by admin | Jul 15, 2020 | online safety, parenting, screen time, social media
Screens and kids go hand in hand these days… but it doesn’t have to get out of hand! As online school continues for many and screen time starts to feel out of control, this podcast will help parents set rules that make sense for their family. Recently I...
by admin | Jul 8, 2020 | online safety, screen time
Parent coach Rachel Bailey and I recently talked about how parents can recognize their kids have access to too much screen time, then start decreasing the amount of time kids are online. In her podcast “Your Parenting Long Game”, we discuss: the parents’...
by admin | Jul 1, 2020 | bullying, healthy habits, online safety, parenting, screen time, social media
New Zealand government is knocking it out of the park with educational (hilarious) videos for parents about how to keep kids safe online. Parents need to hear this information and share it with their kids. Not just once, but again and again as they get older and have...
by admin | Jun 24, 2020 | online safety, screen time, social media
How do you teach your kids about appropriate behavior online? One way is to require that for any account they set up, you get to follow or friend them, so you’ll have a baseline of what they’re doing, who they’re following and what they’re...
by admin | Jun 17, 2020 | online safety, parenting, screen time, scripts
Watch this video. No parent wants to think about introducing and explain pornography to their child. Their baby. Imagining a child stumbling upon online pornography makes me want to vomit. But it is our reality. The average age a child sees porn is 11 years old....
by admin | Jun 10, 2020 | offline activities, relationships, screen time, scripts
When you change screen time rules, you should expect a few things from your kids: Testing the boundaries–Basically, they are asking, “Do you really mean this?” They want to know if you’re going to enforce the new rules. This could be pushing...
by admin | Mar 25, 2020 | intentional screens, offline activities, parenting, relationships, screen time
As a parent who homeschooled for nine years, I’m seeing a lot of misinformation about homeschooling right now. What you’re being asked to do during the COVID-19 pandemic ISN’T homeschooling. The whole world is in an emergency situation. Your kids were...
by admin | Mar 14, 2020 | online safety, school safety, screen time
Thousands of parents are dealing with kids home for extended periods, concerned about what to include in a homeschool routine and how detailed the plan should be. Nine years of homeschooling experience means I’m not too concerned about my kids being home for 6...
by admin | Feb 12, 2020 | gaming, intentional screens, online safety, parenting, screen time
You gave your kids permission to play a video game, but now you’re having second thoughts. Is it okay to say “no” to a game or app that you’ve already said “yes” to? ABSOLUTELY! You’re human and you are allowed to change your...
