A study out of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America takes a closer look at the cognitive and emotional impacts of social media use on teens, and find a lot of the fear is not justified: https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2019/04/30/1902058116
Read More »Teens and depression
April 26, 2019 | For parents of teenagers,For teens | Click on title to comment!
A new study suggests that playing online memory games can reduce depression and improve mental well being in teens: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/desc.12831 https://www.psychiatrictimes.com/child-adolescent-psychiatry/brain-training-games-may-reduce-teenagers-vulnerability-depression-and-anxiety
Read More »Teaching your kids about money management:
April 24, 2019 | Uncategorized | Click on title to comment!
This piece shares some ideas about how to introduce money management lessons with your kids: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/24/parents-need-to-use-real-life-lessons-to-teach-kids-about-money.html
Read More »On screen time
April 24, 2019 | Uncategorized | Click on title to comment!
The world health organization has issued recommendations for screen time limits for kids for the first time: http://time.com/5577349/world-health-organization-screen-time-guidelines-kids/
Read More »On screen time
April 12, 2019 | Uncategorized | Click on title to comment!
A look at the actual effects of too much screen time for kids: http://www.kunc.org/post/yes-too-much-screen-time-bad-your-kids-says-new-cu-boulder-research-review/
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