This is a sponsored post Despite the many recent changes in our world, one thing that has stayed consistent is my family’s love of food. As a mom of two teens, I know that my kids won’t be at home forever. If there’s a silver lining to our current situation it’s that staying indoors has…
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5 Tips for Managing Screen Time During Coronavirus
Coronavirus school systems closures have altered the way we live, work, socialize, and educate our kids. Adjusting to new societal norms hasn’t been easy. We’re coming to terms with the different ways our kids are using screens to learn and interact with friends. If managing family screen time during coronavirus feels like a struggle, I’m…
How to Keep Kids Learning When Coronavirus Closes School
With school systems across the country announcing coronavirus closures, parents everywhere have been left wondering how to keep kids engaged while they’re out of school. Trying to keep kids learning when coronavirus closes school and telework productively while balancing screen time with offline activities can be a struggle. My suggestion? Work with your kids to…
3 Important YouTube Kids Safety Updates Parents Will Appreciate
From its earliest days, YouTube has been a site for people over 13, but with increased family content and the rise of shared devices, the likelihood of children watching without supervision has increased. When YouTube Kids was launched in February 2015, the goal was to create a place where kids could access enriching and engaging…
Adverse Childhood Experiences: What They Are and How to Prevent Them
This post is made possible with support from the American Academy of Pediatrics through a cooperative agreement with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. All opinions are my own. As a college student majoring in psychology, I spent a summer interning at a residential treatment facility for children who were physically and sexually abused….
Tweens, Teens & Phones: What Common Sense Media’s 2019 Research Reveals
A lot has changed about technology since I started this blog in 2008. The first iPhone launched in the summer of 2007, giving owners of the iPhone 3G access to 500 apps although the App Store didn’t open until July 10, 2008. Twitter and Facebook hadn’t become part of mainstream culture, let alone the source…
8 Ways to Manage Daily Tech Use to Regain Control of Your Digital Life
This post is sponsored by Google A new year has started and with it comes new resolutions that are often broken. Instead of putting pressure on yourself to make and keep resolutions, it’s ok to be more mindful- especially when it comes to technology use. Managing tech use is no simple task and often taking…
How to Talk About Digital Wellbeing with Your Teens
This post is sponsored by Google In an age when our kids are surrounded by technology, are they mindful about unplugging in favor of their own digital wellbeing? If you doubt that your child even knows what it means to unplug, chances are they know how it feels when they spend too much time connected…
Celebrate World Kindness Day with Me & Google During a Twitter Chat TOMORROW 11/13 at 9 pm ET
This post is sponsored by Google It’s cool to be kind and no one knows that more than Google! In honor of tomorrow being World Kindness Day, (Wednesday, November 13), you’re invited to join me and Google for an #ItsCoolToBeKind Twitter chat. We’ll be talking about simple acts of daily kindness, treating others like they…
4 Lessons I’m Learning from Teaching and Parenting Teens
When my brother and I were in elementary school, one of our favorite games was Life. It simulates one’s adventures through adulthood and even though it has surprising twists and turns as you traverse the board in a miniature car, it never could have prepared me for the many unexpected moments that plagued our family…
