France has banned all children under 15 from using their phones in school Under the new law, students have to turn their phones off during the day or put them in lockers, the Associated Press reported. Schools will independently deal with the logistics of how students will be kept away from their phones, the news…
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Steve Jobs Never Wanted Us to Use Our iPhones Like This
“Cal Newport is a computer scientist who also writes about the impact of technology on culture, I think it’s important to highlight the magnitude of this shift, as it seems increasingly clear to me that Mr. Jobs probably got it right the first time: Many of us would be better off returning to his original…
Sybil Kelly: Marketer, Mother, and Author of “Get the F**ck Off That Screen” Talks About Parenting with Screens
Sybil Kelly is a technology marketer and corporate communications professional, as well as a mother of a 13-year old son. Sybil’s daily struggle to moderate screen time for her son inspired her book “Get the F**k off That Screen,” and she is constantly looking for a balance between the benefits and detriments of the digital…
Olivia June: Hey! VINA’s Founder Uses Screens to Maximize Connections
Olivia June is the Founder and CEO of Hey! VINA, the tech company that connects, celebrates and empowers women. In 2016 she launched the award-winning app Hey! VINA, a social networking app often referred to as the “Tinder for (girl) friends”, that’s connected millions of women in 158 countries. Her academic career has been focused…
Silicon Valley Nannies are Phone Police for Kids
The fear of screens has reached the level of panic in Silicon Valley. Vigilantes now post photos to parenting message boards of possible nannies using cellphones near children. Which is to say, the very people building these glowing hyper-stimulating portals have become increasingly terrified of them. And it has put their nannies in a strange…
Limiting children’s recreational screen time to less than two hours a day linked to better cognition, study finds
Only one in 20 US children meet the full recommended guidelines on recreational screen time, physical activity and sleep Date: September 26, 2018 Source: The Lancet Summary: Limiting recreational screen time to less than two hours a day, and having sufficient sleep and physical activity is associated with improved cognition, compared with not meeting any…
The Digital Gap Between Rich and Poor Kids Is Not What We Expected
New York Times Oct. 26, 2018 America’s public schools are still promoting devices with screens — even offering digital-only preschools. The rich are banning screens from class altogether. “It wasn’t long ago that the worry was that rich students would have access to the internet earlier, gaining tech skills and creating a digital divide. Schools…
60 Minutes: Groundbreaking NIH Study Examines Effects of Screen Time on Kids
60 Minutes goes inside a landmark government study of young minds to see if phones, tablets and other screens are impacting adolescent brain development. If you have kids and wonder if all that time they spend on their smartphones endlessly scrolling, snapping and texting is affecting their brains, you might want to put down your…
Screen-time Tracking
Everyone in my family has this app and I have convinced many of my friends to download it as well. The results are extremely insightful. You don’t have to change your habits if they suit you but with this app, you will have information on your usage and give you the choice to change. https://inthemoment.io/…
Stanford’s “Just How Bad Is Kids’ Smartphone Addiction?”
“It’s the easiest babysitting hack known to modern adults attempting to pacify a fussy baby: Take a smartphone, find a game or show, put it in the child’s hands, and—lo and behold! The kid is quiet, eyes wide, and still. And that magic trick seems to extend to children who can crawl, tots who are…