interesting article

Facebook and The Adolescent Brain - The Emerging Employers' Dilemma

from Tom Krieglstein of Swift Kick http://ow.ly/gtkj

This would be a good back-to-school discussion to record/video with teachers and students and then share the results with administrators.

from the post:

"We have a classic chicken/egg challenge. Will adolescents change their behavior online to suit their current or future employers needs, or will employers change their attitudes about online behavior knowing that the prefrontal doesn't fully develop until 25?

Dr. Giedd jokes that at least the rental car industry has it right because you can't rent a car until you're 25.

I tend to think that as more of our adolescent years are played out and recorded online forever, societal attitudes will shift towards a greater acknowledgment of "oh those were his/her adolescent years" and put less long term judgement on those actions.

It will be interesting to see our first "Facebook President," or watch a parent tell a child not to do something and the child turns around and Googles a video and picture of the parent doing the exact same thing."