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Parents Believe Phones Are Making Kids Anxious: But Is That True?
What if the smartphone isn’t the problem? What if our kids’ increased anxiety comes from another source entirely? Or what if we as parents are projecting our anxiety onto them instead? Much of the hype around kids, technology, and anxiety needs further investigation. Let’s take a deeper look. Read more
What Kids are Really Watching on YouTube (and how parents can deal with it)
“What are they doing on YouTube anyway?” Your kid has been staring at his tablet for hours. When you ask what he’s watching, he answers “YouTube.” When he first logged on, you saw him watching another kid unwrapping some brand new toys on YouTube. Thirty minutes later, you hear your… Read more
Raising A Digital Kid? Empower them to Mindfully Add Contacts
If you can empower your child build their contact list slowly and deliberately, this can help them to avoid overwhelm later on when they scroll through their contacts and don’t recognize half of them. Make sure your child knows it’s perfectly fine to simply ignore requests from people she doesn’t know or don’t want to chat with. Read more