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Raising Countercultural Kids in the United States of Addiction (Part 1)

In the late 1990s, author J.K. Rowling invented the term “muggle” as a derogative term for the normal people of … More

Adolescence, Anxiety, Community, Depression, Education, Family, Family Life, Friends, Growing Up, Kids, Loneliness, Maturing, Media, Media consumption, Mental health, Parent, Parenting, Significance, Success, Technology, Teens, The Good Life

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

Adolescence, Balance, Family, Growing Up, Maturing, Media, Media consumption, Parent, Parenting, Preteens, Screens, Screentime, Smartphones, Technology, Teens

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

Balance, Growing Up, Media, Media consumption, Parenting, Smartphones, Technology, Teens

Why Technology Worries Us So Much

Since 2010, human behavior has changed. In these last 7 years, we have experienced the complete integration of smartphones, the … More

Adolescence, Balance, Family, Family Life, Growing Up, Health, Maturing, Media, Media consumption, Mental health, Self-Discipline, Smartphones, Technology, Teens

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

Adolescence, Being 13, Children Youth and Family, Communication, Family, Growing Up, internet, Kids, Media, Media consumption, Parenting, Preteens, Relationship, Smartphones, social media, Technology, Teens, Youth Trends

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

Activities, Adolescence, Education, Family Life, Growing Up, Kids, Media consumption, Nature, Nature deficit disorder, Outdoors, Parent, Parenting, Technology, Teens

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

Communication, Education, Growing Up, Media, Media consumption, Parenting, Preteens, social media, Technology, Teens

Look Up

Perhaps this video is a bit of an overstatement. It oversimplifies the problem, but I like the main theme. Train … More

Balance, Communication, Family, Family Life, Friends, Growing Up, Loneliness, Love, Media consumption, Parenting, Relationship, Significance, Technology

Parenting Digital Kids

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

Addiction, Adolescence, Facebook, gadgets, gaming, Growing Up, internet, IPad, Kids, Media, Media consumption, most teens, Parent, Parenting, Pornography, Sexuality, Smartphone, social media, Technology, Teens

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

Activities, Adolescence, Education, Growing Up, Independence, IPad, iPod, Last Child in the Woods, Media, Media consumption, Nature, Technology

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

Adolescence, Maturing, Media, Media consumption, Parenting, Preteens, Teens

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

Communication, Immaturity, Media, Media consumption, Relationship, Technology

Video Games

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

Activities, Adolescence, Education, Growing Up, Kids, Maturing, Media, Media consumption, Parenting, Rest, Technology, Teens

The Reading Crisis

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

Education, Media, Media consumption, Teacher

Urgent Information of the Age

I cannot emphasize this enough.  If you are a parent, a teacher, a coach, or have any connection with a … More

Media, Media consumption, Technology

Our Digital Lives

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

Media, Media consumption

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

Adolescence, Communication, Kids, Media, Media consumption, Parenting, Preteens

Time Management for Kids

As preteens enter the hallways of middle school for the first time, they often feel totally overwhelmed by the amount … More

Activities, Balance, Education, Growing Up, Independence, Kids, Maturing, Media consumption, Parenting, Success

Facebook Kids

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

Activities, Communication, Media, Media consumption, Parenting

Teenage Media Addiction

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

Activities, Communication, Community, Consequences, Loneliness, Media consumption, Preteens, Relationship, Teens

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