The one book about technology that every parent should read
This is a must read post, thank you Catherine for your passion, courage, and expertise! Smartphone based childhoods are clearly degrading friendships, happiness, self confidence, and opportunities for growth. The graphs, studies, and data on this speak for themselves.
We just got back from a week in Puerto Rico as well (ha!). We are also not beach people, and can't beach like Ken. Our daughter is in 7th grade and is 1 of only 3 other kids who do not have a cell phone! Some probably have phones but without the social, which my wife and I absolutely will pledge along with you to keep forestalling!
Your dual energies here in terms of enlightening people about the power of fun and the harms of cell phone addiction are mutually reinforcing, and should be foundational for good health along with diet, exercise, and sleep.
Many thanks, and I wish someone like you had come along and stepped up for the kids in my daughter's class! I know they would have been a happier, more self-assured, bonded bunch.
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