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'Screen Schooled': Kids Should Learn to Use Brains, Not iPads
You don't always have to 'meet kids where they are.' Instead, help them get someplace better.
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Katherine Johnson Martinko
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What Is the Point of Having Kids?
It's about the pursuit of expansiveness.
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Katherine Johnson Martinko
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What Do We Parent For?
The day-to-day matters as much as the distant future.
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Katherine Johnson Martinko
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August 2024

5 Actions to Reduce Smartphones in School
If your school is dragging its feet on a full ban, here's what concerned teachers, administrators, and parents can do.
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Katherine Johnson Martinko
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A Year in Sardinia
Before smartphones, living abroad was a truly immersive experience.
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Katherine Johnson Martinko
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Tablets and Tantrums
A new study links early tablet use to more angry outbursts—and then more tablet use
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Katherine Johnson Martinko
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Why I Don’t Homeschool
I was homeschooled, but my kids are in public school
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Katherine Johnson Martinko
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Study: Tweens Need Parents to Establish and Model Screen Rules
A new study determines which parenting behaviours are most effective at curbing adolescents' screen time.
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Katherine Johnson Martinko
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The Transformed Child
Meltdowns will end as your child relearns how to play.
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Katherine Johnson Martinko
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Interactive vs. Passive Screen Time: What's Worse?
The answer may sound counterintuitive.
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Katherine Johnson Martinko
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Lunch at Arowhon
Or, how a fine meal motivated me to kick a bad habit
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Katherine Johnson Martinko
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Sometimes You Just Need to Be the Parent
If you don't crack down on a child's screen time, then who will?
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Katherine Johnson Martinko
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