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13Jun 2019 by nrcmmc

Five Most Dangerous Places for Kids to be Online

Where Kids Use Tech Dictates How They Use Tech It’s impossible for parents to control all of the doorways that exist for a child to access the web. Creating an internet safety strategy for home is one thing, but how many other ways exist for your child to watch YouTube without you knowing? Although parents can’t control all of the environments where their kids spend time, there are a few high-risk environments that warrant more attention. Read the Article

13Jun 2019 by nrcmmc

Online TV

Editorials, Hazards

Do we have TV in our homes?We probably do, or we are closer than we know. We don't have the box our forefathers banned, but we do have the content readily available at our finger tips with TV online. Link to article

06May 2019 by nrcmmc

Digital Addiction

Hazards

“Son won't turn off his video game? Daughter obsessed with ‘likes’ on Instagram? It may not be entirely their fault. Like the high-octane sugar in a pint of Ben & Jerry's and that irresistible chemical spice in Flamin' Hot Cheetos, the ingredients in social media, video games, apps, and other digital products are carefully engineered to keep you coming back for more.” Common Sense Media has recently published an article describing the science behind digital addiction. Please read and ponder how this may be affecting you and your family members… The article includes some helpful tips to manage the “tricks” that are built into these digital products. (Note - there are references to specific social media examples that we do not endorse) Link to Article *Please note, that although we have…

11Feb 2019 by nrcmmc

Smartphones for Smartfamilies

Cell Phones, Guidelines

In the same way that you don’t hand your kids the keys to a car without any training and simply say “Good luck,” you shouldn’t hand them a smartphone and say, “What could go wrong?” Their lives, your life, and others’ lives hang in the balance physically, legally, and spiritually. In short, we advise against giving your children a phone if you are not ready to have a conversation with them about it multiple times a week for multiple years. Your family is on a journey together of enjoying, leveraging, and self-regulating your phones. And there is a destination! It is when your son or daughter has demonstrated integrity and has learned how to self-regulate his or her phone (that is, your kids no longer have limits imposed by you;…