Dear Dr. Buckingham, My husband and I have different views about age appropriateness when it comes to the use of cell phones by our children.When is it appropriate to give a child access to your cell phone? What if one parent does not think the child will read his or her text messages? What if it makes his or her spouse uncomfortable? Should an 11 or 12 year old have access … [Read more...]
4 Lessons I Learned Leading “Daddy Day Care”
It’s 8:00 in the morning on a Saturday and I hear somebody giggling in my room and feel that same someone breathing on me? I guess I did a good enough job ignoring the intentional pitter patters running up and down the stairs designed to wake me up, so these kids had to take it to the next level and come invading my bed space! Well let me wake up literally and figuratively.... … [Read more...]
Who’s Watching the Kids: Parents Or An iDevice
HLNtv.com's Digital Life and Parenting editor and father of two, Jonathan Anker, recently shared his views on why more parents need to ditch the apps and mobile devices and teach their kids the old fashioned way. Anker notes that while these gadgets and electronics are addicting enough for adults and teens, young children and babies can easily become enthralled in them. He … [Read more...]
Would You Let Your Child Get A Facebook Page?
By Ayanna Black After watching this week's episode of "The Game" I started thinking about kids and the Internet. In this week's episode, Kelly loses her reality show because her ex-husband has a court order to stop the use of his name. Since she can no longer use his name or likeness on her show she attempts to film other football stars to no avail. Finally out of … [Read more...]