How to enjoy a Screen-Free Spring Break: Advice for Roadtrips Can spring break be fun, peaceful, and screen-free all at once? The answer is “yes,” despite the eye roll of every weary parent reading this. I get it—raising kids in the digital landscape is challenging. You’ve worked hard to establish household habits that curb the […]
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Could your Screen Time be Causing “Tech Neck”? In my family chiropractic practice, it isn’t hard to find people who struggle with Tech Neck. Sadly, every single day, I see this new syndrome affecting my patients of all ages. Tech Neck describes the condition caused by irregular spinal and muscular postures held during prolonged screen
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Are you there for me? When Technology Gets in the Way of Connection In 1975, Psychologist Edward Tronick conducted an experiment called the Still Face Paradigm, in which a mother and baby are face to face. After engaging with the baby, the mother shifts her face to non-responsive and expressionless. The baby notices almost immediately
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Tried a screen-free day for the kids, but I was the biggest offender! 🙈 Turns out, modeling healthy technology habits starts with me. #selfctrl
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Is My Child’s Behavior Being Influenced By Their Screen Time? Screen time can affect general behavior and disposition in ways we do not always recognize. Conversations around screen time and behavior often focus on how to blame excessive screen time for behavior challenges in kids. However, if you are starting to wonder about whether your
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Keeping our kids safe online can feel like a part-time job—not just any job, but a frustrating, messy, fear-inducing one. You want your kids to have a positive experience in the digital realm, but just when you think you have it all figured out, the digital landscape (or your child’s interest in it) changes. In
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Unplug & Refocus: The SMART Method for Cutting Screen Time You’ve recognized that your screen time is out of balance, and you’re considering an adjustment for yourself and your family. But how do you know where to start? I had an hour and a half before my next meeting – just enough time to complete
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Dopamine Addiction is Now the Most Common Problem for Teens The Anxious Generation, by Jonathan Haidt, released in 2024 has laid out a terrifying world for teens today. Major Depression rates are up 135% for teenage girls and 161% for Teenage boys since 2010. Anxiety rates are up 171% for undergraduate students. ADHD is up
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Help! How To Reset Screen Time Norms for My Kids It can feel impossible to change the norms that we have already set around screen time with our kids, even when we are confident we aren’t happy with them anymore. Parents often gain new information or reach a breaking point that makes them crave changes
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Beyond the Screen: How to Encourage Real Holiday Experiences for Your Child The turkey is dressed; glasses clink among adult guests as they exchange warm conversation. Children’s laughter echoes as cousins dart through the kitchen, their playfulness teetering on the edge of delightful chaos. Meanwhile, your child is nestled in the corner of the couch,
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