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How tech is affecting our kids and what we are doing about it.

Sarah’s* favorite topic of conversation is why she needs a smartphone.

The experts weigh in with some suggestions for parents concerned about the impact of technology on their children’s social-emotional development

Parents are constantly being told to do their best to raise children who have grit, the ability to cope with setbacks and a positive “I-can-do-it” attitude. The question is, how?

More than anything else, the pandemic was a vivid reminder that parents are the key to ensuring their kids’ mental health.

  By Faye Wilbur As told to Leah R. Lightman Torah Jews start the day by reciting the Modeh Ani prayer, thanking Hashem for the simple fact that we woke up. It would be more grammatically correct to say “Ani modeh.” Yet we commence with “thank you” in order to become habituated to having gratitude. […]

I believe the role of parents during trauma is to nurture and support the natural resilience of their children.

The Empowered Parenting Initiative is a parenting program comprised of various resources including The Digital Citizenship Project, a curriculum about the role of technology in children’s lives, and the Healthy Habits Hub, a series of “healthy habits” that foster positive family bonding.

When we are attentive to a child’s needs, we create security and confidence, and this provides the internal strength children need to handle stress later in life.

We tend to have a set of expectations for our kids that is too narrow. . . . [and] all too often . . . kids start to view themselves as failures while in school.