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Say Yes to Independence

Let's Bring Back Teenage Babysitters

Writing by Hand

Does It Need to Be Said?

My Unconventional Reasons for Loving Halloween

Norway Plans to Raise Social Media Minimum Age to 15

Memento Mori

7 Parenting Books I've Enjoyed Lately

Risk Management

How to Encourage Independent Play

'Why Can't I Have a Smartphone?'

The Importance of Family Mealtime

I Don’t Play With My Kids

Screen-Free Road Trips

Want Kids to Be Safe? Then Ditch Their Smartphones

Several Countries Limit Digital Media for Kids

'Screen Schooled': Kids Should Learn to Use Brains, Not iPads

What Is the Point of Having Kids?

What Do We Parent For?

5 Actions to Reduce Smartphones in School

A Year in Sardinia

Tablets and Tantrums

Why I Don’t Homeschool

Study: Tweens Need Parents to Establish and Model Screen Rules

The Transformed Child

Interactive vs. Passive Screen Time: What's Worse?

Lunch at Arowhon

Sometimes You Just Need to Be the Parent

Buy Real Toys

Give Them Books

The Engagement Tax

Sibling Camaraderie

Public Speaking & Appearances

What Do Screen-Free Kids Do All Summer?

Be a Lifeguard Parent

The Benefits of Summer Camp

What Is the Purpose of Childhood?

Study: Digital 'Pacifiers' Impede Emotional Regulation

Phones Make Us Worse Parents

Designing for Offline Play

Let Them Have Silence

Why I'm Skeptical About Warning Labels on Social Media

A Day in the Life of a Screen-Free Kid

Apple Gets Creativity Wrong

The Internet Takes the Amazon

7 Small Thoughts on Kids' Nature Play

The Best Way to Use Rhubarb

Big Things Don't Cancel Out Little Things

A Fancy Phone Box to Help You Unplug

Yes, Please Talk to My Kid!

Why I Love My Cookbooks

The Apex Creature

It's Hard to Be THAT Parent

Worried About Cyberbullying? Get Off Social Media

Ontario Schools Get a Feeble Phone Policy

An Antidote to Aimlessness

Be Present

A Defense of Rural Dwellers

Bring Back Neighbourliness

Analog Revival

How to Handle Other Kids With Phones

'The Anxious Generation': Things Are Worse Than We Realized

An Exciting Milestone for This Newsletter

Subtract Yourself

Schools Need to Ban Smartphones

Your Kid Doesn’t Need a Smartphone to Be ‘Safe’

Backpacking Around Belize

The Paper Workout Journal

Don't Ask for Parenting Advice on Social Media

'Oppenheimer' Composer Thanked Parents for Giving Him Guitars, Not Video Games

Let the Kids Have Sleepovers

On Reclaiming Leisure

Seventeen Seconds

Will You Turn Off Your Phone for 24 Hours?

On Filling the Void

It's the Adults, Not the Kids!

Algorithms and the Homogenization of Taste

I've Finally Figured Out When My Kids Can Get Smartphones

In Praise of Risky Play

Move With Purpose

Consider the Washing Machine

It's Time to Reclaim Our Children From Devices

How to Get Kids Reading More Books

Adult Screen Resolutions for a New Year