Five Tips for Staying Screen-Free When the New Baby Comes
One of the many benefits of the huge and active Screen-Free Parenting Community we have created is that we learn how our readers are having screen-free fun and how they are struggling with limiting...
View Article11 Screen-Free Ways To Encourage Children To Brush Their Teeth
Many years ago, before we identified ourselves as screen-free parents, we fell into the trap of using a screen to “solve” a parenting challenge. Our daughter (two-years-old at the time) hated brushing...
View Article7 Easy Screen-Free Travel Activities for Kids Who Don’t Like to Color
Screen-Free Kiddo number one is super easy on car-trips. She loves to read and all things crafty. Therefore, we can easily pack her a bin of supplies and books she hasn’t seen yet that leave her asking...
View ArticleHow Do We Get Children to Reduce Screen-Time? We Start Earlier.
Several research studies have examined how to reduce children’s screen-time. Excessive screen-time has been associated with language delays, aggressive behavior, sleep problems, symptoms of inattention...
View ArticleThe Ethics of YouTube Child Stars: Parents Recently Charged with Child Neglect
Recently, parents who ran a popular YouTube channel, “DaddyoFive,” were investigated. As a result, they lost custody of two of their five children, have restricted access to those children and were...
View Article13 Fall and Halloween Montessori-Inspired Activities: An Alternative to...
As screen-free parents we have loads of things for our kids to to do in our house instead of engaging in screen-time. Our children (currently 2- and 5-years-old) spend most of their time engaged in...
View ArticleHow to Strengthen Your Child’s Emotional Intelligence
When emotions run high, people do and say things they normally would not. When you’re a young child, this is what you do all the time. Emotional self-regulation, a large component of emotional...
View ArticleHow Our Screen-Free Kids Keep up with Screen-Loving Joneses
I have no parenting goal of keeping my kids up to date with the things that other kids are doing. I also see lots of child-rearing fads that I have very little interest in. Excessive screen use is just...
View ArticleHow Does Respectful Parenting Fit with Screen-Free Parenting?
There are two parenting approaches which are gaining traction today: “Respectful Parenting” and “Peaceful Parenting.” What are these approaches and how do they align with parenting research? Per Dr....
View ArticleThe Rich Get Smart, The Poor Get Technology: The New Digital Divide in School...
The “digital divide” was a term originally coined in the early 2000s to describe the “have” and “have-nots” of computers and mobile technology. There was great concern that low-income children would be...
View ArticleIs it Screen-Time or a Screen Addiction? New Research Offers Problematic...
It’s Not Just the Number of Hours of Screen-Time: New Research Helps Parse out Screen Addiction in Young Children Just about every article I write sets the stage by giving recent estimates of the...
View ArticleNew Research: If Happiness is the Goal for Teens, Screen Limits are the Path
On the heels of two of Wall Street’s largest investors asking Apple to study the health effects of its products and help parents manage children’s use, a new research study is adding to the body of...
View ArticleScreen-Free Success Story (And Some Reader Questions)
We often write about recent research on screen-time, but the best way to determine the effects of screen-time on your own children is to observe and experiment. I do believe that every child is...
View ArticleA Timeline of Modern Technology and Disappointing Child Development Trends
I often find myself thinking about how quickly technology for children has been developed. When I think about the challenges of childhood today: busyness, insufficient play time, insufficient outdoor...
View ArticleThe Irony of Screen-Free Parenting
We run a website about parenting without screens. We have a Facebook community for parents who want to limit or nix screens in their children’s lives. The new online community forum about parenting...
View ArticleScreens Take Hold and Children’s Creativity Decreases
In a recent article, we examined two timelines: that of the rise of modern communication technology and that of the disappointing trends in child development in the last forty years. One of those...
View Article5 Strategies for Promoting Creativity in Children Today
In a recent series of articles, we have been writing about the relationship between screens and creativity. (For background reading see:Screens Take Hold and Children’s Creativity Decreases) The...
View ArticleThe Easiest Parenting Strategy That Actually Works: Don’t Get in the Way
In a recent series, we have been thinking and writing about children’s creativity. One strategy for promoting a child’s creativity is both the easiest and the hardest: Don’t get in the way of your...
View Article3 Research-Backed Tips for Successfully Extending the Screen-Free Challenge
As I write this, National screen-free week just wrapped up, and I hope you participated. Depending on how screen-limiting your family already is, the week might not have been that different from the...
View ArticleWhat Matters the Most in the Sibling Relationship: The Net Positive
While I talk about the five negative associations with excessive screen time as a reason to be screen-free (or screen-light!), there are also many reasons that are less research-based. They often have...
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