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I Have Achieved Screentime Serenity Without Failed Contracts, Overwhelming Frustration, and Fighting! Wanna Know How I Did It?
Do you want my family’s screentime rules? My family’s screentime contract is AWESOME. Since we have put it in place, we have had ZERO arguments, NO frustration, and COMPLETE agreement around screentime. Do you want to see it? I bet you do! When I first wanted to...
Do You Know The Five Beasts of Sleep?
I am so proud to introduce Chris Garvey as a guest blog writer to Infinite Screentime. Chris sees the world on the brightest function. He and I recently connected about the special relationship of screens and sleep on my Facebook Group. Here Chris unlocks some keys on...
This Proven Wonder Drug Can Make You Live Longer, Be Smarter, and Reverse the Clock on Aging!
I am so proud to introduce Chris Garvey as a guest blog writer to Infinite Screentime. Chris sees the world on the brightest function. He and I recently connected about the special relationship of screens and sleep on my Facebook Group. Here Chris unlocks some keys on...
How My Tween Daughter Hosts the Most Amazing Weekly ZOOM Parties To Help Cure Coronavirus Social Distancing Blues
My daughter Sienna is a social creature, just like most ten year olds.Somewhere around week six of #socialdistancing and #familyquarantine she had had enough. While her older brother and younger sister were fine, she wanted more. She really missed her friends. I knew...
How I Konmari-ed my SmartPhone Into my Samurai Sword
I love screentime. It has changed the way we do everything about anything. Screentime is powerful. It can connect us with people and ideas all over the world! However, with so many services, apps, and ideas vying for my attention, recently, my time spent staring...
The Way We Talk About Screentime Needs to Change If We Want To Help Our Kids
How do you define screentime? Where does it start and end? Do you define and contain it on the tablet, smartphones or extend it to the computer? What about the television and movies? How about video games? Apps or tools? Is it different for yourself versus your kid?...
Coronavirus Shut Down My Children’s Classrooms — But Not Their Schooling
It would be impossible to estimate the amount of time I spent watching minutes on the clock slowly tick by as I sat behind a desk at school. Ironically, as a mother I watch that same clock tick, waiting for the chaos of my kids to come home.But, this year, both my...
This Little Mental Shift Will Make You Approach Your Kid’s Social Media Use Differently
Recognizing that our reaction to this NEW THING (technology, Facebook, Instagram, etc.) in the context of an OLD THING (telephones, message boards, slam books, etc.) might be the MENTAL SHIFT we need to understand how to talk about THE BEHAVIOR expected from our kids when it relates to screentime.
I Confess I Have Been A Shameful Mom, But Now I Ask Permission
I have a confession.I am a shameless mom. I have posted every conceivable kind of photo of my kids on social media. It started when I became a mom because I just couldn’t believe these humans came out of my body. I have posted them all... The braggy ones: Photos...
Twelve Days of Christmas Keeps on Giving
The holidays are history. The tree is demolished. The ornaments packed away. The wrapping paper is landfill. The only thing that remains is the extra pounds from too many Christmas cookies! In case you missed my "Twelve Days of Christmas" posts of...
