Screens & Schools, Digital Wellness for Families
If you just got the email that your child’s school is going phone-free this fall, you might be feeling two things at once. Relief. And a little bit of, “…okay, but what about at home?” You’re not alone in that. This year, phone-free schools are...
Digital Wellness for Families, The Screen Guardians Podcast
I talk to a lot of parents who feel like they’re losing their kids to a screen. Not in a dramatic, headline kind of way — just slowly. The bedroom door closes a little earlier. The one-word answers get shorter. And underneath all of it is a question most of us are...
Digital Wellness for Families
If you saw the headlines last week and felt a little jolt of hope—followed by a wave of “wait, what does this actually mean for my kid?”—you’re not alone. On June 29, 2026, the U.S. House passed a sweeping new kids online safety law called the KIDS Act, and your feed...
Digital Wellness for Families
If I’m honest, this is one of the questions I ask myself the most as a parent — and one I hear other parents ask all the time: Are we doing this technology thing right? Am I giving my kids enough access? Or too much? Will they be left out if they don’t...
Digital Wellness for Families
The school year ends in an hour. The backpacks get dropped by the door, and suddenly there are three months of unstructured days stretching out in front of you. If you felt a little flutter of anxiety reading that sentence, you are in good company. That is exactly...
Digital Wellness for Families
If you’ve found yourself lying awake wondering what age should a kid get social media, you are not alone — and you are not overreacting. It’s one of the most-asked questions in parenting right now, and it deserves a real answer, not a guilt trip. The truth...
