I just discovered you and I love your work. I have a 15 year old son and I am not happy with how I have handled the screen situation in our house so far - I did well when he was young but then pretty much caved and got him a phone at age 12/13 and it's all been downhill screenwise since then. He has his phone pretty much attached to him. I am not sure if I can even correct my mistakes by now. If you have ever written or would consider writing a post towards "starting fresh" for parents of older teenagers whose teenagers have a big phone habit, I would love to read it. Thank you for your leadership and your writing!
That's such a good idea, and I agree it would make a solid post. I'm going to mull this one over for sure, and see what I can come up with. Thanks for the suggestion.
Katherine, I was at our local library the other day looking for a particular parenting book, and lo and behold found yours instead. Almost done reading it now. Our are still very little, and we are doing our best to "begin as we mean to go on" with them by letting them grow up in the real world and away from invasive tech. Thanks for being such an articulate voice in this movement. It's a big deal to us parents out here doing our best to do right by our kids in this tech-saturated world they've been born into.
As always a great read Katherine. Thank you for this. I also am beginning to speak quite a bit with parents as I will retire from my amazing profession of teaching of 35 years in the next two years. I have also seen what you have discussed - often , parents don’t want to be the bad guy. Like many of us , parents wish to avoid uncomfortable conversations. It is definitely hard but absolutely necessary. We just don’t have a choice anymore if we truly want our children to be able to focus and learn and find contentment in their day-to-day lives.
I was so excited to see your name in my inbox! Every single post is always enlightening. I’m not even a parent and still this message resonates so much! Thank you ❤️
I just discovered you and I love your work. I have a 15 year old son and I am not happy with how I have handled the screen situation in our house so far - I did well when he was young but then pretty much caved and got him a phone at age 12/13 and it's all been downhill screenwise since then. He has his phone pretty much attached to him. I am not sure if I can even correct my mistakes by now. If you have ever written or would consider writing a post towards "starting fresh" for parents of older teenagers whose teenagers have a big phone habit, I would love to read it. Thank you for your leadership and your writing!
That's such a good idea, and I agree it would make a solid post. I'm going to mull this one over for sure, and see what I can come up with. Thanks for the suggestion.
Melanie Hempe's Screenstrong organization helps parents reset their family technology habits. https://screenstrong.substack.com/
Agree! That is an EXCELLENT idea for a post!!! We have so many parents in our community I would share that with!
Noted!! I’ll start working on that and collecting anecdotes.
Such wise words. Our job is to make and keep the fire…love that. 🙏🏽
Yes I agree - we don’t have to be our children’s best friend - that’s not what parenthood is about, but it isn’t always easy thats for sure.
Katherine, I was at our local library the other day looking for a particular parenting book, and lo and behold found yours instead. Almost done reading it now. Our are still very little, and we are doing our best to "begin as we mean to go on" with them by letting them grow up in the real world and away from invasive tech. Thanks for being such an articulate voice in this movement. It's a big deal to us parents out here doing our best to do right by our kids in this tech-saturated world they've been born into.
Hello! I love hearing about my book in libraries. That's so great, and glad to hear you're reading it.
"The light and glitter of the world is in your hands." is such an incredible line!
It really makes me wonder how much his feelings about Zelda influenced the story, too.
As always a great read Katherine. Thank you for this. I also am beginning to speak quite a bit with parents as I will retire from my amazing profession of teaching of 35 years in the next two years. I have also seen what you have discussed - often , parents don’t want to be the bad guy. Like many of us , parents wish to avoid uncomfortable conversations. It is definitely hard but absolutely necessary. We just don’t have a choice anymore if we truly want our children to be able to focus and learn and find contentment in their day-to-day lives.
I was so excited to see your name in my inbox! Every single post is always enlightening. I’m not even a parent and still this message resonates so much! Thank you ❤️
That was a lovely comment to see. Thank you for reading! It means a lot.
Love this so much.