Parenting Resources
Monitoring for Elementary Age
Children of this age are incorporating parental values - whether 'taught' or 'caught'. If you have not taken time to determine what values you want your children to learn, do it now so you can be deliberate in your teaching.
Monitoring for Newborns
Parents easily understand the importance of monitoring every aspect of their babies' lives. As the baby grows parenting must adjust to allow development of independence.
Parental Monitoring - Evidence of Benefits
A television broadcaster in the 1960s, Tom Gregory, was known for asking parents, "It's 10 p.m. Do you know where your children are?" The need for parents to monitor their children's activities is even more important in today's society - and scientific research demonstrates the numerous benefits of parental involvement, especially in the lives of their adolescents.
Medical Risks of Cell Phones
Do cell phones cause cancer? This question is being asked because cell phones work by sending and receiving signals using radiofrequency waves, which is a non-ionizing form of radiation. The ionizing form of radiation (like xrays) does have a relationship with cancer, but it is uncertain as to whether radiofrequency waves can cause cancer.
Toddlers & Preschoolers & Technology
Young children are becoming increasingly adept at the use of technology, including smart phones. A study in 2010 found 58% of children ages 2 – 5 years knew how to play a computer game and 19% could use a smart phone application. There was no difference between boys and girls in this survey.
Smart Phones and Children
An online survey of 6000 children and parents found 54% of children said their parents checked their smart phones too often, and 32% felt they were unimportant when parents were distracted.
Before you post your child's photo
In one study, 92% of U.S. children under two years of age have an image posted on line. Most of these images are first posted when the child is about 6 months of age, but one third of newborns have on line images posted within weeks of their births, and 23% have pre-birth ultrasound images available on line.