To the Contrary is a PBS news program featuring an all-female staff of broadcast journalists, experts, and specialists. The show covers a broad range of news stories, but focuses most often on issues and topics that affect or concern women and families.
On this episode, the host Bonnie Erbe speaks on Rosalind’s book Queen Bees and Wannabees, and how much teenage girls’ interactions have changed in the new realms created by social media. Addressing issues such as teenage privacy, sexting, and other “technological pitfalls” teenagers face in today’s tech-saavy society, Erbe and her associates analyze the complexities of teenagers and technology.
Rosalind Wiseman is an internationally recognized author and educator on children, teens, parenting, education and social justice. Her work aims to help parents, educators and young people successfully navigate the social challenges of young adulthood.
March 11th, 2010 at 3:03 pm
Very important information; it’s so vital that we get the word out that managing kids’ behavior re tech is a complicated, nuanced and DO-ABLE.