Generation Z
Five Ways to Manage Disrespect from Students Today
42shares Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest LinkedIn During the 2017-2018 school year, more educators asked me for ideas about managing disrespectful students than any year in my memory. One teacher told me a student in her class was slouching and drifting off to sleep. She walked over to him and requested he sit up straight and…
Continue ReadingThree Trends on the Rise as Generation Z Grows Up
12shares Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest LinkedIn Today, tech innovations are being introduced faster than I can keep up. Did you know that a flying car may be unveiled at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo? Yes, I just said that. A rider in this flying car plans to light the torch at the beginning of…
Continue ReadingA Good Change Between Millennials and Generation Z
6shares Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest LinkedIn I probably don’t need to tell you—the kids who make up Generation Z are not merely a continuation of the Millennial Generation. The times are different; culture has shifted and more realities are uncertain than ever before. Let me illustrate some of the shifts that have happened from one…
Continue ReadingThe Main Reason Kids Lack Confidence
36shares Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest LinkedIn When Brandon told me he wanted to start a YouTube channel that helped people who share the same vision get together and collaborate, I asked him, “What’s stopping you?” “I don’t have the confidence,” he acknowledged. Over the next several minutes, Brandon and four of his friends joined me…
Continue ReadingMy Commitment: To Make Myself Useful to Generation Z
8shares Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest LinkedIn I recently spoke to a university student who candidly told me what he was up to. As he shared his political views, his plans for a career, his spiritual beliefs and his fluid gender identification—I immediately smiled, as I knew it was a departure from his parents’ worldview. When I…
Continue ReadingFive Hints for Starting Your Career Well
4shares Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest LinkedIn Some time ago, our team received a note describing an all too frequent scenario: I am a 23-year-old male, single (recently dumped), employed as a restaurant server, a former high school soccer athlete, and an intermediate violinist. I identify as an agnostic and I plan on returning to school…
Continue ReadingThree Traits Generation Z Possesses That We Adults Often Don’t
14shares Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest LinkedIn I recently watched a TED Talk, featuring a young teen named Ashton Cofer. He and a team of peers decided to take on a significantly large and yet unsolved problem in America: Styrofoam waste. From packing peanuts to disposable coffee cups, each year the U.S. alone produces some two…
Continue ReadingWhy Empathy Must Be Taught
14shares Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest LinkedIn When speaking to high school students recently, I commented on the rising number of teens who experience high levels of stress and anxiety in our culture today. One very sharp senior raised her hand and said, “Wow! I knew I suffer from anxiety and panic attacks, but I didn’t…
Continue ReadingFive Paradoxes on Teens From the Eighth Grade
2shares Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest LinkedIn I just saw the movie, “Eighth Grade,” and for the entire 94 minutes, felt like I got to climb into the brain of a young teen coming of age. It’s the story of Kayla Day during her last week of eighth grade—detailing her feelings about her body, her virtual…
Continue ReadingFour Expectations Generation Z Has of Future Employers
5shares Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest LinkedIn The first wave of young adults from Generation Z are entering the workforce, and believe it or not, they are different from the Millennial Generation, who are a bit older than they are. Generation Z is the population who grew up during the first fifteen years of the 21st…
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