Oh my goodness, I haven’t posted in months! AND I stopped posting right in the middle of a conversation about virginity.
I hope everyone will understand that this was a break of necessity - of my sanity, really. I’ve been overcome with work, nothing bad at all, just too much. Among other things, I have started [...]
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Webinar with Dr. Rayne on Teens, Sexuality, and Technology
Those pesky personal questions
There is an article in yesterday’s NYTimes called Q. Did you ever smoke pot? A. It’s Complicated, that is far better than I feared. It’s about whether or not to tell a preteen or teenager about one’s own drug use - either as a doctor or as a parent. Many of the same issues and [...]
It sounds like a joke…
“So a gay, French, teenage school boy walks into a McDonald’s…” But it’s actually a French advertisement by McDonald’s. One they would never, ever air in the US.
I wonder if the father is just unaware of his son’s sexual orientation, if he is in denial about it, or if he is blatantly homophobic? I think [...]
Nudity
I recently read Live Nude Girl: my life as an object by Kathleen Rooney. The book chronicles Rooney’s experiences in being a live nude model, discusses the history of nude modeling, and delves into the psychology of nudity in general. I quite enjoyed the book.
What I felt was missing completely, and quite a glaring oversight [...]
Media messages about teen parents
Yesterday I showed you the first of this semester’s Sex in the Media projects - and now here is the second!
As part of their Sex in the Media project, my students often investigate how teen parents are represented in the media. It’s a mixed bag, frankly, with sometimes glassy-eyed-approval of the beauty and sweetness of [...]
What does prevention mean?
A friend of mine with a 7th grade daughter and I were just talking on the phone, and as we were saying goodbye, she mentioned that her friends with 7th grade children have disparate views on what prevention means. She didn’t have time to into what she meant, but wanted to save the conversation for [...]
Internet Issues - Conclusions
Over the last two weeks I’ve been talking about a pretty fabulous report from the Harvard Graduate School of Education about the potential ethical issues many teenagers face when interacting online and in social media - and the benefits and pitfalls associated with the issues. This report is one of the best academic reviews of [...]
Internet Issues and Participation
Today I continue our conversation on how the ethical issues that present themselves to young people using social media by talking about participation. The start of our conversation is here, and links to the other posts on the same topic are all in the comments section below.
The Harvard Graduate School of Education report defines participation [...]
Internet Issues and Credibility
I am still writing about the Harvard Graduate School of Education report on young people, ethics, and social media. My series started with an introduction, and I have so far delved into the topics of identity, privacy, and ownership/authorship. I am boiling down the report to a quicker read for those who don’t want to [...]
Internet Issues and Ownership/Authorship
Busy, busy day today, folks, so if you want background on today’s post, go look at yesterday’s post.
The report that I’ve been talking about presents the complex issue of ownership and authorship thusly:
Offline, ownership and authorship are well-define concepts, protected by law and reinforced by cultural norms in corporations and schools… For various reasons, online, [...]
