[This blog post originally appeared on the Community Matters blog. I co-authored it with Dr. Glenn Lipson, a clinical and forensic psychologist based in San Diego, CA.] In a remarkably short time, social media has become the leading method by which teens connect, communicate, and share interests. It is crucially important for families and educators…
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[This blog post originally appeared on Good Digital Parenting.] With summer vacation looming (but not fast enough for the kids!), parents are once again confronted with the question of how to keep their children occupied, entertained, and safe during the long break. The challenge of keeping kids safe is a little more complicated than it…
[This blog post originally appeared on Good Digital Parenting.] It comes as a shock to most new parents, flushed as they are with the excitement of new life, that parenting is not all sunshine and bunnies. Sleep deprivation is the first clue, but the real wake-up call occurs when the little angel does something that…
[This blog post originally appeared on Good Digital Parenting.] There are few moments in a child’s life that are more momentous than when he or she first learns to read. When a child learns how to decipher the odd squiggles on a printed page (or increasingly, a digital screen), it opens up an enormous world…
[This blog post originally appeared on Good Digital Parenting.] If it isn’t blindingly obvious already, our kids are growing up in a digital and increasingly wireless world, and technology is revolutionizing education for both adults and their children of today. There are now more mobile devices in the world than there are people (although they…
[This blog post originally appeared on Good Digital Parenting.] In his marvelously funny book, “The Restaurant at the End of the Universe,” British satirist Douglas Adams observed that “The History of every major Galactic Civilization tends to pass through three distinct and recognizable phases, those of Survival, Inquiry and Sophistication, otherwise known as the How,…
[This blog post originally appeared on Good Digital Parenting.] Managing a household was challenging enough before we were engulfed by a tidal wave of consumer electronics. But now, it’s no longer enough to know how to cook a good meal, wash and dry clothes, build a kite, or fix a bike. Kids expect parents to…
