Andy Taylor-Fabe

Middle School Division Head at The Hamlin School in San Francisco

[Andy Taylor-Fabe @AndyTaylorFabe]

When you work at a middle school, it’s important to stay current with trends.
#StanleyCup

[Andy Taylor-Fabe @AndyTaylorFabe]

4 tips to outsmart dopamine if your kid is hooked on screens https://t.co/FFI53IYBlF

[Andy Taylor-Fabe @AndyTaylorFabe]

Parents are worried about the effects of smartphones on their kids' brains - The Washington Post https://t.co/CuwIR0iSTy

[Andy Taylor-Fabe @AndyTaylorFabe]

Young adults are struggling with their mental health. Is more childhood independence the answer?  https://t.co/RIlsZzLh84

[Andy Taylor-Fabe @AndyTaylorFabe]

Opinion | This Is Our Chance to Pull Teenagers Out of the Smartphone Trap - The New York Times https://t.co/EyFCmfaW0p

[Andy Taylor-Fabe @AndyTaylorFabe]

362 School Counselors on the Pandemic’s Effect on Children: ‘Anxiety Is Filling Our Kids’ https://t.co/JXF1vff1Bh

[Andy Taylor-Fabe @AndyTaylorFabe]

The surging use of digital technology has changed life’s daily rhythms. https://t.co/Lvu5TCeRbQ

[the moon’s wife @bookishseawitch]

good morning to every english teacher who woke up this morning like “today’s the day I assign a short story that will haunt them till the day they die”

[Andy Taylor-Fabe @AndyTaylorFabe]

Do you offer your kids broad exposure to the world, in all its beauty and foulness, and hope they make good decisions? Or do you try to protect them from ideas and activities that you see as dangerous or immoral — and also hope they make good decisions? https://t.co/ga4YFZaZlN

[Andy Taylor-Fabe @AndyTaylorFabe]

“The challenge and the progress” of modern adolescence “is there are so many types of identity”—more choices & possibilities, which can be overwhelming. Among factors shaping mental health is the mind’s churning & obsessing: Rumination is a big piece of it.https://t.co/1q0uA1y3Vp

[Andy Taylor-Fabe @AndyTaylorFabe]

“Remember the good old days when kids just watched YouTube all day? Now that they binge on 15-second TikToks, those YouTube clips seem like PBS documentaries.” https://t.co/K1PcDnN6Vi

[Andy Taylor-Fabe @AndyTaylorFabe]

“Researchers identified two distinct periods of adolescence when heavy use of social media spurred lower ratings of “life satisfaction”: first around puberty—ages 11 to 13 for girls, and 14 to 15 for boys—and then again for both sexes around age 19.” https://t.co/tQQ52nmAyS

[Andy Taylor-Fabe @AndyTaylorFabe]

“We want to be convinced that it was so long ago. It was last night. It’s today.” https://t.co/YJ191XKzQB

[Andy Taylor-Fabe @AndyTaylorFabe]

1) Maus is one of the great works of art of the 20th century.

2) Anyone seeking to ban/remove a book should ask themselves why book banners are never remembered as the good guys. https://t.co/icSFCE2Kb3

[Andy Taylor-Fabe @AndyTaylorFabe]

Anxious? You Are Not Alone https://t.co/E8hXiGRyq6

[NBC BLK @NBCBLK]

Dozens of books written by Black authors are being pulled from school libraries under the pretext that they’re teaching critical race theory. Most of the books don’t teach critical race theory but are written by and about people of color. https://t.co/FM2yYaU7q5

[Andy Taylor-Fabe @AndyTaylorFabe]

Ping. Ding. Chirp. Notifications Are Driving Us Crazy. - WSJ https://t.co/pt5f8ZS4Sw

[Andy Taylor-Fabe @AndyTaylorFabe]

‘They’ has been a singular pronoun forever. Don’t let anyone tell you it’s wrong. - The Washington Post https://t.co/gVO1lmhze5

[Andy Taylor-Fabe @AndyTaylorFabe]

Parents, Here Are Teen Girls’ Rules for Instagram - WSJ https://t.co/rg7Q17mRZ2

[Andy Taylor-Fabe @AndyTaylorFabe]

Up in Arms Over a Pronoun https://t.co/aK9lEbz3nj