing where you live? http://buff.ly/1N2OezB 

teenage tobacco use 2014 http://buff.ly/1N2P27z 

the price we pay for easing access to firearms just about all the time for just about anyone http://buff.ly/1L1QhOI 

States with informed antibullying laws reduce #bullying by 20% compared with other states http://buff.ly/1OiSOs7 

US teenagers by the numbers |annual death rate declined more than 1/3 from 1999 through 2013 http://buff.ly/1k0gIOb 

Digital Differences | Teenage Boys, Girls, Social Media + Romance http://buff.ly/1ZGvj1H 

The less $ parents made 2011-14, the more likely their children were diagnosed w/ ADD or ADHD http://buff.ly/1LcxUJb

US high school cigarette, cigar + marijuana smoking declined 1997–2013—% using pot but not tobacco rose http://buff.ly/1OGcKFI

fatal crash rates for teen drivers fell 56% 2004–13—but car crashes still kill more teens than all causes http://buff.ly/1NKdvPh 

Putin + Power | Food for thought from Fareed Zakaria http://buff.ly/1NMkIP1 

playing doctor | new report on how state lawmakers insert themselves between us + our physicians http://buff.ly/1LB4QsR 

In the wind | tweets from the space ending 09.19.15

9th grade is the most common year for sex abuse against girls | here's a pdf for parents buff.ly/1FebZBQ

separating wheat from chaff is a learned skill buff.ly/1Km7bat

YouTube Minecraft channels are not all created equal buff.ly/1iWnnZ5

My @Quora answer to What is a content designer? qr.ae/RoYfJb

In the wind | tweets from the space ending 09.13.15

why are we still talking about this? | 2015 VMA ratings were in the toilet with the show's lowlights 
buff.ly/1L4O1po #letitgo #youthwork

re: reports of sliding SAT scores | College success relates more to HS GPA than test scores 
buff.ly/1OeadQU #parenting @youthwork #learning

vapes + chaw | 2001–13 HS smokeless tobacco use rose more among athletes than nonathletes 
buff.ly/1EE4zI6 #youthwork #parenting

Does your underage child use Kik Messenger? | @Commomsense tips for #parents 
buff.ly/1KS6HNd #youthwork

happy Labor Day to all the greedy-grabby workers 
buff.ly/1PVKA8b #commongood #work

Every once in a while, a story... 
buff.ly/1UJJ6iE #mercy #storycorps

teaching - without preaching - about religious practice 
buff.ly/1QbSDOh #youthwork

rocks cry out | a StoryCorps Story about mercy

Julio Diaz courtesy StoryCorps

Every now and again a story like this one from Julio Diaz pops ups and stops me in my tracks. It's been floating around for quite a while but, somehow, I just heard it [h/t @JayHowver]. It's short, but, I think, long-lasting.

In an epoch of crazed, angry, fear, Mr. Diaz drops a little mercy on a stranger who needs it. Thank you sir. And thank you, StoryCorps.

greedy-grabby workers | Anne Lamott on Labor Day

I understand why politicians want to see labor as the cause of most of our societal and economic problems. It takes the focus off the banks, the corporations, the military-industrial complex. But public school teachers? I guess they really are sort of greedy and grabby — not to mention rich. Especially those greedy-grabby public school special ed teachers. My younger brother is one of them, and boy, is he raking it in. Talk about take, take, take. -- Anne Lamott

in the wind | tweets from the space ending 08.28.15

Too early | Early school day start as a risk factor for adolescents http://buff.ly/1DCAKak 

grade-by-grade | a parents guide to primary school learning objectives + methods http://buff.ly/1DMLaEc

UPDATE on the great northern migration | turns out it's 98043 http://buff.ly/1E07U3w 

holy moley | Stephen Colbert talks about life, the universe + everything http://buff.ly/1J3a13q

Future Framers of America | 15 year-old presidential candidate polling well in early states http://buff.ly/1Lnl2Cx 

when they're good they're very good + when they're bad they're horrid | suspect social apps http://buff.ly/1JvTElo

Diagnosis | 1997-2014: Has a health professional ever told you your child had ADHD or ADD? http://buff.ly/1LyRVJN 

social media network effect | a bit overstated + clunky perhaps, but here's a useful case study http://buff.ly/1Vi7A4S

The first time | new data on when college students are most likely to first try controlled substances http://buff.ly/1N0eI4p

in the wind | tweets from the space ending 08.08.15

Losing their cool? | life after middle school http://buff.ly/1Jkigw2 

Gray Matters | New medical study finds childhood poverty negatively affects brain development http://buff.ly/1MROlKk 

passages | 92024 - 98155 (give or take) http://jimhancock.blogspot.com 

passages | 92024 - 98155 (give or take) UPDATE

If you were thinking about coming to visit Susan and/or me in San Diego, think instead of what that visit might be like in Seattle - because that's where we'll be... tomorrow (assuming nothing weirder happens than us moving from San Diego to Seattle).

[UPDATE: We've found a lovely place to live in Mountlake Terrace, Washington - a touch more than ten miles north of Seattle proper (that's 98043 for those keeping score at home). It's worlds away from our little southern California beach town - there are big trees and blackberry brambles out the back door, and it's remarkably quiet. Second night in town we saw Kate in Shakespeare's As You Like It in the Seattle Shakespeare Company outdoor summer series; fourth night, we heard her sing a hilarious and delightful new song in the 17th annual New Voices concert at Seattle Repertory Theater - so, off to an entertaining start! Just a bit more unpacking and settling (thanks for helping with the move-in Hamers + Jaegers!) and we'll be fully operational. 

On this first day of school for many families we love, I suppose we're feeling the end of summer too - sad to have left our good life and lovely friends in California... and excited for all that's ahead.]

Leaving Colorado in 2000, we expected to land in the Seattle area but found ourselves happily rerouted for 15 wonderful years at the beach. Now, in the ebb and flow of all things, we’ve decided to complete the journey. We sold our little beach home at blinding speed, and we’re on our way.

In terms of work, other than physical location, nothing changes - the tiny company called me is still open for business, just farther north.

This move brings us back together with our daughter, the amazing Kate Jaeger and her wonder-spouse Eli, so we're majorly stoked about that. This reunion mitigates some of the melancholy we feel in leaving dear friends and neighbors in our remarkable San Diego community (we never expected that sort of closeness - what a crazy, beautiful grace... Thank you.)

So, on we go! More news when there is more...

in the wind | tweets from the space ending 07.14.15

sexting | L.A. Unified opts for prevention over punishment http://buff.ly/1HMhF4U

good news | Kentucky churches integrate Common Core standards in Vacation Bible School http://buff.ly/1MhVof4 

ending racism for good | "Try not! Do. Or do not. There is no try." http://buff.ly/1TovDxO 

You know they kill Nemo's mom, right? | Films you should watch + talk about WITH your child http://buff.ly/1gsLIV3

teenage sexual predators | important new study on adolescents who perpetrate sexual violence http://buff.ly/1O7tOTc

Not what the preacher said | 82% of 13-17 year-olds in Ypulse study say they are virgins http://buff.ly/1K54U5e
gamer survey | boys want better female game protagonists http://buff.ly/1K4ZBCQ

In the wind | tweets from the space ending 07.05.15

Common Sense Media's running list of outstanding movies for children, tweens, and teens buff.ly/1BBFkUX 

Brilliant. Neil Gaiman reveals the easiest path to becoming a writer h/t Publication Life buff.ly/1Gy4H70

#makegunviolenceharder | everytown.org

Summer reading for middle schoolers buff.ly/1IBaBV6 h/t @CommonSense

first person | a plantation tour guide + the questions she got about slavery buff.ly/1U5dnLd 

inside out | a graphic artist explores the overlap of 25 emotions buff.ly/1CHADEj 

in the wind | tweets from the space ending 06.21.15

Click away, Clickster...

little-to-no good news | new data on college sexual assaults

some people's children | essays, poems, and points of view from high school seniors on growing up in these parts

study this | active gaming MAY be physically as good for kids as playing outside

not trying to pick a fight | Ten Things We Should Never Say to Kids 

founding fathers haggle over the second amendment

founding fathers haggle over the 2nd amendment