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Is learning to use a smartphone like learning to ride a bike?

After a few recent warm days, we optimistically went out and bought our son a bigger bike. They guy at the store says he’ll “grow into it.” It is so big that I can ride it. After all, he’s only about two inches shorter than his mom as a just-turned-twelve… Read more

Secondhand Stress for Parents from Remote School? It is a thing.

Is remote school stressing you out? Several stressed out parents and really smart experts were kind enough to speak with me for this story in the Washington Post. “We’re a fly on the wall in a room we were never meant to be in,” said Robyn Silverman,  host of the How… Read more

Social Media Shaming, for CNN Opinion

While a very public outing and social media shaming of a few young people here and there might offer some satisfaction, it unfortunately lets too  the rest of the community — students, parents and educators — off the hook. Finding the racists and exposing them becomes the focus, instead of… Read more

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Top Ten Concerns about Children and Technology.

Pandemic Parenting: How to plan an online parent event at your school

 

About Dr. Devorah Heitner

Dr. Devorah Heitner is the author of Screenwise: Helping Kids Thrive (and Survive) in Their Digital World  and founder of Raising Digital Natives. Her mission is to cultivate a culture of empathy and social/emotional literacy. Dr. Heitner’s work has appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, and CNN Opinion. She has a Ph.D. in Media/Technology & Society from Northwestern University and has taught at DePaul and Northwestern. She is delighted to be raising her own digital native.

Recent Publications and Press

Washington Post: Remote School is stressing parents out. Here’s how to tame the anxiety.

CNN Opinion Kids pay the price for adults’ failures to act against racism

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