Reap the benefits of technology with the best apps and educational games for children As modern parents, when we worry about technology, the focus tends to be on our children’s obsession – not our own. We fail to see how our own preoccupation with smartphones and tables impacts our kids. Kids hate to be ignored. [...]
On a recent trip to my family doctor’s office – a waiting room rife with children of all ages – I saw a little girl in the neighborhood of three years old, happily being read to by her mom. Off of a computer tablet. I wanted to jump up and cheer. As parents, we are [...]
I used to be the kind of mother who stood in the way of technology use and her children. Call it mixed feelings, olds ideas, and my concern for establishing limits, but I viewed computer games and apps for kids with skepticism and distrust. But no longer. What brought me around? I had many mixed feelings [...]
Just in case you needed it, scientists at Stanford University are compiling scientific proof that reading is good for your brain. The lab rats, in this case, are literary PhD candidates from the San Francisco Bay Area, taking part in a literary neuroscience experiment – a field in its infancy. Researchers send graduate students into [...]
