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04/08/2025

Have you watched Adolescence on Netflix? Here are some takeaways to consider.

Recently, the Netflix series Adolescence became one of the platform’s most-watched limited series. It tells the fictional story of a 13-year-old boy whose descent into online misogyny and emotional isolation ends in tragedy. I’ve heard from many parents who watched it in one sitting — and othe...

03/11/2025

Does your child have a smartwatch? Many do. And they are very disruptive in the classroom.

It is with great pleasure that I share with you today a piece that Lisa Tabb and I did for Jonathan Haidt's (Author of The Anxious Generation) and researcher Zack Rausch's Substack blog — After Babel. In it, we discuss the rise in use of smartwatches in elementary schools and the problems they pos...

01/21/2025

Are your kids addicted to TikTok?

If ever there was a time to talk about the topic of TikTok with our kids and students, now is it. Yes, it happened. Saturday, the TikTok app went dark in the US, a day after the ban approved by Congress was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court. Then, by Sunday, it returned. In today's Tech Talk Tuesday,...

12/21/2024

So important

Consent.

12/03/2024

Great conversation point with your kids!

Have you nagged at your kids to get off a screen? I sure have. In fact, who hasn’t? In today’s blog, I share an excerpt from The Screenagers Podcast that will surprise your kids when you share it with them. It is a beautifully done study looking at MRI brain scans of teens when they hear their a...

11/30/2024

This.

For caregivers and educators.

11/20/2024

Why school safety experts want phone bans in schools. Check out this podcast.

Subscribe and listen online to the Screenagers Podcast from Filmmaker Delaney Ruston, looking at topics related to the impact of Screen Time on todays youth.

10/23/2024

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Melatonin to help sleep? This is a big problem for kids. Check out this blog and podcast to get some information.

Have you ever read a magazine in a dentist's chair, and it made you want to jump out of the chair? That is what happened to me when I saw an ad, which is the photo of today’s blog. I was completely shocked that people in the industry would have the nerve to imply that taking a drug is how a small ...

10/22/2024

Talk to your kids about this - bullying behaviors don’t always involve punching someone

What are you doing with your students this month to promote bullying prevention?

10/17/2024

Things to consider.

10/04/2024

So turn on the tunes and dance it out!

10/02/2024

Check out this blog post on the benefits of delaying giving kids smart phones until at least 8th grade...

Can parents really come together as communities to delay social media and smartphones? You bet! It’s happening more and more across the country. In today's blog, I share excerpts from my latest podcast episode. It features my interview with Brooke Shannon, the founder of the “Wait Until 8th move...