“Do your homework!” “No TV/playing games/going outside to play… until your homework is done!” How many parents find themselves nagging their children to complete their homework while their children tell them they are too stressed, too tired, too overwhelmed, or too confused to complete their assignments? It turns out there is some thought-provoking research that […]
Why Can It Be so Hard to Limit Screen Time with Kids?
I think by now, most parents are aware of research suggesting that allowing young children to sit in front of screens has a negative impact on their developing brains. Here are a few of the articles that popped up when I did my own Google search: https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/mental-wealth/201711/is-your-child-overstimulated-too-much-screen-time https://blog.asha.org/2018/02/26/help-families-find-a-screen-time-balance/ https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/tech-experts-kids-screen-time_us_5a7ca6a9e4b044b3821acfaf Some articles even offer excellent suggestions […]
What Happened When I Introduced My Grandsons to the Brave New World of Screens?
This week, my daughter, her husband and my two grandsons were at an event in Princeton New Jersey. My daughter was working on cultivating a possible modeling career—not the sort of situation that an 11- or 8-year-old boy would appreciate. You might imagine the environment as not being the most child-friendly. Though much time was […]
