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

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 (Part 2 in series) Technology continues to improve, but is our use of technology improving? … More

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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