Discuss (at least) three observations from the podcast or video that are “worth sharing.”

TED on Parenting
“My parents are so crazy, I just can’t help laughing…” by Ed Yourdon
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Review the Module 7 Learning Material and address the following in your short essay (at least 250 words, double-spaced):
STEP 1:
Watch or listen to at least one TED Talk (or podcast) that focuses on parenting issues
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STEP 2: Write a brief reaction paper (guideline: at least 250 words, double-spaced, in paragraph form).
Discuss (at least) three observations from the podcast or video that are “worth sharing.”

Explain why you selected these themes. How do they related to your personal observations and experiences?
Parenting & Family Life
“New York parents are constantly looking at their cell phones. It drives their kids crazy”
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by Ed Yourdon
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is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
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Readings
Here are links to our module readings:
Parenting
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Family Resources, and Economics
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Politics, Government, and Issues
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From Sociology of the Family (2020)
By Ron Hammond, Paul Cheney, Raewyn Pearsey
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14.2 Variations in Family Life
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By OpenStax
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Videos
Here are Video Overviews of Selected Module Topics:
By TED
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By TED
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By TED
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By TED
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By TED
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By TED
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By TED
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Multimedia Links
Parenting in a Pandemic
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Parenting During Coronavirus
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(HelpGuide.org)
“Sometimes kids see things that their parents miss”
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by Ed Yourdon
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is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
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Do Moms And Dads Know What They’re Doing? A Closer Look At Parenting Advice
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“Nobody knows anything,” the late William Goldman famously wrote about the alchemy of success in Hollywood. Now comes Jennifer Traig to make much the same case about parenting.
She is to parenting rules as Robin Hood is to the laws of Nottingham. She observes them at a great distance and with an even greater disdain. Traig, a writer, memoirist and mother of two, writes with evident frustration that children are baffling, mysterious little machines that most of the time can’t even tell you what’s wrong.
Does anyone know anything about raising their kids?
By WBUR
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Modern Parenthood:
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Parents juggling demands at work and home
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Living Facts, Copyright © 2019-2020 The Pew Charitable Trusts. All rights reserved.

The Smart Phone Generation
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(1A)
Gathered around the table this holiday season, along with your loved ones, will be a ubiquitous presence: the smartphone. Good luck trying to compete with that device for attention from your little cousin or your teenage nephew.
People who are growing up with smartphones are having less sex and drinking less alcohol than previous generations, some research indicates
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. Other studies also show this generation is more depressed, lonelier, more isolated and getting less sleep.
Psychologist Jean M. Twenge says these young consumers, a group she calls iGen, is “on the brink of a mental-health crisis.”
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Has the smartphone harmed an entire generation?
By IA
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NPR
On Kids And Screens, A Middle Way Between Fear And Hype,
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By Anya Kamenetz, Ph.D
By NPR
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Framing Children’s Deviance
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(A Tale of Two 7-Year-Olds), By Lisa Wade, Ph.D.
By Sociological Images
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TED Talks that Celebrate Sweet Dads
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(a playlist)
By TED
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TED Talks by Fierce Moms
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(a playlist)
By TED
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TED Talks for When You’re Expecting a Child
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(a playlist)
By TED
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TED Advice to Help You Be a Great Parent
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(a playlist)
By TED

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