Showing posts with label wired teens. Show all posts
Showing posts with label wired teens. Show all posts

Saturday, August 15, 2020

“I kind of got hooked on the idea of using an emoji”

From the Milford Daily News, articles of interest for Franklin: 

"Jami Pandiscio’s warning against texting while on the road will be hard for drivers to miss.

The Franklin teenager’s public service announcement design will be on billboards nationwide through the end of the year, after she won a national contest through Project Yellow Light.

“I saw some texting and driving ... in high school,” said Pandiscio, 18, in explaining why she entered the contest. “I’d constantly remind people to put their phones down, and I wanted to make a real difference, nationwide.”

Project Yellow Light was started to honor Hunter Garner, after the then-16-year-old and his friend died in a car crash in 2007, according to the program’s website. This is the ninth year of the contest, which is aimed at cutting down on distracted driving."

Continue reading the article online (subscription may be required)  https://www.milforddailynews.com/news/20200814/franklin-teens-psa-against-texting-while-driving-to-be-on-thousands-of-billboards?rssfeed=true

“I kind of got hooked on the idea of using an emoji”
“I kind of got hooked on the idea of using an emoji”


Monday, January 13, 2020

"Third, how about we rethink smartphones at school?"

Via PsychologyToday - although from Jan 2018, it is as relevant (if not more so) today!

"My inbox has been inundated with reports that our kids are literally dying because of excessive cell phone use. From an editorial in the Lancet to my local radio station, the news is alarming. In many cases, I’m told, our children are on their phones eight or more hours a day, with experts saying it should be limited to just two.

Jean Twenge’s new book iGen has been front and center, insisting that we do something and do it quickly. Kids are using their cell phones way too much and putting their mental health at terrible risk. National surveys are showing that kids today are more anxious than ever before, with spiking rates of depression and suicide. Twenge suspects that this uptick in problems (which every mental health professional knows is happening) occurred at just about the same time as cell phones became a common accessory for most teens. Correlation doesn’t imply causation, but in this case, one has to wonder if the very real increase in emergency room visits for mood disorders and self-reported anxiety among teens isn’t a byproduct of more accessible technology that both connects and isolates at the same time."
Continue reading the article online
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/nurturing-resilience/201801/teens-and-dangerous-levels-cell-phone-use

Hat tip to CoachCJNeely who shared the link via Twitter
https://twitter.com/CoachCJNeely/status/1216050605690707970


PsychologyToday has a current article on teen sexting with guidelines for parents
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/protecting-children-sexual-abuse/202001/teen-sexting-guidelines-parents

"Third, how about we rethink smartphones at school?"
"Third, how about we rethink smartphones at school?"

Thursday, December 5, 2019

"We need more age-appropriate remedies"

From the Milford Daily News, articles of interest for Franklin:

"Supporters of bills that would change the consequences teenagers face for sharing explicit images described the current penalties as “draconian,” and urged lawmakers to adopt an approach that focuses on education.

The Judiciary Committee on Tuesday heard testimony on similar bills filed by Gov. Charlie Baker and Franklin Rep. Jeffrey Roy that each propose to change how state law handles cases involving minors sending and receiving sexually explicit messages. Baker’s bill (H 67) would also make it a felony offense for adults to share a sexually explicit image without consent from the person depicted, a practice sometimes referred to as revenge porn.

Under current law, minors who share sexually explicit images among their peers are subject to felony child pornography charges.

Elizabeth Englander, the founder and director of the Massachusetts Aggression Reduction Center, said the threat of a felony and its associated consequences can discourage young victims of sexual harassment from seeking an adult’s help if a peer is pressuring them to send nude or explicit photos."

Continue reading the article online (subscription may be required)
https://www.milforddailynews.com/news/20191204/franklin-lawmaker-jeffrey-roy-proposes-bill-to-change-consequences-teenagers-who-share-explicit-images


The full text of Rep Roy's proposal can be found online  https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H1550   I could not find the text in reference to Gov Baler's proposal. If anyone has the link, please share it.


Thursday, March 16, 2017

Join us on March 30th for a private showing of SCREENAGERS




Presented by Benjamin Franklin Classical Charter Public School
Thursday, Mar 30, 2017 at 7:00 PM EDT
Event Photo
Good afternoon,
The Benjamin Franklin Classical Charter Public School is excited to share our next the details of an upcoming Parent Education Night. We'd like to cordially invite you to join us on March 30th for a private showing of SCREENAGERS. We also hope that you might consider share the event with parents in your community. The event is open to the public and you can purchase tickets for $10 each:
"Award-winning SCREENAGERS probes into the vulnerable corners of family life, including the director's own, and depicts messy struggles, over social media, video games, academics and internet addiction. Through surprising insights from authors and brain scientists solutions emerge on how we can empower kids to best navigate the digital world."
Attend This Event
Presented by Benjamin Franklin Classical Charter Public SCHOOL

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Sunday, March 5, 2017

You're invited to SCREENAGERS - March 30, 2017




Presented by Benjamin Franklin Classical Charter Public School
Thursday, Mar 30, 2017 at 7:00 PM EDT
Event Photo
Good afternoon,
The Benjamin Franklin Classical Charter Public School is excited to share our next the details of an upcoming Parent Education Night. We'd like to cordially invite you to join us on March 30th for a private showing of SCREENAGERS. We also hope that you might consider share the event with parents in your community. The event is open to the public and you can purchase tickets for $10 each:
"Award-winning SCREENAGERS probes into the vulnerable corners of family life, including the director's own, and depicts messy struggles, over social media, video games, academics and internet addiction. Through surprising insights from authors and brain scientists solutions emerge on how we can empower kids to best navigate the digital world."
Attend This Event
Presented by Benjamin Franklin Classical Charter Public SCHOOL

ImpactFlow
The ImpactFlow team hopes you have a great time!
This is a transactional email sent to you because an ImpactFlow user added you to an invite list for their event. This email is sent from success@impactflow.com.
                                                           

Tuesday, January 24, 2017

"Are Your Kids Addicted To Their Phones? 'Screenagers' Wants to Help"


"Are you watching kids scroll through life, with their rapid-fire thumbs and a six-second attention span? Physician and filmmaker Delaney Ruston saw that with her own kids and learned that the average kid spends 6.5 hours a day looking at screens. She wondered about the impact of all this time and about the friction occurring in homes and schools around negotiating screen time—friction she knew all too well.

In SCREENAGERS, as with her award-winning documentaries on mental health, Delaney takes a deeply personal approach as she probes into the vulnerable corners of family life, including her own, to explore struggles over social media, video games, academics and internet addiction. Through poignant, and unexpectedly funny stories, along with surprising insights from authors, psychologists, and brain scientists, SCREENAGERS reveals how tech time impacts kids’ development and offers solutions on how adults canempower kids to best navigate the digital world and find balance."


SCREENAGERS (Official Trailer) from Delaney Ruston on Vimeo.

More info can be found on their webpage  http://www.screenagersmovie.com/

Friday, June 24, 2011

Wired Teens - Good Netiquette

The Wired Teens group from Sullivan Middle School developed this set of tips on passwords and good netiquette.

Wired Teens Summer Reminders