Non-Tech Activities Archives | ScreenStrong Parenting in the digital age. Wed, 02 Oct 2024 18:27:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://screenstrong.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Pause-button-black-150x150.png Non-Tech Activities Archives | ScreenStrong 32 32 Give Your Kids a Real Childhood: How We Can Use the Great Outdoors to Save Our Kids From Screens https://screenstrong.org/give-kids-a-childhood/ Fri, 03 Feb 2023 21:54:01 +0000 https://screenstrong.org/?p=16832 Give Your Kids a Real Childhood Screen overuse is a major problem. Give your kids a real childhood and get them out into the great outdoors. I often speak to parent audiences in school settings about screen addiction warning signs and prevention. On the way to the auditorium for a recent parent talk, I found […]

The post Give Your Kids a Real Childhood: How We Can Use the Great Outdoors to Save Our Kids From Screens appeared first on ScreenStrong.

]]> How To Keep Screens From Stealing Your Holiday | ScreenStrong https://screenstrong.org/keep-screens-from-stealing-your-holiday/ Thu, 09 Dec 2021 17:27:51 +0000 https://screenstrong.org//?p=12637 It is easier than you think to bypass the screen holiday blues this season Every year we have high hopes for a storybook Christmas filled with traditions, delicious meals, and warm family connections. We tell ourselves, “If I try harder, I can achieve a peaceful Christmas full of meaning.” But every year around this time […]

The post How To Keep Screens From Stealing Your Holiday | ScreenStrong appeared first on ScreenStrong.

]]> Where Have All the Real Toys Gone? https://screenstrong.org/where-have-all-the-real-toys-gone/ Thu, 09 Dec 2021 16:49:58 +0000 https://screenstrong.org//?p=12627 Screen toys are not real toys. In fact, they are not toys at all. The decision to remove video games and smartphones years ago for anyone under the age of 18 in our home, transformed our lives in so many ways. Our kids love books and school, play music, love sports and nature, and actually […]

The post Where Have All the Real Toys Gone? appeared first on ScreenStrong.

]]> Family Movie List: Take #1 https://screenstrong.org/movielist1/ Mon, 20 Apr 2020 19:50:20 +0000 https://screenstrong.org//?p=7920 50 suggestions for a (not-so-lame) family movie night with your teens. By ScreenStrong Movie nights can be an important time for family bonding. Movies can relieve tension, create conversations, and cause us to think outside the box. Watching movies together can create a bridge when your teen is being negative, times are stressed, or when […]

The post Family Movie List: Take #1 appeared first on ScreenStrong.

]]> 8 Tips to Clear Out the Screen Clutter in the New Year | ScreenStrong https://screenstrong.org/8-tips-to-clear-out-screen-clutter/ Tue, 09 Jan 2018 14:43:45 +0000 http://www.familiesmanagingmedia.com/?p=5412 Remember when kids used to have too many books and toys? Now their lives are filled with too many screens. While you are packing up the Christmas ornaments and sorting through old toys to make room for the new, now is the perfect time to declutter the screens in your home. If you are like […]

The post 8 Tips to Clear Out the Screen Clutter in the New Year | ScreenStrong appeared first on ScreenStrong.

]]>