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According to Tivo the top 10 TV moments of 2006 were

1. Katie Couric’s last day on “Today”
2. Mel Gibson’s interview with Diane Sawyer after his DWI arrest
3. Oprah tells author James Frey he betrayed readers
4. Sara and Grissom get together on “CSI”
5. Faith Hill’s reaction to Carrie Underwood’s win at “CMA Awards”
6. Kirstie Alley’s bikini reveal on “Oprah”
7. “Will & Grace” series finale in which their kids start dating
8. Kate and Sawyer get together on “Lost”
9. Rosie O’Donnell’s debut on “The View”
10. Connie Chung attempting a sultry serenade of Maury Povich

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• Talk in Class Turns to God, Setting Off Public Debate on Rights – New York Times
  Before David Paszkiewicz got to teach his accelerated 11th-grade history class about the United States Constitution this fall, he was accused of violating it.
  (tags: youth culture school science evolution)

• Teen rebellion – a Western export? [BBC NEWS]
  In the second of a series about young people around the world as part of the BBC’s Generation Next season, the BBC’s Robin Lustig asks if teenage rebellion is a natural phenomenon or nurtured by Western pop culture.
  (tags: youth culture music media)
• Teen Web posts are rich source for police work [newsobserver.com]
  When police went to search a Wilmington rental house for stolen Playstation 3 consoles last week, they brought heavily armed deputies because a picture on the Internet had made them think the college students inside might be armed.
  (tags: youth culture myspace blogs internet meida)

YESbutNObutYES two days ago published it’s top 10 Christian Tourist Traps.  Some of them are quite humorous.

A couple of my favorites are:

10. Golgotha Mini Golf – Cave City Kentucky

9. God’s Ark of Safety – Frostburg Maryland

5. Ave Maria Grotto – Cullman Alabama (. . . because it’s right down the road)

1. Holyland Experience – Orlando Florida

Make sure and check out YESbutNObutYES for the full Top 10 List.

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• Instant messaging gap [Kansas City Star]
  A poll found that one in five teenagers send more than 100 instant messages a day.
  (tags: youth culture instant_messenger cell_phone)
• Teenie Shoppers Make Big Buys [destinationCRM.com]
  As online shopping among teenagers continues to grow, retailers must focus on teens’ relationship to technology and family to reap the most from this market, according to a new report.
  (tags: youth culture marketing)
• Are Hollywood’s Bad Girls a Bad Influence on Teens? [ABC News]
  Parents Should Take Advantage of Teachable Moments, Expert Says
  (tags: youth culture media parents)

Harry Shearer (left) and Dan Castellaneta (right) on Conan O’Brien doing their voices from The Simpsons.  [FYI O'Brien was formerly a writer for The Simpsons.]

• A Statistical Portrait of Fathers and Mothers in America [churchrelevance.com]
  In 2002, Child Trends released a report called Charting Parenthood (PDF) that takes a statistical look at fathers and mothers in America. Some interesting highlights include:
  (tags: youth culture parents)

Thanks to Jud Stephenson for the great footage!

• Britney Spears tops Yahoo’s searches [Yahoo! News]
  Bereft of any new music to promote, Britney Spears was nevertheless the hottest thing on the Internet this year, judging from Yahoo’s annual list of popular search terms.
  (tags: youth culture music media internet)
• Teens who smoke more likely to abuse alcohol and drugs, study suggests [CBC]
  Young people who smoke are much more likely than their non-smoking peers to drink and abuse alcohol, and to use marijuana and other illicit substances, says a report issued Wednesday by the Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse.
  (tags: youth culture smoking drugs alcohol drinking addiction)
• 2006 Video Game Report Card [MediaWise]
  This MediaWise Video Game Report Card is the eleventh issued by the National
  Institute on Media and the Family, an independent, non-partisan, non-sectarian,
  nonprofit organization. The MediaWise Video Game Report Card provides a snapshot
  of the interac
  (tags: youth culture video_games media)
• A Virtual Chalkboard For Budding NFL Fans [washingtonpost.com]
  This is a phenomenon the National Football League never could have anticipated. In a world in which 53 million copies of the game have been sold in the last 17 years — the latest version sold an unprecedented two million copies in its first weekend of re
  (tags: youth culture video_games sports games)
• Grammy nominations in key categories [USATODAY.com]
  See which music makers are up for Grammy’s biggest accolades:
  (tags: youth culture music media)
• New Poll Shows Parents Afraid of Talking to Their Teens; Avoid Tough Topics, Especially Drug Use [Yahoo! Finance]
  White House Urges Parents to Sharpen Conversation Skills, Monitor Teens’ Activities
  (tags: youth culture drugs drinking addiction)
• OMG! Teens Use IM More Than E-Mail [InformationWeek]
  Thirty-six percent of teen girls said they can’t imagine life without IM while just 23 percent of boys felt the same way.
  (tags: youth culture text_messaging email)
• YouTube, iPods, Virtual Actors, 3-D — What Is The Future Of Film? [MTV]
  New filmmakers bust down doors to Hollywood, launch movies on the tiny screen. What’s next?
  (tags: youth culture movies YouTube internet media video)
• Teens and media: a full-time job [CNET News.com]
  According to a study released this week, Americans aged 13 to 18 spend more than 72 hours a week using electronic media–defined as the Internet, cell phones, television, music and video games. Because teens are known for multitasking, their usage of devi
  (tags: youth culture media internet cell_phone television music video_games)
• acebook still the cool place for college kids to hang out [Profectio]
  Josh Weil, Principal with Youth Trends, LLC passed along results from their recent Gen Y’s Pop Culture “Pulse” which tracks the consumption habits of 13 through 19 year olds across the United States.
  (tags: youth culture facebook blogs internet college)
• Parents Tongue-Tied When It Comes To Talking With Teens [The Huffington Post]
  For all of the trend reporting in the media that paints a picture of Generation Y or the Millennials as being buddies with mom and dad, it appears that when it comes to a key component of having a close relationship to your teens, i.e. talking to them abo
  (tags: youth culture parents)

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