This article was first published 3/28/2013 by NewSavvyProduction. “Hey guys. I just wanted to ask – just a random question. Uhmm. Am I – like – ugly or pretty?” – You don’t have to dig deep into online archives to find a whole pageantry of kids as young as 10 years old unloading their most personal…
Lenore Skenazy, aka “America’s Worst Mom” and creator of the name and movement Free Range Kids is my favorite dispatcher of Onion type (but true!) news stories from Securistan. Yesterday she shared an article about the perceived threat of a sledding hill. “Paxton, a small town in Illinois, where the land is flat as flat…
A little over a year ago American Heart Association made the a projection that the obesity epidemic would reach a level where 83% of American men and 72 % of women will be overweight or obese in 2020. The percentage today is 72 and 63 percent respectively. But recent news suggest that general obesity levels…
A whole generation of single children have come of age, revealing some interesting sociopsychological observations. Although China’s one-child policy implemented in 1979 has helped curb population growth, their aspiring leaders and innovators are showing some undesirable tendencies that are not as prominent among children with siblings. Only a quarter of Chinese families had single children in 1975 compared with 91 %…
In my post Online privacy and the cyberbaby-generation I addressed what I think is a distorted narrative when online sharing habits and privacy concerns are discussed. Despite the fastest adoption of social media happening among the older cohorts, a slew of studies and articles seem to limit their focus to young people’s internet habits. When…
“We may never have our flying cars, but the future is here.” No we don’t have flying cars, but perhaps Volkswagon have engaged enough interest to literally get something off the ground in a not so distant future? Anyway, let’s have a look at the 27 other breakthroughs Buzzfeed mentions. Are these inventions scientific one…
“How do I love (bankrupt) thee? Let me count the ways.” This election year it’s hard not to take note of all the various ways in which the next generation is screwed. Younger cohorts will struggle with student loans, possibly endure continued high unemployment rates, foot most of the bill from the national deficit and…
It is widely believed that the solution to many of the world’s ills goes through the empowerment of women and especially female children. By allowing girls the resources and freedom to grow up healthy and educated we can reduce the world population, increase entrepreneurialism and reduce poverty. I thought this was a neat little video….
If you’re a parent like me you regularly crash into sleep in one of your children’s’ beds after putting them to bed around dusk. Then you wake up a few hours later and drag your sleep drunk self into your own bed where the night trolls start spinning your head with worries that have built…
I Don’t Know How She Does It All. GPS- supported access to caffeine-related refueling stations. That’s how she does it! It turns out parents of the Homeland generation, i.e. the parent demographic who themselves tend to belong to younger Generation X parents and older Millennials, are more likely to use their mobile phones to get…
