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Aching to See A Brighter Digital Future for Our Children? Read on...

A lot of the parents I meet and work with tell me they feel not just overwhelmed by parenting in the digital age, but also helpless and hopeless. There is this pervasive feeling that the problem is too big, that we have no say and very little control over how technology modifies our children’s lives. I too slip into this feeling, but I want to share with you the amazing people and organizations that fuel my hope and my resolve that the internet can and will become a better place for kids to inhabit in the future. Let’s take a look…

Health and Wellbeing, Keeping Kids SafeJulia StormApril 22, 2024Reconnectadvocacy, digital wellness Comments

3 Critical Digital Wellness Habits for College Freshmen

Once our kids leave for college, what they do with their technology is mostly out of our hands, but that doesn’t mean that we can’t prepare them to make healthy choices once no one is there to oversee them. Don’t forget, that prefrontal cortex isn’t done developing until age 25! So while they may seem all grown up, they are in fact still growing and therefore still more susceptible to the magnetic pull of the online world. Here are my top tips for prepping your college freshman to be digitally well in college.

Health and Wellbeing, Parent TipsJulia StormJuly 17, 2023college, digital wellness

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