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Take an Old School Road Trip
Spending meaningful time with your family, laughing and exploring the world together is so much better than anything a screen could ever provide. Check out these fun ideas to get the creativity going on those long - and short - car rides!
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Screens Should Have Warning Labels
The content on screens negatively changes the way children’s brains and neurons are wired…but with knowledge and action, it can be stopped. See how screen content changes the neural pathways in children's brains so that they are wired to crave stimulation and quick rewards vs. focus, creativity, and empathy.
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Play Now, Lead Later: How Imagination Shapes the Future
Many young people today are lacking essential soft skills due to excessive screen time, hindering their communication and social abilities. Engaging in imaginative play can foster these skills, enabling better communication, problem-solving, teamwork, emotional intelligence, adaptability, and leadership. To cultivate these abilities, children need opportunities for real-life interaction and creative play.
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Five Days to Empower Your Words for Change
Your words shape your world. Negative self-talk reinforces bad habits, while positive declarations drive change. This blog explores how to flip your internal script and speak life over yourself—turning complaints into commitments, doubts into affirmations, and wishful thinking into gratitude-fueled action. Speak it, believe it, become it. Try it for five days!
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8 Benefits of Free Play for Kids' Development
Excessive screen time negatively impacts children's development, emphasizing the need for a "screen-lite" approach that retains technology's benefits. Promoting free play enhances children's confidence, mood, social skills, independence, patience, and resilience. Setting boundaries, encouraging outdoor activity, and modeling healthy behavior can help counteract excessive screen use and foster well-rounded growth. -
Screen Time and Child Anxiety: The Connection and What We Must Do
Today’s children are increasingly anxious, with major depression rising significantly since 2010. Excessive screen time contributes to this decline in mental health. Parents’ technology use also negatively impacts kids. To combat these trends, parents should set boundaries, encourage physical activity, model healthy behaviors, and maintain open communication about online experiences.
