<p>Dr. Rosen Speaks on Growing up on Facebook at the “What the Tech?” Conference </p>
<p><a href="http://drlarryrosen.com/speaking/videos/%5B/url%5D">http://drlarryrosen.com/speaking/videos/</a></p>
<p>The link of Rosen speaking about tech...idk why it comes up this way...</p>
<p>Attention</a> Alert: A Study on Distraction Reveals Some Surprises | Psychology Today</p>
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Discuss.</p>
<p>The solution to that is as close as getting outside!</p>
<p>[Nature-Deficit</a> Disorder - NYTimes.com](<a href=“http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/29/nature-deficit-disorder/]Nature-Deficit”>Nature-Deficit Disorder - The New York Times)</p>
<p>The interesting thing is how face to face contact for these teens and young adults is the least preferred method of communication…</p>
<p>What does that mean for real dating and marriages…
I constantly hear about young adults who complain they can’t meet nice people to ,arry–yet alot of their social stuff is on FB.</p>
<p>thought the FB connection and academic performance interesting.</p>
<p>Fog, interesting point. The last ACT essay was about the Internet an whether it was good or bad for interpersonal relationships. My D couldn’t precisely recite the oromot but it was basically this. She of course saw both sides but supported ‘yes’. H and I wondered later what the percentage of kids who said yes was- guarantee it was high!</p>
<p>I agree. Life is moving really fast these days. It’s crazy.</p>
<p>And I took the ACT test, and argued for no, that it wasn’t helpful with relationships. I was really surprised to find that my friends found it was easier to argue “yes” than it was to argue “no.” Too many teens just spend so much of their time behind electronics… it’s really sad.</p>
<p>No surprise to me. I mentioned this at a school meeting last week and had research to back it up when our school was on the verge of spending millions of dollars to lease 1:1 laptops. They chose to believe the teachers that talked about how “engaged” the kids get when they have technology at their fingertips. Check out this book - [Amazon.com:</a> The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains (9780393339758): Nicholas Carr: Books](<a href=“http://www.amazon.com/The-Shallows-Internet-Doing-Brains/dp/0393339750/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1334803925&sr=8-1]Amazon.com:”>http://www.amazon.com/The-Shallows-Internet-Doing-Brains/dp/0393339750/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1334803925&sr=8-1)</p>
<p>HS student here: I have to admits the rate at with these new gadgets are appearing will soon lose pace with them (or start falling). But face-to-face interactions is still very common (at least in my school). Even outside of school people my age seems willing to talk to randoms.
And the problems with techs can be overcome: Turn the tv off, unplug your computer (so it take a long time to load), put the phone down (mostly girls), and finish your hw and study (you can’t take away music it pretty much cancels out every other distractions). IT rather simple and easy for ME to do. But I doubt many teens can accomplish what I can - unless solar flares wipe out electronics…</p>
<p>RE: Dating. You might enjoy this article from the Boston College Alumni Magazine, Winter 2012:</p>
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<p>[Boston</a> College Magazine Winter 2012 End Notes The ask](<a href=“http://bcm.bc.edu/issues/winter_2012/endnotes/the-ask.html]Boston”>http://bcm.bc.edu/issues/winter_2012/endnotes/the-ask.html)</p>
<p>I just finished reading (but am still processing), “Boys Adrift” by Leonard Sax. He has some very striking things to say about the current state if interpersonal relationships. I might get censored here for sharing any details!!!</p>
<p>Let’s just say I am closely monitoring the time spent on the computer by both of my boys, avoiding plastic as much as possible, and am making sure they get outdoors.</p>
<p>I read Boy’s adrift a few years ago when my older son got sucked into World of Warcrack. Good insights.</p>
<p>Fortunately, that son has turned into quite a writer and is right now backpacking, so I guess he made it.</p>
<p>I fear my kids spend way too much time in front of a computer in place of so much else that life has to offer. </p>
<p>And even worse, I fear I am partly to blame: having role modeled this behavior for years in front of them. </p>
<p>I find CC a terrible distraction to my work.</p>
<p>Before they even reach teenage years…I work in an elementary school and find that Kindergartners have no previous life experience with zoos, outdoor games, nursery rhymes. They are well versed in wii and xbox, mario brothers, pokemon, and war games. Very sad for me. How do we fix it before they are only looking to electronics for all their experiences and knowledge?</p>
<p>I am also finding that people assume everyone is glued to their computers. Saturday morning, a guy called at 7:30 am to tell me he was coming over. He said, “I sent you a message on Facebook last night, but you didn’t respond…” Well, gee, maybe I didn’t get back on the computer after 8:00 - that happens occasionally.</p>