With Thanksgiving this week, it is a good time to think about the various practices of “unplugging."
To help find times to unplug, a good starting point is to think more about when our kids are not on screens during each day, rather than when they are on screens. From there it's easier to set guidelines around unplugging. I’ve heard about many creative approaches to unplugging:
This week I'm going to talk about all these examples with my family for TTT and I look forward to hearing their responses. My goal is that my whole family unplugs on Thanksgiving. I believe it is important to have days when we do not use screens as a way to become aware of the pull of them.
We all have different approaches but the key is to share ideas, involve the kids, and be open to trying new approaches to see what works and what doesn’t.
For Tech Talk Tuesday this week let's discuss ideas for unplugging:
As well as our weekly blog, we publish videos like this one every week on the Screenagers YouTube channel
With Thanksgiving this week, it is a good time to think about the various practices of “unplugging."
To help find times to unplug, a good starting point is to think more about when our kids are not on screens during each day, rather than when they are on screens. From there it's easier to set guidelines around unplugging. I’ve heard about many creative approaches to unplugging:
This week I'm going to talk about all these examples with my family for TTT and I look forward to hearing their responses. My goal is that my whole family unplugs on Thanksgiving. I believe it is important to have days when we do not use screens as a way to become aware of the pull of them.
We all have different approaches but the key is to share ideas, involve the kids, and be open to trying new approaches to see what works and what doesn’t.
For Tech Talk Tuesday this week let's discuss ideas for unplugging:
As well as our weekly blog, we publish videos like this one every week on the Screenagers YouTube channel
The Pew Research Center recently released findings from a study conducted in the Fall of 2023, which has important stats that can help inform our parenting and spark essential conversations with our youth. I’ve structured today’s blog to state the findings first and then write about the solutions later.
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I have one goal with this week’s blog: Inspire you to make one and only one New Year’s Resolution about screen time rules. Maybe that has to do with your own behavior with screen time, maybe with your kids, family, or even work. And I’ll share with you my one-screen time rule for 2024.
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A few weeks ago I wrote a blog and encouraged people to share with youth in their lives whatever small change they made and to share with me as well so that I could share with you! And that is what I am doing today. I received some great responses. Here are a few examples people shared with me:
READ MORE >for more like this, DR. DELANEY RUSTON'S NEW BOOK, PARENTING IN THE SCREEN AGE, IS THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE FOR TODAY’S PARENTS. WITH INSIGHTS ON SCREEN TIME FROM RESEARCHERS, INPUT FROM KIDS & TEENS, THIS BOOK IS PACKED WITH SOLUTIONS FOR HOW TO START AND SUSTAIN PRODUCTIVE FAMILY TALKS ABOUT TECHNOLOGY AND IT’S IMPACT ON OUR MENTAL WELLBEING.
