Taylor Interviewed for Time.com article about the Apple Watch
I was interviewed recently for a Time.com article that explores how the Apple Watch and other smartwatches will impact children and families.
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09, 2014
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09, 2014
Are Young People Getting a Bad Rap These Days?
Young people in America don’t seem to be held in a very high regard these days. They’re accused of a veritable rap sheet of bad attitudes and bad behaviors. We constantly hear about the impending Armageddon when the next generations take over our country. Some of the less-than-admirable qualities that are attributed to young people [...]
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08, 2014
Are Young People Losing Their Ability to Read Emotions?
An interesting new study was just published that suggests that children who have little or no screen time are able to read the emotions of others better than those who spend considerable time in front of a screen. Though the sample for the study was small, its implications are disturbing, namely, that the decline in [...]
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08, 2014
Raising Generation Tech Workshop and Q & A Now on YouTube
Not long ago, I gave a keynote address and participated in a Q & A based on my latest parenting book, Raising Generation Tech: Prepare Your Children for a Media-fueled World. Both are now available on my YouTube channel.
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07, 2014
Technology is Making Us Dumber
Very much in line with my own views on the overuse of technology, this article describes 8 Ways Technology Makes Us Stupid. I'm quite sure that the majority of us can relate to each of the eight.
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07, 2014
Disruptive Innovation May Not Be That Disruptive
Disruption is certainly in vogue these days in the business world. Yet, an interesting and contrarian article in The New Yorker challenges the conventional wisdom that disruptive innovation actually work. The writer debunks much of the findings of the Harvard professor and business guru Clayton Christensen that businesses and industries evolve or die through disruptive innovation.
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07, 2014
Sleep is Another Casualty of Technology
If you're a parent a of teenager (or have a child that is going to be one!), this article should really disturb you. The bottom line is that when young people should be sleeping, many are staying up late spending the wee hours of the night on social media. It's called '"vamping," as in vampires. [...]
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06, 2014
Taylor Interview about Kids and Technology
I was recently interviewed by Michael Stelzner on mykidsadventures.com, a web site devoted to helping families find healthy alternatives to digital entertainment. You can listen to the interview here.
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06, 2014
A Father’s Day Gift
This video should remind us all what's really important in our lives and how we should spend our time. Happy Father's Day!!
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06, 2014
Handwriting is Better Than Keyboarding for Children
A fascinating article about the impact of handwriting vs. typing on a keyboard. The research seems clear that handwriting has important benefits over keyboarding (yes, it is a verb now!). This despite the fact that increasing numbers of schools have stopped teaching handwriting after second grade and no longer teach cursive writing.