For Parents, For Teachers & Principals
Read this three part series on the ways new technology is impacting kids and teens: Growing up digital: How the Internet affects teen identity. Part one: How digital culture is changing the way kids play Part two: How digital screens are changing the way we read Part...
For Parents, For Teachers & Principals
Dr. Brian Goldman’s CBC show White Coat, Black Art recently investigated teen anxiety in the episode The Age of Anxiety. Among other highlights, Dr. Goldman includes author and psychologist Jean Twenge’s comments about the links between a kid’s smartphone and anxiety....
For Parents, For Teachers & Principals
Marketplace went to California to talk to an app developer about how companies keep us hooked on our phones. The team also tracked a family’s device usage over several months and reveal the staggering results. Watch the episode online: Addicted to your...
For Parents, For Teachers & Principals
In his book “Irresistible: The Rise Of Addictive Technology And The Business Of Keeping Us Hooked, Adam Alter explains how we can mitigate their most damaging effects on our well-being and the health and happiness of our children. So many of today’s products are...
For Parents, For Teachers & Principals
Welcome to the age of behavioral addiction – an age in which half the American population is addicted to at least one behavior. We obsess over our emails, Instagram likes and Facebook feeds; we binge on TV episodes and YouTube videos; we work longer hours each year;...
