What Parents Can Do Now

How Parents Can Fight Back Against the Digital Deluge of Life

Seven tips for parents to disconnect in the digital age.

Nov 20 •

Katherine Johnson Martinko

67 Screen-Free Activities for Kids

What to do with kids when it's dark and cold this winter

Nov 14 •

Jacqueline Nesi, PhD

Research-Backed Advice on Screen Policies for Young Kids

Jacqueline Nesi and Cara Goodwin interpret a recent meta-analysis.

Sep 24 •

Jacqueline Nesi, PhD

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Dr. Cara Goodwin, PhD

One of the Best Documentaries on the Loss and Recovery Of Childhood Independence

“Chasing Childhood” contrasts the play-based childhood of the 1980s with the over-supervised and fearful childhoods of today. It’s great for inspiring…

Aug 7 •

Margaret Munzer Loeb

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How Phones Are Making Parents the Anxious Generation

Smartphones are trust blockers for parents

Jul 24 •

Modern Luddites: On Being a Digital Minimalist Family in a Tech-Saturated World

Advice from the author of Childhood Unplugged

Jul 18 •

Katherine Johnson Martinko

Treating Childhood Anxiety with a Mega-Dose of Independence

What therapists can do to help restore the play-based childhood

Jul 8 •

A Parents Guide to Understanding the Harms of the Phone-Based Childhood, Along With Ten Tips for Rolling It Back

Introducing Catherine Price, who writes books on fun and on phones, and offers ten tips for helping you and your children scroll less and live more

Jun 6 •

Catherine Price

The Revolution Has Begun in the UK

75,000 UK parents have come together to give their kids a smartphone-free childhood

Apr 29 •

daisy greenwell

How to Delay the Age at Which Kids Get Smartphones

A smartphone-free childhood is easier than you think.

Apr 3 •

Why Kids Need Summer Camp

A 160-year-old solution to a modern mental health crisis

Mar 12 •

Why Children Need Risk, Fear, and Excitement in Play

And why adults’ fears put them at risk

Feb 28 •

Mariana Brussoni

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