Wondering how to limit the use of screens in your child’s (and your own) life? Here’s a good idea or two! https://www.nytimes.com/guides/smarterliving/family-technology
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The impact of reading on screen is described by a neuroscientist. https://www.theverge.com/2018/8/27/17787916/reader-come-home-maryanne-wolf-neuroscience-brain-changes
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Balance of sleep and play and work and no screens help in developing cognitive capacity. Read on. . . https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2018/09/27/study-links-restricting-screen-time-kids-higher-mental-performance/
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Pushing children to complete tasks for which they are not ready is a major cause of depression in the young. Here’s an article about why younger isn’t necessarily better. http://www.parenttoolkit.com/academics/news/general-parenting/debunking-the-belief-that-earlier-is-better
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Arts and crafts help build self-development skills, says an illustrious psychologist. Read about it here: https://www.sciencealert.com/modern-life-is-brutal-here-s-why-craft-is-so-good-for-our-health
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Books in the house? New research finds that an abundance of books helps the young to literacy and numeracy! https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/oct/10/growing-up-in-a-house-full-of-books-is-major-boost-to-literacy-and-numeracy-study-finds
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Here is a valuable article by working child Psychiatrist, Dr. Richard Freed, on the effects of screen addiction on children’s health, mental and physical. Dr. Richard Freed has written extensively on his clinical experience with “lost souls” to video games and technology addiction. He is an enthusiast for Waldorf education, admiring the policies we have
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Research demonstrates that machinery cannot replace human voices or human language in the very young. Read about this here: http://edition.pagesuite.com/popovers/article_popover.aspx?guid=3c1c1ecd-7007-4212-888b-5933fe265c7d
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Play is connected in research to getting a good job later in life. Read about it here: https://qz.com/1217146/child-development-kids-that-play-more-often-are-better-prepared-for-employment/
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CBS took on the idea of doing without electronic screens on Saturdays — not easy for this journalist. Watch to see how his addiction assaults him when he tried to stop!
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