TIME FOR A SPRING DETOX? How digitally addicted are you? Technology is not all bad – hey, it’s what we’re using to communicate on this very platform! Like everything though, balance is key. Time Magazine reports that 68% of us sleep next to our phones, and that 81% of us have our smartphones...
This is a question I have been asked a lot since my TEDx talk, where I spoke about my own journey in healing an unhealthy relationship with pornography. Check out the talk HERE Although it is close to home for all of us in this age, I can relate to the...
In a trend which we are seeing in more and more countries, the Utah based news hub Deseret News joins the growing conversation about the concern of ease-of-access to inappropriate online content for minors. In their article which you can read HERE they outline the inability of their existing US federal...
If most of the information communicated in an in-person interaction comes from tone of voice and body language, it is virtually impossible to grasp the deeper meaning and context of text-based communication. Add emojis and emoticons into the mix and it is all as clear as mud!As parents, we need...
As toddlers develop into children and then into adolescents, they have an innate need to understand and find their place in the groups they are a part of.Online media offers an easy-way-out for children to fill their social needs, without the risk associated with face to face interactions in the...