It’s the itch you feel to check your phone and the relief you experience once you do We all know what it feels like to be tethered to technology these days. It’s not just our kids — it’s the rest of us as well. Probably one of the biggest hooks is the smartphone. As…
We all know what it feels like to be tethered to technology these days. It’s not just our kids – it’s the rest of us as well. Probably one of the biggest hooks is the smartphone. As of 2016, there were about 2.1 billion smartphones worldwide. Considering there are about 7.6 billion people on…
We all know what it feels like to be tethered to technology these days. It’s not just our kids – it’s the rest of us as well. Probably one of the biggest hooks is the cell phone, and there are just about as many cell phones out there (6.8 billion) as there are people…
To begin with, this is sort of a trick question. I’m not a big fan of punitive measures and other coercive means to get kids and teens to “behave.” Nor am I a fan of offering endless rewards to gets kids to do what we want. Moreover, instead of “punishment,” I prefer the term “consequences.” Punishment…
Well, it’s been almost 2 weeks since I last posted…I had to get motivated to do this! I like to “have blogged” much better than I do blogging, I suppose. Another way to motivate yourself to do tasks that you don’t want to do is to reward yourself for doing those undesired tasks. As…