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Dr. Jean Twenge

iGen: Why Today’s Super-Connected Kids are Growing Up Less Happy and Completely Unprepared for Adulthood

Fri, Sep 20, 2019 @ 7:00 pm CDT - 8:30 pm CDT

| Free

With generational divides wider than ever, parents, and educators, have an urgent need to understand today’s rising generation of teens and young adults. Born after 1995, iGen is the first generation to spend their entire adolescence in the age of the smart-phone. With social media and texting replacing other activities and inter-personal contacts, the iGen are growing up more slowly, spending less time sleeping, and less time with their friends in person – perhaps why they are experiencing unprecedented levels of anxiety, depression, and loneliness.

Drawing from nationally representative surveys of 11 million young people, discover the facts supporting the cultural changes shaping today’s teens and young adults – and learn how their changed world has impacted their emotional, psychological and social well-being

Adult participants will discover how they can harness the positive trends of iGen, while mitigating the negative ones. Students who attend will better understand how the huge technological shift of smart-phones has affected their mental health and learn how to find a better balance with technology to be healthier and happier.

Jean Twenge PhD is a Professor of Psychology at San Diego State University, the author of more than 140 scientific publications and books including” iGen: Why Today’s Super-Connected Kids Are Growing Up Less Rebellious, More Tolerant, Less Happy–and Completely Unprepared for Adulthood” and “Generation Me: Why Today’s Young Americans Are More Confident, Assertive, Entitled — and More Miserable Than Ever Before”.

Please park in the College of DuPage Fawell C lot and enter the north entrance to the SRC building.  See link to COD college campus map below.

This free event is open to the public. Students are encouraged to attend.

Continuing professional development units are available.

 

 

Web site for Dr. Jean Twenge HERE

Printable flyer for this event (PDF) HERE

COD campus map (PDF) HERE

Details

Date:
Friday, September 20, 2019
Time:
7:00 pm CDT - 8:30 pm CDT
Cost:
Free
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Organizer

Gilda Ross

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Speaker
Dr. Jean Twenge

Venue

College of DuPage, Student Resource Center (SRC)
425 Fawell Blvd
Glen Ellyn, IL 60137 United States
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