While parenting has never been easy, parenting in the digital world requires a total new skill set that many parents are struggling to establish. What we want to remember as we negotiate our way through this maze of devices is that raising children is likely the most important job in the universe, and if done correctly, will ensure sustainable futures for people and planet. Parenting which is haphazard with few rules or structure results in children who struggle to meet their most basic needs. The following article was written to remind all of us of the 7 basic needs of children, and to point out that our children have a right to grow up in the most nurturing and safe environment that we can provide them. "
Where are you going, my little one, little one? Where are you going, my baby, my own? Turn around and you're two. Turn around and you're four. Turn around and you're a young girl going out of the door" by The Kingston Trio.
Discussion on the Safety of Our Children's Exposure to Wireless Radiation in School
Washington DC hosted an expert forum on wireless radiation in schools on Mar. 25, '19. Speakers included:
Ronald Melnick, Ph.D., Former Toxicologist of National Institute of Health (NIH), Senior Science Advisor, Environmental Health Trust
Dr. Martha Herbert, Assistant Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School
Dr. David O. Carpenter, Public Health Physician and Director of the Institute for Health and the Environment, a Collaborating Center of the World Health Organization
Frank Clegg, CEO of Canadians for Safe Technology and former long-time president of Microsoft Canada
Theodora Scarato, MSW, Executive Director, Environmental Health Trust
Cecelia Doucette, MTPW, Technology Safety Educato
Click here for PP slides as well as 2-hour video coverage of speakers. Every parent, educator and clinician should watch this video.
Our children's safety depends on it
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Coming Soon!
Balanced Technology Management Certification
Cris Rowan is creating an online training certification in Balanced Technology
Management (BTM) for parents, teachers and clinicians. Parents will be certified BTM Advisors, teachers certified BTM Facilitators, and clinicians certified BTM Instructors.
We'll keep you posted!
Foundation Series Workshop Schedule
April 17, 2019 - Prince Rupert, BC
Evening workshop for parents on impact of screens on children sponsored by Prince Rupert School District No 52.
Presentation on impact of technology on brain/body physiology to teens attending Camp Unplugged sponsored by Palomar Christian Conference Center. www.camp-unplugged.com.
The Screen Solution Workshops will leave you feeling equipped with the tools needed to help you reset your child's screen habits. From video games to smartphones, we'll show you how to make practical changes in your day-to-day life with proven strategies and replacement activities to establish a balanced screen use at different ages.
May 16 - Preview Night - Pineville NC
Kids & Screens: Preventing Digital Addiction -
How do you keep your child from getting hooked on Fortnite, social media and smartphones? Presented by Families Managing Media. Click here to register.
To track or not to track. That is the question. GPS and cell phone technology has made it possible to follow our kids' every move. Just because we can, is it ok to do it?
A study out of Waterloo, Canada has found too much screen time and not enough outdoor time is causing irreversible damage to children's eyes.
Even an hour more outside every week will go along way in preventing Myopia, or nearsightedness, which affects almost 90% of high school students in Asia.
By Y Numata-Uematsu, H Yokoyama, H Sato, et al August
Few studies have examined the symptoms children develop with early media exposure. Here, they present a boy exposed to the media during his early development who was diagnosed with attachment disorder.
A new study has indicated that more time spent outdoors can make children into more resilient adults.
Richard Louv, author of Last Child in the Woods, founded this organization. He is currently working with the UN to make nature connection a human right for children.
Reading changes our brains. Beyond allowing humans to gather and synthesize new information, research shows it is key to cultivating empathy in individuals, too.
A prestigious high school in Guangzhou, the capital city of China's Guangdong Province, has aroused controversy by tracking students with "smart wristbands" on and off campus.
This publication summarizes a forthcoming academic review paper on education technology, "Upgrading Education with Technology: Insights from Experimental Research."
Educational policy-makers, teachers, students, and parents have been made to believe that modern technology is "transforming the way students learn," and "revolutionizing education." Schools issue tablets and laptops instead of textbooks, sold to schools many myths masquerading as facts.
By Richard Zussman and Kylie Stanton March 12, 2019
Students in B.C. classrooms are going to be able to keep their phones nearby. Education Minister Rob Fleming says the province has no plan on following Ontario's province wide ban.
Newly leaked e-mails outline Facebook's attempt to convince then Industry Minister Christian Paradis to exempt a proposed data centre from Canadian privacy laws.
The Lancet February 16, 2019 doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(19)30358-7
The death by suicide in 2017 of a 14-year-old British girl has in the past month led to a highly charged debate about social media's negative effects on children's and young people's mental health.
YouTube is failing miserably when it comes to protecting kids.
By Dell Cameron March 12, 2019
This new children's privacy and advertising bill introduced in the US Senate, not only does it ban targeted marketing to kids under 13, but, as CCFC's Josh Golin noted, it gives children the chance to develop a healthy relationship with media.
Most parents feel pretty safe letting their children watch YouTube Kids, the child-friendly version of the video platform.
But disturbing videos recently found by some moms show the social media site may not be safe for kids at all.
By Taylor Lorenz
How a writing tool became the new default way to pass notes in class.
Tween or teen in desperate need of a digital detox? Coach Madlin is talking to Julie Doan and Christie Walsh, creators of a new summer camp, "Camp Unplugged.
This article addresses the subject of Internet Addiction in Germany and introduces a review of various studies carried out in Germany, with the aim of measuring the dimension of the phenomenon.
Reset Summer Camp, one of the only summer camp programs specifically designed for adolescents struggling with gaming and screen addiction, today announced the opening of their application portal for summer 2019.
Sedentary, neglected, isolated, and overstimulated, the new millennium child can no longer pay attention and learn. Zone'in Programs are designed by an occupational therapist to enhance child development and learning, ensuring successful futures.
Virtual Child - The terrifying truth about what technology is doing to children
By Cris Rowan, pediatric occupational therapist.
Virtual Child documents the impact technology has had on the developing child, and proposes tools and techniques to manage balance between activities children need for growth and success with technology use.
Cris Rowan is a pediatric occupational therapist committed to enhancing child health and academic performance. Well known activist, speaker, sensory specialist and author, Cris is the "Go To" expert on child learning, development and technology overuse. Cris has provided over 200 workshops for health and education professionals, and is currently developing the Creating Sustainable Futures Program for a First Nations Community.
Training & Consultation
Training
Instructor training for Foundation Series Workshops places pediatric occupational therapists on the cutting edge as experts in the field of technology's impact on child development.
Zone'in Programs Inc. and Cris Rowan are seeking your support and assistance to ensure sustainable and productive futures for our children. Find out more about how you can help us!
