Media Safety, Parenting Tips, Preteens & Teens, Technology How to Teach Teens to Navigate Misinformation and Fake News This article is provided courtesy of the Center for Parent and Teen Communication (CPTC). CPTC’s Founder and Program Director, Ken... Continue Reading
Leisure & Vacation, Media Safety, Parenting Tips, Technology 8 Ways to Unplug as a Family A sleeping bag for a phone? It might sound silly, but this idea is making the rounds as a fun solution to a common family problem:... Continue Reading
Parenting Skills, Parenting Tips, Technology Navigating Family Screen Time at Home For many years, parents have been warned about the dangers of screen time and social media and the importance of setting limits for... Continue Reading
Parenting Tips, Preteens & Teens, Technology The Power of Unplugging One Day a Week Over a decade ago, I needed a drastic change. Within days, my father died and my daughter was born. These life-altering events made me... Continue Reading
Media Safety, Parenting Skills, Parenting Tips, Technology Left to Our Own Devices By Havi Wolfson Hall, LCSW, Child and Adolescent Therapist and Parent Educator at Parents Place, Palo Alto “Help! My Kid is addicted to... Continue Reading
Leisure & Vacation, Parenting Skills, Parenting Tips, Technology Four Rules for Tidying Up Our Technology By Havi Wolfson Hall, LCSW, Child and Adolescent Specialist in JFCS’s Children’s Clinical Services Department After watching... Continue Reading
Parenting Skills, Parenting Tips, Preteens & Teens, Technology Creating Family Technology Conversations That Work It’s not always easy talking about technology, screen-time, and media choices with our children and teens. Read on for suggestions... Continue Reading
Parenting Skills, Parenting Tips, Technology Rabbit Hole This Way … How to Help Your Kids Manage the Pull of Technology The rabbit-hole went straight on like a tunnel for some way, and then dipped... Continue Reading
Parenting Skills, Parenting Tips, Technology How to Stop Facebook from Hijacking Your Attention We all live in the Attention Economy The most precious thing we can give to anyone or anything, particularly to our children, is our... Continue Reading
Discipline & Behavior, Parenting Skills, Parenting Tips, Technology The Technology Rules Kids and Teens Wish Their Parents Would Follow A recent research study entitled Not at the Dinner Table: Parents’ and Children’s Perspectives on Family Technology Rules... Continue Reading
