For Parents, For Teachers & Principals
I recommend this excellent essay by Gloria Mark in the Wall Street Journal (Jan. 6, 2023): How to Restore Our Dwindling Attention Spans. The article can also be listened to on the website (7 minutes). Digital distractions are ramping up our natural tendency to shift...
For Parents, For Teachers & Principals
Suicide rates for teens have risen between 2010 and 2015 after a nearly two decade decline according to data from the US federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Why the rates went up isn’t known but the rates among US teens occurred at the same time...
For Parents, For Teachers & Principals
Tech distractions may harm your concentration, but you can reverse it, says psychologist Originally aired March 15, 2020 Designing for dependence: How your devices and apps are built to get you hooked. Stefan Van der Stigchel, a cognitive psychologist and author of...