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

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by Jean M Twenge, Atria Books, NY, 2018

Description

This book focuses on young adults born from the mid-1990s on. It explores technology’s impact on developmental growth and shares that generation’s unique attitudes and beliefs.

Features

topics include media, virtual connection, mental health, isolation, income insecurity, sexuality, race, politics, and family

Recommended Audience

parents, educators, and congregational leaders

Cost

Purchase as book, e-book or audio book

Practical Applications

Consider how to reach young adults and millennials by understanding their influences and growth.
Help older adult groups learn how to understand and interact with the younger generation.

Updated: January 08, 2025

About the Contributor

Matt Burke

Senior Director of Resource Consulting and Grants

Matt Burke is the senior director of resource consulting and grants for the Center for Congregations. Prior to this role, he also served as the director of the northeast Center for Congregations in Fort Wayne and the Center’s Education Director statewide. Matt has a background in classroom, digital and experiential education and most recently served as the associate director of Learning Science at Kaplan Test Prep. He is passionate about using education to develop deeper faith in congregational participants.

Matt earned a B.A. in Religion from Mount Vernon Nazarene University and a Masters of Divinity degree from Asbury Theological Seminary. He enjoys spending time with his wife, Kelly, and his two sons, Silas and Levi. Matt also loves storytelling in films, books and music and finding the intersections of faith and popular culture.

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