What parents need to know about live-streaming apps
Even before the year was over, experts were declaring that 2016 was the year of live-streaming. Not that I was around then, but I imagine that in the early days of television, most people were in awe of what the technology was able to do: project video and audio from one location to hundreds or […]
New screen time recommendations and tools from pediatricians
As digital parents, it’s probably the question we wrestle with the most. How much screen time? Of course, the answer always starts with those oh-so-unhelpful words: “It depends.” The child’s age. His or her temperament. The amount of time spent on other activities. The type or quality of screen time. And what if you have […]
Are my kids addicted to technology?
Can our children actually be addicted to technology? This is a question I’ve been wrestling with lately, so when CommonSenseMedia released the results of a recent study they conducted, I was intrigued. Survey Says… They asked more than 1200 parents and their teens about their own tech use and their perceptions of other family members. […]