John Hughes Understood Teens

I’d like to take pause for a moment to honor filmmaker John Hughes.  Hughes, who died last week at only 59 years of age, directed only eight films.  Most of them belong to the 1980’s but every teen movie that’s come out since the mid-80’s (in my opinion) owes a debt to John Hughes.  He [...]

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Interesting New Study About 15 year olds

I was contacted recently by a firm that was publicizing the release of a new study sponsored by their client, Best Buy.  I am not associated in any way with Best Buy OR the pr firm but I did look into the program and thought it interesting enough to pass along to you.
Evidently, Best buy [...]

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Does the Use of Technology Affect Studying for Teens?

Our house is a “dead zone” this week.  It’s finals week for both teens – the 8th grader and the 10th grader.  It’s been nice to have a quiet house for a change but the process of studying (and the preparation of the materials for studying) made me consider the implications of technology use and [...]

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