Generation Z
Ever Heard of the Blackout Challenge? How Social Media Is Changing Peer Pressure and What to Do About It
4shares Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn By: Tim Elmore I remember feeling tangible peer pressure in high school. Friends pushed me to smoke cigarettes and marijuana, drink beer, and be sexually active. This was not uncommon in the 1970s. Culture was morphing from traditional to rebellious as baby boomers and Gen Xers pushed boundaries and listened…
Continue ReadingTen Terms That Define Generation Z Today
42shares Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn By: Tim Elmore Some are now calling Generation Z by a new name. They are known by many as Generation Covid, or Generation C. I have heard others call them, the Coronials. I released a book last fall called The Pandemic Population. They are the young people who will forever…
Continue ReadingOvercoming the Most Common Mistake Educators Make Leading Generation Z
17shares Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn By: Tim Elmore In 2010, Christopher Havens was sure he’d hit rock bottom. That year, he was sentenced to 25 years in prison for murder. Soon after, a fight earned Havens time in a solitary confinement cell at the Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla, Washington. When he arrived at…
Continue ReadingWhat the GameStop Market Surge Teaches Us About Generation Z & Millennials
5shares Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn By: Tim Elmore For years, younger generations have been the brunt of jokes by older generations who felt they were immature, lazy slackers who moved back home after college. A Twitter hashtag called, #HowToConfuseAMillennial even went viral, as social media posts often do. Some samples are: Show them a phone…
Continue ReadingHow to Help Gen Z Develop Empathy in Personal Relationships
20shares Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn Today’s blog is from Grace Hooley. Grace is a next gen researcher, writer, and Content Coordinator for Growing Leaders. While I (Grace) was in university, I studied with a fellow peer who had his finger on the pulse of the world. In every class or club he was in, Nick…
Continue ReadingHelping Generation Z Use Self-Awareness to Create Self-Confidence
11shares Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn It didn’t take long for people to recognize that Babe Ruth was a special athlete. The Sultan of Swat was a natural baseball player, better at hitting and pitching than most ballplayers in his time. In fact, at one point, a researcher from Columbia University coaxed him to undergo an…
Continue ReadingHow to Help Generation Z Redefine Resilience and Overcome Life’s Challenges
13shares Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn I’ve been white water rafting twice in my life, once in California and once in Colorado. It’s completely different from the lazy river rafting I’ve enjoyed on the Chattahoochee River near Atlanta. When rafting on the rapids, I don’t go out without an experienced guide who knows how to handle…
Continue ReadingHow to Prepare Gen Z for the ‘New Normal’ After the Pandemic
10shares Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn When I was a young kid, seat belts were introduced to automobiles. I remember in 1968 when the federal government made them mandatory. At first, they were only lap belts with no strap across the chest. People claimed they hindered movement and wrinkled their clothes. It was a strange time…
Continue ReadingFive Ingredients to Help Students Recover Following a Pandemic
16shares Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn The population of young people, ages 16 to 24, were already facing mental health problems. Now they feel delayed by COVID-19, and it has added to their anxiety levels. This portion of Generation Z and Millennials are disadvantaged. While it sounds strong, many of them feel: Postponed Pushed aside Penalized…
Continue ReadingAsk Don’t Tell: What We Could Learn From Gen Z During a Pandemic
7shares Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn I know four sets of parents who are now at odds with their young adult children. The kids are between the ages of 17 and 24. Each of these families are experiencing more arguments than normal, and the young people all seem to possess underlying anger directed at the older…
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