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Youth Worker Journal : Young People and Identity in a Digital Age
Andrew Root discusses the problem of identity in the digital age, and the prevalence of teen despair. Andrew writes for YouthWorker Journal and is Assistant Professor of Youth and Family Ministry at Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota. He is also the author of “Revisiting Relational Youth Ministry” (IVP) and “Relationships Unfiltered” (Zondervan).
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Who Am I? Adolescent Identity in the Digital Age
Michelle and Madison were under the same roof but in two different worlds. They were thousands of miles apart though only 30 feet separated them. Both sat looking at their own computer screens: Madison video-Skyping with her neighbor and a foreign exchange student, updating her Flickr account and checking her photo ratings; Michelle, her mother,…