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.
What's Eating Your Child's Homework?
Tips to help children learn to concentrate when tackling homework.
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:
Mom vs. Daughter: A Smartphone Debate
My daughter, age 12, had been ruminating over it a lot more lately since 6th grade started. Her grumblings had begun years ago but were snowballing as this school year rolled on. She wanted a smartphone. "I need one. Everyone…
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…
Enhanced Screen Time
Summer break is approaching. Parental perspectives of these weeks that lack a static school-centered routine range from anticipation of unhurried family times-to dread of the plaintive plea, "I'm bored!" Family vacations, Vacation Bible Schools and a variety of camps provide…
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…
Pulling the Plug on Video Games
Have you ever felt like something you were allowing your child to do was not quite right?
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.
Moms Managing Media
Balancing technology with childhood
About Melanie Hempe
Melanie Hempe is the founder of Families Managing Media. She has coached hundreds of families on the effects of screen media use and has helped them achieve a healthier, more balanced media life. With a nursing degree from Emory University, Melanie draws upon her medical background to demystify the questions of why technology has such a strong grip on our kids and why it is replacing normal childhood activities. She offers busy parents easy-to-follow scientific information and practical solutions for children of all ages, as she stresses the importance of REAL life connections in a digital world.
Melanie and her husband, Chris are raising four children in a media balanced home – and have successfully replaced video games with sports, music, art and good manners and they have also done the impossible: they have kept social media and smartphones from controlling their kids.
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