The Latest on Digital Addiction
When the internet, smartphones, and gaming devices were relatively new, experts were unwilling to label habitual use of these digital tools as addiction. But now that they’ve been around for some time, experts are able to look not only at…
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Episode 219: “Making Tech-Wise Disciples – A Youthworker Addresses Screens with Students and Parents” with Jake Bier
Download the podcast as an .mp3 by clicking here.Access from Apple Podcasts. FURTHER RESOURCES Resources, links, or other helpful tools mentioned in the podcast:Jake Bier – Springton Lake Presbyterian ChurchCPYU Research FellowsCPYU Parent Prompt: Teen Loneliness & Smartphone UseCPYU Parent…
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Children, Screens and Mental Health
Parents, some new research on the effects of social media, screen time, smartphone use, and videogaming on eleven to twelve year olds warrants our attention. Reported in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, the study set out to examine associations…
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Kids and Phone-Interrupted Sleep 1
Are you a parent who laments the fall-out from smartphones and how they’ve permeated and changed not only youth culture, but your very own children and teens. When we notice the negative effects these devices are having on our kids…
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