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In online games with chatrooms, people with bad intentions can pretend to be any age. They can say they are a friend-of-a-friend as a way to enter the chat. Children are susceptible because they are unsuspecting, and by the time they may realize something is not right, shame and threats may already be in place to keep them quiet and scared.
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We are making changes on Away For The Day. We are now advocating an away-for-the-day cellphone policy not just for middle schools but for high schools and, of course, elementary schools, too. Today we share experiences from trailblazers and resources for anyone to get the policy changed at their school.
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How to promote shared discussions and shared experiences during this time? Thanksgiving’s themes of gratitude, empathy, and sharing are a perfect launching pad.
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Have you ever felt like you were half-listening to your kids because you were distracted by your device? In a large survey of kids and teens, 32% reported feeling "unimportant" when parents used their cell phone conversations. In Today’s Tech Talk Tuesday I explore this issue.
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Gaming, a new approach... how to help our kids and teens that just can't stop. China is setting curfews, but what can we do as caregivers to set limits in our homes... and why it's so important.
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I thought it could not be possible, but for teens, ages 13 to 18, screen time has gone up by 42 minutes over the past four years. Teens now spend, on average, 7 hours and 22 minutes per day on screens, not including homework or schoolwork.
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Today I'm sharing with you dozens of rules and solutions other families have come up with around how to keep devices out of the bedroom during sleep hours.
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Today I explore the huge range of emotions that kids and teens experience from interactions online. It is so important to start a conversation about these emotions, so they can learn to better cope with painful situations elicited from internet interactions, be it small or big.
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Today I share ways teens help reduce screen time for themselves. Everything from apps they use to hide it from themselves to purposely getting grounded from their phone.
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Knowing how to lovingly and effectively be with your kids and teens as they experience difficult emotions and display challenging behaviors is immensely complicated.
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Why the sequel to Screenagers? Adolescence is an emotionally turbulent time and yet there are many ways that schools and parents can give teens proven skills to better handle the turbulence.
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There is a myth in our society that is pervasive and dangerous: challenging times need to be personal times and adversity in our families needs to stay private.
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When your child’s homework assignment is online it can be an immense challenge for them to stay on task. Today I lay out several strategies to help.
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I am excited to give some really important updates on how the Away For The Day movement is going and to offer new free resources.
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Screenagers NEXT CHAPTER: Uncovering Skills for Stress Resilience, a new movie coming in October. Stress, Anxiety and Depression and the impact of screen time and social media has on our youth’s mental wellbeing.
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Before I put on my clinical hat and tell you lots of things I have found interesting about sleep research these days, I want to mention what some parents I have spoken with have told me. They tell me that their kids have devices in their bedrooms and their children are getting good about not using them by a certain hour. And my response is YES! AND … although this is probably true, once they hit the preteen and teen years and perhaps a boyfriend or girlfriend comes into the picture, or say another drama has really hit the road, or… – resisting devices can become impossible. (Not to mention they are tired so executive function, i.e. willpower and self-control goes down exponentially).
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Facebook and Instagram told The Telegraph newspaper earlier this month that they would ban images that promote or glamorize eating disorders, particularly photos that promote self-harm.
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What do our kids think about video games in terms of fostering connectedness? And what ideas do they have about how a game can address helping people improve their lives? Today I look at some of the upsides of video games.
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