It’s not about time
We’re the guinea pigs for parenting in the era of screens This isn’t your grandparents’ parenting. There isn’t any age old advice on kids and screens. We are running on…
Somebody stop me!
Sometimes we need a little help to make ourselves do what we want to do One thing the covid lockdowns revealed to me is that my willpower is not nearly…
We can do Hard Things
This week's tips and tricks come out of a conversation with an exceptionally qualified board of advisors on effective parenting - a 10 year old and a 6 year old. How do they psych themselves up to do hard things especially when they had a choice not to do them.
As kids are wont to do, they shock you with their insight. The elegant simplicity of their answer was “because it's fun”.
We are not saying everything in life has to be fun and enjoyable for a kid to do it. The point is making a hard thing fun does motivate us to do it - despite it being hard.
So for kids learning or practicing newly acquired skills, here are some tactical ways you can use digital resources to help them do this particular hard thing.
To Believe, or Not to Believe
A practical tactic to fortify kids so that they don’t believe everything they see and hear online
Don’t Be Afraid. There’s no need to be Afraid.
So this week, we’re sharing 10 lessons from Halloween that are somehow also genius guides for anyone who wants to make kids' screen time educational, safe, and fun.
Cybersafety and Potty Training – Crucial Life Skills for The 21st Century
In our world today, kids learning how to use the internet safely is just as fundamentally important as potty training. Cybersafety for kids probably should also be another ‘rite of passage’ of parenting. Here are some tips to get you started.