Tag Archives: Parenting
Curbing screen time tough for parents, too
I have a lot easier time controlling my children’s screen time than I do my own, even though it probably affects them just as much. In a recent Washington Post interview, psychologist Catherine Steiner-Adair, author of “The Big Disconnect: Protecting Childhood and Family Relationships in the Digital Age,” says that children notice how much time […]
Classic ’70s novel provides lessons for today
I’m reading my boys the Judy Blume classic, “Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing,” which I enjoyed as a kid. As I read it aloud, however, I’m realizing there’s a lot about the book I had forgotten. Early in the book, the 9-year-old protagonist, Peter Thatcher, describes walking across Central Park in his hometown of New […]
Children watching parents watching screens
We all know, having read a Columbian masterpiece on May 18, just how cool Vancouver’s downtown has grown these days. I noticed another aspect of downtown cool – unless maybe it’s downright cold – during an afternoon stroll around what some like to call Vancouver’s living room. (And living room is another name for “family room,” right?) […]
Kids, work, fun: How do you combine them?
Books about balancing family and work obligations are topping best-seller lists lately. You’ve got Sheryl Sandberg’s “Lean In,” Brigid Schulte’s “Overwhelmed,” and Jennifer Senior’s “All Joy and No Fun,” to name a few. I’ve read them all. I’m riveted by this national discussion about how families can make a living, rear children and somehow manage […]