iGen
A highly readable and entertaining first look at how today s members of iGen the children, teens, and young adults born in the mid 1990s and later are vastly different from their Millennial predecessors, and from any other generation, from the renowned psychologist and author of Generation Me.With generational divides wider than ever, parents, educators, and employers have an urgent need to understand today s rising generation of teens and young adults Born in the mid 1990s to the mid 2000s and later, iGen is the first generation to spend their entire adolescence in the age of the smartphone With social media and texting replacing other activities, iGen spends less time with their friends in person perhaps why they are experiencing unprecedented levels of anxiety, depression, and loneliness But technology is not the only thing that makes iGen distinct from every generation before them they are also different in how they spend their time, how they behave, and in their attitudes toward religion, sexuality, and politics They socialize in completely new ways, reject once sacred social taboos, and want different things from their lives and careers More than previous generations, they are obsessed with safety, focused on tolerance, and have no patience for inequality iGen is also growing up slowly than previous generations eighteen year olds look and act like fifteen year olds used to As this new group of young people grows into adulthood, we all need to understand them Friends and family need to look out for them businesses must figure out how to recruit them and sell to them colleges and universities must know how to educate and guide them And members of iGen also need to understand themselves as they communicate with their elders and explain their views to their older peers Because where iGen goes, so goes our nation and the world. 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Twenge – kino-fada.fr If you are reading this review, according to the cornucopia of research offered in this book, you are unlikely to be an iGen er By 2015, one out of three high school seniors admitted they had not read any books for pleasure in the past year, three times as many as in 1976 While Professor Twenge cautions us not to evaluate some of her findings as good or bad, this, for me, is surely a bit sad As a...Sensationalist, cherry picked, start with the conclusion you want and work back from there crap Whatever university gave this person a PhD as they proudly display on the book cover has some serious explaining to do The author s research methods are spurious and would get her laughed out of any serious academic conference As with her last book about Millennials, this author says that the current generation of young people is simply the worst because they value individualismthan conform Sensationalist, cherry picked, start with the conclusion you want and work back from there crap Whatever university gave this person a PhD as they proudly display on the book cover has some serious explaining to do The author s research methods are spurious and would get her laughed out of any serious academic conference As with her last book about Millennials, this author says that the current generation of young people is simply the worst because they value individualismthan conformity I love how she gives lip service to the benefits that the rise of individuali...Just to get this out of the way first I hate the title and early in the book Twenge misapplies life history theory in a way that made me grind my teeth.The argument, as Twenge lays it out in the introduction, is provocative and one that interests me the widespread adoption of smartphones has fundamentally altered American adolescence The problem is that Twenge does not stick to demonstrating this point She presents a compelling case in discussing the interaction between technology and teenag Just to get this out of the way first I hate the title and early in the book Twenge misapplies life history theory in a way that made me grind my teeth.The argument, as Twenge lays it out in the introduction, is provoca...As a parent of 6 children all of whom fall into the iGen category , this book was fascinating as well as discouraging Many of the trends that are associated with iGen, I see in my own children however, not all of them are negative I am excited to share my thoughts on this in an upcoming group discussion After reading 11 chapters of data, trends, and insights, followed up by 1 chapter of what to do nows , I would appreciate another book on ways to embrace the positives in iGen and how to As a parent of 6 children all of whom fall into the iGen category , this book was fascinating as well as discouraging Many of the trends that are associated with iGen, I see in my own children however, not all of them are negative I am excited to share my thoughts on this in an upcoming group discussion After reading 11 chapters of data, tre...I was a little leery about reading this book I worried it might be just some rant about how kids these days are awful in every way, and whymygeneration is so superior What I hoped to find was a book that would offer insight into the internet generation iGen , a book that would let me understand these young people better, see where they are coming from After all, the world they re growing up in is vastly different to the one I did I m a Gen X er I ve never had children well, unles I was a little leery about reading this book I worried it might be just some rant about how kids these days are awful in every way, and whymygeneration is so superior What I hoped to find was a book that would offer insight into the internet generation iGen , a book that would let me understand these young people better, see where they are coming from After all, the world they re growing up in is vastly different to the one I did I m a Gen X er I ve never had children well, unless you c...I was introduced to Jean Twenge s iGen thesis in a recent article in The Atlantic and actually thought I d ask my kids their thoughts on it, when I found out it was condensed from a new book that friends chose for our couples bookclub I m glad I had the chance to read Ms Twenge s expanded ideas As the mother of kids ages 16 22, and as one who s worked in schools and church with kids ...Igen Is Crying Out For Help, And We Need To ListenIn IGEN, Professor Jean M Twenge summarizes the research on the next generation There are lots of alarming findings First off, the iGen teens do many things less often this includes going out with friends, working, reading even going to parties Comparison to prior generations is alarming For example, the number of 8th graders who work for pay has been cut in half It s not just a matter of teens making a simple substitution of one media fo Igen Is Crying Out For Help, And We Need To ListenIn IGEN, Professor Jean M Twenge summarizes the research on the next generation There are lots of alarming findings First off, the iGen tee...You ve probably seen articles and heard stories about Millennials for the last few many years talk of Millennials, the generation after Gen X, has been all the rage ExceptMillennials are kind of old now The best place to divide the generations is 1995, which makes the youngest Millennials 23 Following the Millennials is a generation some call Gen Z since Millennials were Gen Y A better title is iGen which reflects this generation s status as digital natives.Why 1995 Facebook opened to You ve probably seen ar...There are positives and negatives for this new, tech addicted generation The upside is that they are safe less teen pregnancies, drinking, car accidents, etc This is because they never go out and do anything The downside is that they are very immature, scared and depressed Because they don t go out and do things and aren t independent they don t have a lot of confidence They are also depressed because of social media and lack of face to face human interaction Even 2 hours a day of screen There are positives and negatives for this new, tech addicted generation The upside is that they are safe less teen pregnancies, drinking, car accidents, etc This is because they never go out and do anything The downside is that they are very immature, scared and depressed Because they don t go out and do things and aren t independent they don t have a lot of confidence They are al...I started this book because my children son 13 and daughter 11 fall into the age range of iGen I thought the book was interesting I found myself shaking my head many times as I recognized something my children do However, I don t know that devices are what make this generation less likely to drink alcohol, have sex, attend un chaperoned parties, or drive before they turn ...
- English
- 02 April 2017 Jean M. Twenge
- Hardcover
- 352 pages
- 1501151983
- Jean M. Twenge
- iGen