by admin | Oct 16, 2019 | intentional screens, online safety, parenting, Recommended Apps, screen time, social media
“When should I let my child have a device?” “When should my child get on social media?” “What should I be doing to keep my kids safe online at different ages?” Sound familiar? These are some of the first online safety ...
by admin | Oct 9, 2019 | middle school, parenting, relationships
Here is how two families are navigating the question: Is some screen time “better” than others? My clients, let’s call them The Smiths, have been thinking a lot about screen time lately. They have 2 teens, 13 and 15 years old. What I want to...
by admin | Oct 2, 2019 | bullying, middle school, online safety, parenting, screen time, social media
? Read this if you are a parent with kids who use social media and you feel like you have no idea what they are seeing, or saying or being exposed to… ? In the last year I’ve heard so many stories of online crisis. Exposure to pornography on the bus....
by admin | Sep 25, 2019 | online safety, parenting
You know those conversations that you put off as a parent…and your child really does NOT want to have with you? Yeah…those. I want to talk about those with you so you can ease into those conversations in a more confident way with your children. First,...
by admin | Sep 18, 2019 | online safety, parenting
I want to show you why I love Bark, the monitoring app that lets me “see” what my kids are doing online. I only get alerts from Bark when its AI (artificial intelligence) suspects inappropriate content is being sent or received by my child. Below is a...
by admin | Sep 12, 2019 | middle school, parenting, social media
I recently read a great article in Psychology Today. Here’s my favorite line: “Strange things seem to happen to a tween’s brain the first day they walk into middle school.” One might sum up a middle schooler’s main goals in life this way:...
by admin | Sep 4, 2019 | bullying, parenting
It’s a helpless feeling, knowing your child is getting bullied. I remember a time when my son was 4 years old, cute as a button. I dropped him off at the gym’s childcare service and came back an hour later to find him in timeout. What??? That had never...
by admin | Aug 28, 2019 | online safety, parenting
Below are a list of TV shows, films or documentaries that are good conversation starters for families concerned about unlimited, unmonitored screen time and what it might be doing to their children. Be sure to do your homework here to make sure that the show you...
by admin | Aug 21, 2019 | online safety, parenting, screen time
The world today is filled with technology. From digital assistants like Alexa and Siri to cars with GPS and refrigerators that can put items on your shopping list, technology is here to stay. Your kids need to understand this new world they’re growing up in....
