13 Ways To Get Your Kids To Do Their Chores
How to make hard work = family fun.
Author: Melanie Hempe
Can Doing Chores Save Your Child's Summer?
Why adding this key ingredient can make for a happier summer break.
7 Sure-Fire Summer Strategies To Fend Off a Screen Funk
Don't slip into bad screen habits this summer! Make a plan to help your kids discover the joy of a real childhood.
What A Screen-Free Week Can Mean for Family Life
Small changes could be the start of something big
7 Tips For Going Screen-Free For A Week
Easy ways to survive National Screen-Free Week, May 2-8.
5 Reasons Your Child Would Benefit From A Screen-Free Week
Take a week off to reset by participating in National Screen-Free Week, May 2-8.
4 Ways to Help Your Child Learn Empathy
Empathy is not an inherent character trait. Kids must practice being empathetic to become empathetic.
5 Ways to Help Your Child Learn to Love Reading
Tips for putting a book — not a screen — in your child's lap.
Santa, Leave the iPad at the North Pole
6 reasons why your child needs real toys instead of another screen this Christmas.
5 Reasons Santa Should Not Deliver A Smart Phone
Five reasons why you may not want to give your child a smart phone for Christmas.
Giving Thanks: The Joy of A Video Game Free Home
What I'm thankful for this Thanksgiving.
8 Apps Your Kids Use and You Need to Know About
Many kids go out every night but they never leave the house. Where are they going? Here are a few of the places they hang out.
A Look at Teens’ Relationships With Their Cell Phones
The dangers and emotional consequences teens pay for "likes" and so called friends.
Back to School: A Great Time for New House Rules for Technology
Parenting tips for homework time and technology.
Board Games vs. Video Games: And the Winner Is…
Board games and video games may both be fun to play, but board games offer additional benefits to children.
How to Lead a Low-Tech Life in the Digital Age
How technology leaders such as Steve Jobs have equipped their own children in the digital age.
30 Minutes Outside
Ideas and reminders for a tech-balanced summer:
YOU ARE WHAT YOU DO!
Childhood is a truly magical and life-changing time! With each new experience your child has in life, neurons fire and new neuronal pathways are created in his brain. As he learns a new skill, those neurons wake up and as…
Keep Your Eye on the Ball Mom!
Spring ball is in full swing and we are having a blast! Another season, another team and a fresh new uniform! I find myself sitting in the stands cheering my boys on and offering the only advice I know about…
Is Your Child Singing the Video Game Blues?
Is your child singing the video game blues?If you are like most parents you may have struggled with some video game overuse during this past Spring Break week and now your child may be singing the video game blues! Whether…
What is your Child’s EQ (Empathy Quotient)?
Have you ever been shocked at how a toddler can be downright rough with a sweet puppy and how he seems to get joy out of pulling the cat's tail? Has your 10 year old ever been cruel to her…
More Important Than Genetics?
Did you know that your child's experiences in his life are thought to be more important to his early brain development than his genes? The activities he does from running around outside to sitting on the couch playing video games…
Can Your Child Play Without a Screen?
In spite of all the benefits of technology in our modern age, our kids may be missing out on the important and crucial brain development benefits of true play. Science tells us that real unstructured, creative free play is as…
Snow Day or Screen Day?
Don't let your kids get kidnapped by video games when it's snowing outside.
