My 16-year-old daughter’s therapist recently had yet another come-to-Jesus talk with my husband and me. Don’t get me wrong, it was awesome. They are always awesome. But there’s always some regret and a little shame that I feel getting told I need to make changes. Like, why didn’t I do things differently in the first […]
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Four Steps to Get Your Screen-Loving Kid to Enjoy Books
written by Kaye Newton, Author of How to Get Your Screen-Loving Kids to Enjoy Books Research shows that reading helps children do well in school, the workplace, and life. But many kids prefer to spend all their free time on PlayStation and social media. As parents, how can we get our kids to put […]
Continue ReadingCircle with Disney Helps Parents Manage Kids Screen Time
Circle with Disney is a pretty amazing tech tool for us parental units to manage and monitor our kids on screen time. What can Circle do? It can set screen time limits (it actually can turn off a device’s access to WiFi!) track kids’ tech usage including websites and apps so that you can see […]
Continue ReadingThe Best Screen Time Rules for Families
If you’re like me, your kids’ screen time can easily get OUT OF CONTROL! And it’s time to make some new rules and better screen time guidelines. My kids don’t watch TV but they do have iPads and my 14-year old has a phone. ALL COUNT as screen time. Screen Time Rules and Guidelines for Kids and […]
Continue ReadingIs Screen Time Killing Our Kids’ Brain Cells? (It Depends)
A new survey of parents released this month by PBS KIDS says more than half of kids will find a tech gift under the tree. Wow! And, most of these gifts will be tablets. (Edging out video game consoles.) Which made me think . . ., if all of us are buying technology for kids, is this a […]
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