Ask Axis: "My 8th grader seems overly materialistic. Will this change?"

Ask Axis: "My 8th grader seems overly materialistic. Will this change?"

"Our oldest is a 14 year old boy so we're still newbies to parenting teens. Our 8th grader teen seems, in mom and dad's opinion, overly concerned with materialism (things like shoes and iphone model etc). We've heard that this is pretty typical for middle school boys; do teen boys tend to become less materialistic after middle school/once they're in high school? We try to talk with him about materialism not being a healthy priority but it doesn't seem to be sinking in yet." - Sarah

Scientific Paper --> Growing up in a Material World: Age Differences in Materialism

Scientific Paper --> Effects of Materialism on Adolescents'

Book Reference --> The Emotional Lives of Teenagers by Dr. Lisa Damour

Axis Resource --> A Parent's Guide to Teen Identity

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CT: 2016 Nostalgia, Mental Health Improvements, and Voice Memos

CT: 2016 Nostalgia, Mental Health Improvements, and Voice Memos

Nostalgia for 2016 hits social media, some hopeful, if complicated, mental health statistics about college students, and teens would rather send a voice note than make a phone call. Slang of the Week ...

22 Jan 8min

Ask Axis: "Should we encourage teens to go to parties?"

Ask Axis: "Should we encourage teens to go to parties?"

A question on "camp skits not aging well." Libby asks, "We generally have just substituted current pop culture references into old skits to bring them up to date. But it's so necessary right now to he...

20 Jan 7min

Roundtable: Trade School, Grok Deepfakes, Fiber vs. Protein

Roundtable: Trade School, Grok Deepfakes, Fiber vs. Protein

Three Big Conversations: Gen Z heads to trade school en masse - 05:14 The controversy around Grok's creation of deepfake images - 21:26 Fiber is the new protein - 42:00 Slang of the Week: "Choppelga...

16 Jan 57min

CT: Trade School, Fiber vs. Protein, and Grok Deepfakes

CT: Trade School, Fiber vs. Protein, and Grok Deepfakes

Gen Z heads to trade school en masse, fiber is the new protein, and the controversy around Grok's creation of deepfake images. Slang of the Week: "Choppelganger" --> Check out the defenition in our re...

15 Jan 10min

Ask Axis: "How do I talk to my teens about swearing?"

Ask Axis: "How do I talk to my teens about swearing?"

"I recently had a conversation with my teen son about how words he (and everyone else) uses regularly were not considered ok when I was growing up. Can you speak to how language has changed and what i...

13 Jan 12min

Roundtable: "End of Beginning," Gen Alpha's Sushi Obsession, and the Great Meme Reset

Roundtable: "End of Beginning," Gen Alpha's Sushi Obsession, and the Great Meme Reset

Three Big Conversations: Stranger Things star Joe Keery's synthpop song tops the charts - 12:55 Sushi is the new pizza for Gen Alpha - 22:46 the Great Meme Reset that wasn't.- 31:18 Slang of the Wee...

9 Jan 43min

CT: "End of Beginning," Gen Alpha's Sushi Obsession, and the Great Meme Reset

CT: "End of Beginning," Gen Alpha's Sushi Obsession, and the Great Meme Reset

Stranger Things star Joe Keery's synthpop song tops the charts, sushi is the new pizza for Gen Alpha, and the Great Meme Reset that wasn't. Slang of the Week: "Flow State" In Other News: Mr. Beast's c...

9 Jan 10min

CT: 5 Conversation Starters for 2026

CT: 5 Conversation Starters for 2026

We're ready to dive into 2026 and continue supporting you in ways that matter to you and the teens in your life. As you step into the new year and start thinking about your goals for your family and h...

1 Jan 2min

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