Kim Bassett serves as President and CEO of Stewart Norwood Hospital in Norwood, Massachusetts. When it comes to understanding Millennials (born roughly between the early 1980s and 2000) in the workplace, she is an industry expert. The following article was written by...
A young Texas journalist named Alexis Bloomer posted the following video to Facebook. At last count, it had received 40 million Facebook views.The two-minute commentary is a pretty severe indictment on Millennials (Generation Y). Here is a counterpoint to her argument...
“I’ve been praying since I was five years old. Nothing’s came, but that ain’t gonna stop me. This is what goes through my mind. God has to be busy with everyone else. Eventually, He will come into my life, and help me. I hope it happens. It’s gonna break my heart if...
Teens, Selfies and Secret Social Media Accounts Brian Solis, a sociologist, futurist, and digital analyst, has written an article about how teens use social media and why it matters. It's a good article that addresses rampant selfies and the rise of accidental...
The biggest crisis facing parents today is their Gen Y and Generation Z kids' unfettered access to the Internet. This infographic touches upon it lightly, but fails to really illustrate the tragedy of it all. Infographic courtesy Explained.TV
Werther Effect Traditional media has a policy of not reporting suicides because of the Werther Effect, which occurs when a wave of emulation suicides occur after a widely publicized suicide. Social media by its very nature could never adhere to a policy of not...
Future of the Middle Class: Will Your Kids Fall Out? Tamaranorbust is an academic and writer of Histories of Things To Come. Check out her post Gen Y: The Anonymous Generation. If you’re a parent you should definitely pay attention to this one. It was this quote by...
A guest post about the difference between Generation X and Gen Y (Millennial) by Mike Waltman With due respect to Emptyage, I am not sick of the Millennials; I’m jealous as hell. In fact, to hear most journalists describe it, Millennials are stoically and heroically...
...I know times are getting hard But just believe me, girl Someday I'll pay the bills with this guitar We'll have it good We'll have the life we knew we would... --From the Plain White Ts and Hey There Delilah If Generation X was born with or raised in the shadow of...
The New York Times published an article late last month, Click, Clack, Ding, Sigh, about Generation Y's affection for manual typewriters. I, too, love the sound of manual typewriters. We had one growing up, but they stopped making the ribbons for it and it stayed in...
I was so lost I should have died But You have brought me to Your side To be led by Your staff and rod And to be call a lamb of God --from Paris and Lamb of God Richard Beck, an associate professor of experimental psychology at Abilene Christian University, has a blog,...
Early this morning, I awoke to the sound of Sully crying for me. Mommy! Mommy! Mommy! Mommy! I went into his room and crawled into bed with him and soothed his fears. He said he had a bad dream. He was in a room all alone and it was cold. But, the room was his room,...