A new study shows that the older a person is when they get their first smartphone, the better their mental health in young adulthood.
Celebrating Screen-Free Week
Do you feel like your device controls you? Could you use a little jump-start to form better tech-habits? JOIN US for a screen free week from May 1st- May 7th! Screen-Free week is a world-wide invitation (led by Fairplay) to spend a week without using our digital...
It’s Been Five Years Since I Banned My Devices from the Bedroom
What started as an intention to be a better parent, turned into a five year journey of reclaiming my mornings and evenings from technology, and rediscovering what I call the Three R’s of resetting: rest, relationships, and rejuvenation.
Rethinking Screen Time Rewards
What’s wrong with a chore chart that allows our children to earn their screen time?
5 Ways to Roll Back the Phone-Based Childhood
In Jonathan Haidt's The Anxious Generation, he boldly states: "...the Great Rewiring of Childhood, in which the phone-based childhood replaced the play-based childhood, is the major cause of the international epidemic of adolescent mental illness." And he cites a lot...
The Anxious Generation is here!
I just finished reading an advance copy of The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt. This book should be required reading for every Big Tech CEO and employee, parent, teacher, school administrator, and really—everyone. Haidt summarizes the book in two...
Screen-Free Gift Guide 2023
The best SCREEN-FREE gift ideas for this holiday season.
Screen-Free Gift Guide 2022
The best gift ideas for this holiday season… but make it SCREEN-FREE.
Is 3 Hours of Gaming Per Day Really a Good Idea for Our Kids?
Recently Adam Grant, a thought leader with over one million followers, posted his thoughts on this study: Video gaming may be associated with better cognitive performance in children This study of "nearly 2,000 children found that those who reported playing...
Is Your Teen Begging for BeReal?
BeReal gives you a random two-minute window to post a photo of whatever you are doing right then and there. Here’s what you need to know.
17 Summers: Screen Time Sanity Through All Ages & Stages
Here are the guiding principles for screen time that got us through 17 summers with kids and teens.
Why We Don’t Use a Teen Cell Phone Contract—and What We Do Instead
No, cell phone contracts aren’t bad, but I think they are an outdated solution for the challenges teens are facing online today.