Each week we will share ideas for you to talk with your family around the dinner table--and if a family dinner won't happen due to busy schedules, try a 5 minute pow wow before bed. We'll have live chats, simple written tips, guest speakers and more coming soon. Tech Talk Tuesdays aren't just for families--we can talk to our friends, colleagues and neighbors.
We also want YOU to share you ideas. What do you want us to talk about? What solutions have you come up with? What things have your tried that have failed? Please also encourage your kids to share their ideas.
This week how about talking to your family about everyone taking one app off their device for one week. Pick the one app you use the most. It might also be fun to track how much time you spend on that app for one day and then multiply that by seven and see how much you were actually able to cut down on screen time by doing just this one thing.
For me, this would be taking the email app off my phone. If I did this, I would be forced to only correspond with people at my desk. It would help me separate my work life from my family life.
As well as our weekly blog, we publish videos like this one every week on the Screenagers YouTube channel
Each week we will share ideas for you to talk with your family around the dinner table--and if a family dinner won't happen due to busy schedules, try a 5 minute pow wow before bed. We'll have live chats, simple written tips, guest speakers and more coming soon. Tech Talk Tuesdays aren't just for families--we can talk to our friends, colleagues and neighbors.
We also want YOU to share you ideas. What do you want us to talk about? What solutions have you come up with? What things have your tried that have failed? Please also encourage your kids to share their ideas.
This week how about talking to your family about everyone taking one app off their device for one week. Pick the one app you use the most. It might also be fun to track how much time you spend on that app for one day and then multiply that by seven and see how much you were actually able to cut down on screen time by doing just this one thing.
For me, this would be taking the email app off my phone. If I did this, I would be forced to only correspond with people at my desk. It would help me separate my work life from my family life.
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.
