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Posted by Erin Walsh • May 10 • No Comments
I just wrote a post on the importance of face-to-face interaction for tweens. Here are a couple of ways to make sure you are striking a good balance between online and offline time:
Posted by Erin Walsh • May 10 • No Comments
Does this sound familiar?
You are driving your daughter and her two friends to a soccer game and the car is unusually quiet. They must be mentally preparing for the big game, you think. How nice. You maintain this illusion until you hit the first long red light at which point you glance into the back seat. Far from calm, the girls' thumbs are getting the workout of a lifetime. "Who are...
More...Posted by Dr. Dave Walsh • April 19 • No Comments
Dr. Dave,
Getting through to my step daughter is frustrating for my husband and me. She is 12 years old and addicted to social networking sites and her cell phone already and seems to always have an attitude about anything and everything. How can we work through this?
Catherine, Tacoma, WA
Catherine, There has...
More...Posted by Dr. Dave Walsh • December 19, 2011 • No Comments
Dear Dr. Dave
My children are 6, 5 and 3 years old, and they have watched more TV than I think you would recommend. I hope to change our family habits going forward. My question is, are they "programmed" already? Is it like quitting smoking (as in every day that you don't smoke you add time to your life expectancy) and every hour that you don't spend...
More...Posted by Dr. Dave Walsh • August 3, 2011 • No Comments
The power of stories
We human beings come from a long line of storytellers. For many centuries our ancestors sat around campfires telling tales. Though the hearth of the kitchen table replaced the campfire for contemporary U.S. families, the storytelling didn’t stop. The stories came in all different sizes and shapes. Some recounted the news of the day with a bit of...
More...Posted by Dr. Dave Walsh • October 6, 2010 • No Comments
How much "screen time" should kids have per day?
Digital screens certainly aren't going anywhere and there is great benefit to growing up in the digital age. However, for kids to reap the greatest benefits from media, it is our job to make sure it is kept in balance with other things we know are good for kids like physical activity, free play, studying,...
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