You might have caught the recent segment on 60 Minutes by Anderson Cooper about the effects of screens on kids and teens. Within the story, Cooper profiled a $300 million, 10-year study funded by the National Institute of Health that involves more than 11,000 children and 21 research sites. Hopefully, researchers will help answer…
Millions of kids are now playing the hottest game, Fortnite. Is that bad? Fortnite is the hottest video game of the past year. If you have gamers in the household, particularly boys, you might be seeing more of it than you’d like! There is a recent Time Magazine article on it, because Fortnite…
Parents now have access to the most effective tool to manage screen time Let’s be honest. We all struggle with screen time. We are all part of a vast, sociological experiment that is unfolding in all of our lives…and that of our kids. Our screens, with advances such as widespread access to high speed…
What can we do as parents when screen problems begin to emerge? Here’s the latest video from my Tech Happy Life YouTube channel. There is much greater detail in my book, Tech Generation: Raising Balanced Kids in a Hyper-Connected World. It’s through Oxford University Press and is available now! Cheers! Transcript provided below. Recap…
Screen challenges and problem prevention Hello! I’m back from a family vacation — a road trip to the Grand Canyon! I was trying not to be TOO much like Clark Griswold from National Lampoon’s Vacation, but there might have been a little of that. Screens were sometimes a challenge with my three boys, but…
How can we be effective parents? It’s the biggest key to influencing our kids. What’s the foundation of effective parenting? This is key because all the strategies that we have to guide our children depend upon this foundation. Since screen time is something that virtually all parents struggle with, it is particularly important that…
An approach to help manage the challenges of screens As parents, it’s a challenge to steer our kids toward a healthy balance with their screen time. In this episode of my Tech Happy Life YouTube channel, I introduce the Tech Happy Life Model to help with that. In my book with co-author Dr. Jon…
What’s up with today’s kids — Generation Z? I recently was interviewed by Tara Parker-Pope of the the New York Times for a story she wrote titled, “Are Today’s Teenagers Smarter and Better Than We Think?” Unfortunately for me, I didn’t end up getting cited in her article. Ah, my brush with 15-minutes of…
Takeaways from my book: Tech Generation: Raising Balanced Kids in a Hyper-Connected World Whew! It’s been awhile since I’ve posted because I’ve been working hard on my upcoming book. The title is now locked in with Oxford University Press. It’s Tech Generation: Raising Balanced Kids in a Hyper-Connected World. I have written this book…
Unplug Kids From Screens Using These 6 Easy Methods Well, we are now well into summer, and I hope that yours has started out well! If you are a parent, you might be faced with the common struggle of getting your kids off the screen (in whatever format – TV, iPad, PlayStation, iPhone). I’m…