Prom is a milestone event in every teenager’s life. It’s the last big party where everyone will be all together before parting ways for college, the military or wherever else life takes them. Both parents and teens want the night to be special, fun and above all, safe. However, teens don’t have the experience and [...]
It’s finally starting to look like Spring in most parts of the country. Since the weather is warming up for many teens, that means more trips to the beach, the pool and other outdoor activities for fun in the sun. This means that the issue of tanning is arising and many teens don’t seem to [...]
Egypt’s Revolution and America’s Youth
This is the second installment of our Teen Influencer Series on Parent eSource.com When young people today think of revolution, history lessons and men from far-away lands usually come to mind. Januray 25th, 2011, changed all of that. Most teens were unaware of the peaceful revolution brewing within the Egyptian people until the protests moved [...]
This Week in the Social Networks: With the end of the school year right around the corner, teens have just one thing on their mind: Prom. Prom is still about a month and a half away for many high school juniors and seniors, but most teens have already begun making plans. Who am I going [...]
Is “The Social Network” the new “Breakfast Club”?
If you’re like many parents of teenagers, you’ve probably been hearing about The Social Network (movie) since last fall but haven’t been able to find the time to actually sit down and watch it. Well, no worries because our staff writers have created a brief synopsis of the movie as well as some interesting commentary [...]
Remember the good old days before your kids became tweens and teens and actually used to talk to you about their lives without an interrogation? They’re constantly texting, tweeting on Twitter, making new video blogs for YouTube and posting on Facebook, but somehow when you ask them how school was the answer is always “Fine.” [...]
TechCrunch reports that Disney has acquired Togetherville, a Social Network for Kids Disney has just acquired Togetherville, a social network for kids 10 years of age or younger, we’ve confirmed with the company. Terms of the acquisition are not being disclosed at the moment. Togetherville, which exited beta last year, mimics the experience of adult social networking sites, i.e. [...]
With just fourteen tweets and a couple of wild allegations about ‘tiger blood’ and ‘fire breathing fists’ Charlie Sheen has managed to rebirth himself as a Twitter hero. After just 48 hours, Sheen has more than 1,500,000 Twitter followers. But with pictures of porn stars and tweets like, “I was banging seven-gram rocks, because that’s [...]
The world has brought on a huge hype about Social Media and how we communication with one another as a result of this phenomenon. New Year resolutions come in all shapes and sizes, but this year I hope you take into consideration utilizing Social Media as a grandparent. There is much literature about why you [...]
This is the second in a three part interview with Sarah Newton. The first part may be found by clicking here. Are we experiencing a societal shift happening in the way we’re shaping our youth through the current media trends and social media outlets? If so, how is this impacting our leaders of tomorrow? Many [...]
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