Please don’t buy into all of the “Sky is falling” emails saying you must to delete these apps off of your kid’s phones or else. Talk to your kids about apps, just don’t delete them. Common sense and teaching our kids proper use of technology must rule over fear.
Parents often message me talking about their kids and their addiction to their phones. We rarely talk about the phone use of us as parents.
Yet for all the talk about children’s screen time, surprisingly little attention is paid to screen use by parents themselves, who now suffer from what the technology expert Linda Stone more than 20 years ago called “continuous partial attention.” This condition is harming not just us, as Stone has argued; it is harming our children. The new parental-interaction style can interrupt an ancient emotional cueing system, whose hallmark is responsive communication, the basis of most human learning. We’re in uncharted territory.
Really interesting article. What are your thoughts?
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I do not think most of us realize just how much time we spend each day on our phones. As a parent, we need to teach our kids about healthy use of technology. I think this is something that we have to model well for our kids so learning how much time we as adults spend on our phones is also helpful. I challenge each of us in our families to install this app I talk about in this short video and get some real data for your family.
Parents often ask me if they should give allowance to their younger kids. They ask questions like when should they start? How much should they give? Should they pair allowance to chores? This short video shows how we dealt with these issues in our house.
Love to hear how you did allowance in your house.
We as parents must get better at listening and advocating for our kids. This short video covers some of the basics of how we can help our kids.
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Below are the first 11 blogs (and an introduction) on my youtube channel for parents.
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