M ar ch 2015
Shar e your PACT
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In each of our issues, the goal is to both r eflect upon pr ogr am s her e in
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school and shar e ideas fr om outside our w alls in or der to im pr ove par ent com m unication and connection. In this w ay, w e can w or k together to r aise healthy teens in today?s com plex society. In this PACT New sletter, w e focus on teen use of technology. An im por tant voice in this conver sation is that of Danah
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Boyd, Resear ch Assistant Pr ofessor at New Yor k Univer sity, and a Fellow at Har var d's Ber km an Center for Inter net and Society. Her cur r ent book , It?s Com plicated:
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The Social Lives of Netw or ked
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Teens, is one that w e have been discussing as a PACT team along w ith select
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faculty. In this new sletter, w e shar e som e of our ow n thoughts on m any of the ideas pr esented in the book . We ar e also happy to shar e par ent r eflections on our Sophom or e and Senior Par ent PACT evenings. These evenings focused on our Health and
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Sexuality Pr ogr am and also featur ed an alum ni par ent for um . We hope that these pr ogr am s have been constr uctive spaces to shar e ideas and lear n fr om fellow par ents. We look for w ar d to hear ing your thoughts and input
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r egar ding our PACT pr ogr am m ing as w ell. -- The PACT Team
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