Raising Countercultural Kids in the United States of Addiction (Part 2)

Raising Countercultural Kids in the United States of Addiction (Part 2) In the previous post, we looked at how young … More

Taking Control of Your Digital Life

Part 3 in the series on becoming “tech-wise” The first two posts in this series laid down a philosophical framework … More

Becoming Tech-Wise: Philosophy of Use

Becoming Tech-Wise: Philosophy of Use (Part 2 in series) Technology continues to improve, but is our use of technology improving? … More

The Social Combat of Being 13

A New World Order for Young Teens 7th and 8th grade is when the social life of a child amps … More

Your Family. Your Culture.

The most common theme among parents of young teens lately is that they want to live differently than the culture. … More

Take Your Kids Outdoors

Kids spend well over 40 HOURS per week in front of electronic screens, but less than 40 MINUTES per week … More

Five Ways to Manage Your Social Media

Social media, like just about everything, can be a blessing or a curse. It’s usually both. It’s a #lovehaterelationship, right? … More

The Connected Family

2014 is the first year in American history in which everybody has a mobile device. We are at the saturation … More

Connect With Your Young Teen

First Connect, Then Guide The best parents are the ones who are deeply connected with their children and offer support … More

Parenting Digital Kids

Life Beyond the Screens If you ask most teens what item is their most prized, important possession, they will say … More

Introducing Kids to Nature

How to Turn Kids On To Nature I can’t tell you how many times one of my middle school students … More

Mister Rogers

I’m a huge Fred Rogers fan, so I was skeptical when I heard about the video remix recently done about … More

How Do We Live With Our Cell Phones?

We are all in the midst of a cultural revolution, and it’s in the palm of our hands. We are … More

A Scholastic Tuneup

Many teachers will tell you that it’s the middle of the school year when most learning takes place. So, let’s … More

Raising Boys to be Real Men

Boys are misunderstood. Too often, they are disciplined and shamed by their teachers, parents, or grandparents because it is falsely … More

Growing Up Too Fast

Our culture tends to throw kids in the deep-end of the pool without teaching them how to swim. Kids are … More

Parenting With and Without Fear

Fear is universal. Columnist Dave Barry writes, “All of us are born with a set of instinctive fears — of … More

Creating Consumers or Citizens?

This article, “Reversing the Consumer Mindset” is well-worth reading. More importantly, as a parent or grandparent, it is worth reflecting … More

Life in the Shallows vs. Life at Sea

In the area of technology and society, nobody is an expert because we just don’t know what the long-term effects … More

Video Games

I grew up with the Atari 2600 video game system. It was the cultural phenomenon of 1978, right along with … More

The Reading Crisis

What and How Are Kids Reading? Some recent observations have caused me to worry about what and how kids are … More

Our Digital Lives

Being a kid is complicated, now more than ever. There are two things that I have seen in the last … More

Too Much Internet, Too Soon

What was the most popular Christmas gift this year for 5th graders? The Apple iPod iTouch. What is the most … More

Facebook Kids

The most common questions that parents have today are all related to Facebook, since every student wants full access and … More

Teenage Media Addiction

Children of the Screen As much as I like FaceBook and text messaging, I know that it needs to be … More