A great article- check it out: https://humanparts.medium.com/what-i-gave-my-kid-instead-of-a-smartphone-27c0f028ea78 “Kids don’t belong to parents. Their childhood is on loan to us. It’s our job to raise the kid part the best we can, and then they’re supposed to take it from there. It’s an extraordinary responsibility, isn’t it? To be entrusted with another person’s handful of childhoodContinueContinue reading “4/15/19 One mom’s experience- Musically…TikTok…Social media”
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4/9/19 Number of kids going to the ER with suicidal thoughts DOUBLES
Why??? The pressure to be perfect, the pressure to succeed, exposure to the ideas of suicide, too much information, cyberbullying, stress passed down from parents, depression, so many reasons. https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/08/health/child-teen-suicide-er-study/index.html
4/4/19 Notes from Author Julia Cook’s parent night
Julia Cook is a former school counselor turned author, after seeing a need to create books that helped our kids learn to deal with different issues they encounter. She was very enjoyable to listen to and very high energy- so enjoy these notes that may seem a little bit jumbled! 🙂 Much of her talkContinueContinue reading “4/4/19 Notes from Author Julia Cook’s parent night”
4/3/19 The hidden costs of letting your children be raised by screens and smart devices
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/02/22/the-hidden-costs-of-letting-your-children-be-raised-by-screens-and-smart-devices.html “To many parents, smartphones and iPads are wonderful babysitters — a funny Youtube video playing on a screen can work miles better than any pacifier or nanny. But this convenience has its costs.” “Psychologist Jean Twenge thinks members of what she calls iGen (born between 1995 and 2012) “are on the brink of theContinueContinue reading “4/3/19 The hidden costs of letting your children be raised by screens and smart devices”
3/31/19 Protect Young Eyes
This is another AMAZING resource for parents. Click here and enter your email at the bottom to subscribe to their emails packed with helpful information for parents. Their most recent email touches on Apex Legends (the game Officer Hank Jacobsen mentioned,) social media, blocking pornography on your devices, Google Docs used as chat, and severalContinueContinue reading “3/31/19 Protect Young Eyes”
3/26/19 Excellent resource- BetterScreenTime.com
Check out this great resource! https://betterscreentime.com Parents Tyler and Andrea Davis have created this site and many resources and articles to help other parents! Check out their site for some great tools. Andrea recently heard Dr. Dimitri Christakis, a pediatrician and a researcher on how early experiences affect the brain. Here are her favorite takeawaysContinueContinue reading “3/26/19 Excellent resource- BetterScreenTime.com”
3/24/19 Brain hacking- how the tech companies get us hooked
Have you heard of “brain hacking?” It’s something we should know about- it’s what gets us addicted to our phones, video games, technology. Watch- learn- let’s protect our kids against addiction!!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awAMTQZmvPE&feature=share
3/21/19 YOU are responsible for your children! TED talk from a police detective
11 minutes that could save your child. Please watch! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2buaziaNnE&feature=share
3/19/19 Setting Boundaries
A great article on setting boundaries for our kids…and our selves! https://www.netnanny.com/blog/setting-boundaries-for-tech-addicted-kids-and-parents/
3/15/19 Anxiety in our kids
Ever wonder why today’s kids deal with more anxiety? The following article outlines 10 reasons why. From Psychology Today: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/what-mentally-strong-people-dont-do/201711/10-reasons-teens-have-so-much-anxiety-today
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