PARENTING
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Jennifer Senior: For parents, happiness is a very high bar
#parentingresearch The parenting section of the bookstore is overwhelming—it's "a giant, candy-colored monument to our collective panic," as writer Jennifer Senior puts it. Why is parenthood filled with so much anxiety? Because the goal of modern, middle-class...
Addicted to your phone? CBC: Marketplace
A powerful episode of CBC's Marketplace. Worth the 22 minutes. We use Artificial Intelligence and Neuroscience to help apps become more engaging and persuasive... in other words more addictive. How to personalize for every person uniquely whether it’s the extra 10...
Parenting Blogs
One of the goals in my new talk is to bring all of the resources for parents together in one place. I thought I would start sharing my blogs that I am currently reading as I research my Parenting talk. If you know of other great blogs on parenting please let me know...
How Families Should Engage With Technology, Media and Culture
I had a chance the other week to be on the Promise Keepers Podcast talking to Kirk Giles. Check it out! Click here to listen to the podcast.
Why Are More American Teenagers Than Ever Suffering From Severe Anxiety?
So much information in this article. I would challenge everyone to take a few minutes and walk through it. Over the last decade, anxiety has overtaken depression as the most common reason college students seek counseling services. In its annual survey of students, the...
What are your favourite books dealing with any aspect of Parenting?
As I do research for my new talk on parenting I am wondering what are the absolute must-reads you suggest to parents? Let me give you my top to get it started: It's Just a Phase (Amazon) The Collapse of Parenting (Amazon) Teen Years (Amazon) Revolutionary Parenting...
Heading into my 20th year speaking… can you help?
As I head into fall 2017, I am excited to begin my 20th year as a speaker. I am honoured to have had ongoing opportunities to speak across Canada and the US for 2 decades on topics like mental health, media, sexuality, pornography, dating, and men. Thank you so much...
Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation?
In my Loneliness research, the conversation on how Social Media might be affecting a new generation keeps coming up. Here is a great yet scary article. Just because we like social media does not mean it is good for us. Love to hear peoples thoughts on this. I’ve been...
Brett Ullman: Topics for your Church, Conference, School or Camp
Hi Everyone, I hope you all enjoying your summer. As we begin planning another school / ministry year I wanted to send out a blog with information on all of the talks that I do. Below is a list of the topics that I offer: (1) The Walking Wounded - This talk is looking...
Overnight summer camps are better for your kids than SAT prep classes
I saw this article on Social media this morning and thought it was too good not to share. My kids have been attending Camp Mini-Yo-We since they were 7 years old). My wife and I both grew up going to camp. Dawn was a camper at Circle Square Ranch and Camp Mishewa and...
