Kid Matters Parenting Blog, Self-Care, Susan Stutzman, Technology
Well, we’ve reached the third and final installment of our series on video games. If you haven’t yet read parts one and two, you should go back and do that now. In part one we looked at the psychological impacts of video gaming, and in part two we looked at the...
Kid Matters Parenting Blog, Technology
(In case you missed part 1 about videos affecting your child’s sleep, click here)In our first installment on video games, we talked about how your child is being psychologically affected by video games. We touched on both the good and the bad and while there is so...
Kid Matters Parenting Blog, Susan Stutzman, Technology
Since the dawn of gaming, there has been a war waging between parents and video games. Every year a new hot game hits the market and breaks entertainment records and every year articles are published that blame games for real-life violence, behavioral issues, and...
Kid Matters Parenting Blog, Susan Stutzman, Technology
If I asked you to name which apps are on your child’s phone right now, could you answer correctly? Do you even know? In 2017 the total number of mobile app downloads reached 197 billion… with a ‘B’. As a parent it can seem overwhelming and even impossible to...
Jennifer Houch, Kid Matters Parenting Blog, Technology
There is a lot of information out there about why you should limit screen time for your children (impacts on sleep, decreased attention skills, behavior issues, and ties to delayed speech and language skills – see Wallace, Kelly). Few resources offer suggestions...