[NOTE: The first printing of my book sold out in one month and is now in its second printing. If you have been unable to get a copy of the book there are now more available! Thank you all for your support.]
REVIEWS
"Dr. Larry Rosen goes beyond the sensational headlines by providing original research on how young people are actually using MySpace. Me, MySpace, and I provides parents with a much needed voice in the debate over the role of social networking in the lives of today's totally wired teens." -- Anastasia Goodstein, author of Totally Wired: What Teens and Tweens Are Really Doing Online
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"Rosen brings his expertise as both a research psychologist and father together in this new book, Me. MySpace, and l. He provides great insight and excellent guidance." -- Nancy E. Willard, author of Cyber-Safe Kids, Cyber-Savvy Teens: Helping Young People learn to Make Safe and Responsible Choices Online
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"A must read book for parents ... Guided by extensive research, presented in easy-to-read language and offering real-life examples, Dr. Rosen's book will enlighten parents. It helps bridge the generation divide between parents and their technologically literate kids." -- Scott Plunkett, Ph.D., Department of Family and Consumer Sciences, California State University Northridge
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"Dr. Rosen brings insights, humor, and a balanced approach to how parents can understand and deal with this particularly challenging phenomenon. An enjoyable, authoritative, and practical book for today's parents!"— Kerby T. Alvy, Ph.D. Founder and Executive Director, Center for the Improvement of Child Caring
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"Dr. Rosen's book is a very timely and comprehensive look at the virtual world. Me, MySpace, and I is groundbreaking and presents important issues for children and their parents coping in today's technological world. It is a practical handbook for parents and provides concrete answers to their most pressing questions about social networking and how children live online. Written by one of the top authorities on the impact of technology and combining theory, research, and common sense advice in easy-to-read language, Me, MySpace, and I is a must read for all parents." -- Dr. Kimberly Young, author of Caught in the Net and Tangled in the Weband director of the Center for Internet Addiction Recovery
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Press Release:
"Me, MySpace, and I: Parenting the Net Generation” Helps Parents Keep Kids Safe in Cyberspace
Creating a Place for MySpace
(American Psychological Association Monitor)
"You might peek into your kid's room, and your kid is on MySpace and they're talking on the phone and they're texting and IMing and there's music coming from the iPod -- basically, you're seeing kids who are so technologically adept that parents don't quite know what to do about it."
"Parents should understand that for many young people their online world is their social environment. That means that Net Geners are doing all the kinds of things online that their parents did while hanging out at the mall or behind the school -- including, yes, flirting, and trying out various identities."
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RECENT MEDIA QUOTES
SPECIAL NOTE:
The Emmy Award Winning Show "Connect With Kids" is running a segment over the next few months on "Screen Addicts" where I am featured as one of their experts. The schedule is online. I hope you get a chance to see it in your area of the country.
Taping for ABC
San Diego Union-Tribune
San Diego technology psychologist Larry Rosen, author of “Me, MySpace and I,” said it's hard to predict exactly how wireless technology will change our lives but that the changes will be driven by the YouTube generation and not by their Baby Boom or Generation X parents.
"It took my generation 10 years to adopt the computer,” Rosen said. "This generation adopted text messaging in two or three years."
"It's a whole generation of adopters. It's a generation that embraces technology. They've spent most of their life wired. They use everything."
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REVIEW IN SCHOLASTIC PARENT AND
CHILD MAGAZINE
If you're clueless about your child's online world, check out this great resource for parenting the Net Generation.
REVIEW IN THE LIBRARY JOURNAL
Call them Millennials, Gen Yers, or MySpacers -- but pay attention! Millennials (those born after 1979) are different from their predecessors; not only do they use their time differently, but they seek to create content, are bored if not multitasking, are far from private, and are always online. Rosen offers a well-documented comparison between and among baby boomers (b. 1946-64), Gen Xers (b. 1965-1979), and Millennials -- their values, career goals, loyalties, workplace styles, and more. When not on social-networking sites like MySpace or Facebook, Millennials are IMing, conducting research online, visiting the virtual world Second Life, or playing video games -- sometimes all at the same time. Interestingly, Millennials also value their parents' opinions and are career- and college-focused, emotionally open, and very social. Rosen advises parents to be proactive and to learn how to avoid problems before they start -- e.g., by placing the family computer in a common area of the home, setting limits, using MySpace themselves, and talking with and listening to their kids even more. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
USA Today
In response to New York's e-STOP law to require sex offenders to register their e-mail addresses, IM names, screen names and any online identifiers:
"Good Lord -- this is absurd," says Larry Rosen, author of Me, MySpace, and I. "What is to prevent a 'sex offender' from opening a shadow e-mail account and IM name? The key is not restricting sex offenders, but teaching parents and kids how to deal with them if and when they are approached."
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