Digital screen time has exploded for our youngest children Digital screen time use has exploded for our youngest children, including infants, toddlers and pre-schoolers - and the effects are devastating. Recent Research My recent blog reviewed the new research study that scanned the brains of children 3 to 5 years [...]
Digital Screen use Reduces Brain Development Reading Books vs Scrolling Screens Recent research study now confirms that digital screen use for children (birth to 5) drastically reduces brain development. On the other hand, study after study shows that reading aloud to children actually boosts brain development. Books vs. Screens: [...]
Positive Parenting for Your Anxious Teen Teen anxiety is skyrocketing, and parents need help and support to find positive relief, for their anxious Teen, themselves and their family. It all starts with you, the parent – the champion and guide for your child – who has grown into a teen. [...]
How Does Anxiety Affect Teens? Teen Anxiety has been skyrocketing, and with hormones and social challenges involved, it’s even more acute, for teen and their parents. The National Institute of Mental Health notes that by age 18, millions of American teens will have been diagnosed with anxiety disorder. Today over [...]
Positively Reducing Anxiety Reducing anxiety requires active treatment, and some of the most effective ways to treat it entail real changes in your behavior and lifestyle. The last few weeks’ blogs have addressed how anxiety is challenging our society like never before. Anxiety has everything to do with negative expectation. [...]
The Faces of Childhood Digital Addiction “The Faces of Childhood Digital Addiction” moves past the grim statistics of screen use to recognize what it is doing to our usually playful children. I wrote about the importance of child play in my Light Lessons blog. But today our children are not [...]
Digital Screen Addiction in Our Children Three years after my TEDx Talk on Cell Phone Addiction in Children, addictions are worse than ever, as digital screen usage has bleakly intensified. Back then (2018), 50% of American teens admitted they were addicted to their cell phones. Today, 92% of Americans believe [...]
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