Most Recent 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 Most Recent 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 […]

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]]> Start Your New Year Off Right When It Comes to Screen Time https://screenstrong.org/screen-time-myths/ Mon, 23 Jan 2023 22:06:21 +0000 https://screenstrong.org/?p=16765 Start Your New Year Off Right When It Comes to Screen Time Did you loosen your screen restrictions over the holidays? Are you regretting it now? Now is the perfect time to get back on the right foot and avoid the common myths that surface this time of year. Avoid these four screen time myths […]

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]]> 10 Reasons Parents Cave And Give Kids Smartphones https://screenstrong.org/reasons-parents-cave-when-it-comes-to-smartphones/ Mon, 09 Jan 2023 22:29:32 +0000 https://screenstrong.org/?p=16506 10 Reasons Parents Cave And Give Kids Smartphones I recently got a phone call from a mom of three teens who attended one of my workshops. We spoke for an hour. In desperation, she admitted that the biggest parenting mistake she’d made to date was giving her kids smartphones in 8th grade. She said her […]

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]]> Why Smartphones Are Not Smart for Teens – Especially 8th Graders https://screenstrong.org/why-smartphones-not-smart-for-teens/ Thu, 08 Dec 2022 17:32:19 +0000 https://screenstrong.org/?p=16514 by Melanie Hempe, BSN, with Psychiatrist Dr. Adriana Stacey, MD Speaking to BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg ahead of the launch of her new Channel 4 film, I Am Ruth, Kate Winslet admitted that parents feel ‘utterly powerless’ about how to help their children navigate social media. I Am Ruth confronts this dilemma as Winslet shares the story […]

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]]> Digital Stress Is Hurting Our Kids https://screenstrong.org/digital-stress-is-hurting-our-kids/ Thu, 07 Apr 2022 01:13:13 +0000 https://screenstrong.org//?p=13296 Games and Social Media Trigger Excitement and Fear in a Way that can Alter a Child’s Brain Mindfulness may be growing in popularity, but so is the opposite trend – digital distraction. And stress caused by digital distraction is hurting our kids.   Our kids spend more time on screens than they do sleeping. The […]

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]]> Life After Becoming a ScreenStrong Family https://screenstrong.org/life-after-becoming-a-screenstrong-family/ Fri, 23 Jul 2021 10:00:50 +0000 https://screenstrong.org//?p=9857 So, we decided to become a screen-free family.  I removed our Wii, took away my kids iPads, and even unplugged the television.  But what happened next? I was encouraged when I took away my children’s access to iPads and video games. Almost immediately after becoming a screen-free family my youngest sons’ tantrums quickly disappeared, and […]

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]]> How To Enforce Screen Limits While Co-Parenting https://screenstrong.org/screen-limits-while-co-parenting/ Fri, 21 May 2021 08:00:25 +0000 https://screenstrong.org//?p=9468 I’ve been a ScreenStrong parent for more than four years, and during that time, I’ve seen many questions on the ScreenStrong Families Facebook Group from divorced parents struggling to enforce screen limits while co-parenting.  They want to know: How do I make my ex remove screens from his house? I know screens are bad for […]

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