Technology Dependence: 1. Undermines Self-awareness More time on technology means less time with your own thoughts and feelings, the beating heart of mindfulness. As tech dependency increases, kids live in a state of self-alienation, estranged from their emotional selves, disabling self...
-- Psychiatric problems: When women smoke while pregnant, a Finnish study found, the rate of psychiatric illnesses among their children is at least 50 percent higher than the rate among nonsmokers’ children. Substance abuse, behavioral problems and emotional disorders were especially common. -- AD...
How class-size reduction harms kids in poor neighborhoods . Education Week , 18 , 30 – 32 .Ross, Randy. 1999. "How Class-Size Reduction Harms Kids in Poor Neighborhoods." Education...
As a mom of two young children, I understand the immense influence my behaviors have on my own kids. For children to develop a healthy relationship with food, it’s crucial for the adults in their lives to model good habits. Unfortunately, disordered eating is on the rise among kids, ...
“Sexting”. Sexting is the term used to define a person, usually a teenager, sending nude or semi-nude pictures of themselves over their cell phone.Check out the shocking sexting statistics. Kids are forever putting themselves in harms way. Parents need to keep them safe. One way to keep...
“This is on nobody’s radar,” Robbie Torney, program manager, AI, at Common Sense Media and lead author of a new guide on AI companions aimed at parents—who are grappling, constantly, to keep up with confusing new technology and to create boundaries for their kids’ safety. But AI...
rules in a calm and age-appropriate manner. Ensure the rules are fair. For example, remind a child that “We do not touch the stove.” Let the child know the harms of touching the stove by explaining the danger of burns in simple terms and give guidance on what could be done instead...
1.Reduce your Screen time first Yes, it has to start with you. Kids look up to parents, and if you don’t reduce your screen time, you cannot make your children do so. There are some software and apps that you can install on your phone, and monitor how much time you spend on you...
“What’s most important for kids, just like adults, is real human connection. Less time alone on the screen means more time to connect, not less,” said Julie Scelfo, the founder of Mothers Against Media Addiction, or MAMA, a grassroots group of parents aimed at combatting the harms of...
71 While debate remains regarding the mechanism of such reparations, plans should be made for the US government and every private institution that benefitted from slavery and land dispossession and theft to publicly acknowledge, atone for, and redress such harms. And although some American Indian/...