Award-winning psychologist, author, and Nurture’s Digital Parenting Expert. I help families build healthy relationships with technology through science-backed guidance. My work focuses on screen time, gaming, and raising kids in a connected world.
A growth mindset is the idea that you can grow and improve through dedication, hard work, and learning. It’s having the mindset to recognize every challenge as a learning opportunity instead of a roadblock. Resilience is how you build and live out a growth mindset. It’s the practice...
Parents often carry guilt about screen time, particularly when it is used as a temporary distraction tool. But as digital parents, screens are not just a single-use tool, or a “special occasion” treat, or a “threat” to the global health and well-being of our children. If you want to be...
Empathy is a skill that grows through practice. Kids develop this skill by interacting with many different kinds of people, such as those from diverse backgrounds, with varied perspectives, and in various roles. One way to encounter new people, perspectives, and roles is through books, movies, and TV shows, as...
Critical thinking for kids means learning to ask questions, make decisions, and solve problems — not just taking things at face value, but wondering why and how as they explore the world around them. Games are valuable tools to foster the development of critical thinking because they combine curiosity, creativity, and...
Screens are often seen as “less than.” A less valuable use of our time. Facilitating less valuable relationships. Even less valuable learning. For whatever reason, screen-based activities are often treated as both separate from and “less than” everything else. If it happens on a screen, it is somehow less “real...
Why does screen time guilt hit so hard? We’ve all done it. Handed over the iPad so we could make a phone call, finish dinner, or just have five minutes to breathe (or go potty). Almost immediately, the guilt creeps in. Should I have read them a book instead?...
Video games and apps for kids are very popular — I don’t need stats to tell you what you witness around you and your kids every day, but I do have some eye-opening ones anyway. It is increasingly common for young children, ages 4 to 7, to have their own...
As parents, we’re often concerned with limiting, monitoring, and curating our kids’ screen time. But instead of focusing on simple time limits, let's consider the kinds of screen time our kids are engaging in. Did you know there can be different benefits to different kinds of screen...
As digital parents, many of us are looking for clarity, not just about how much screen time our kids should have, but how to make sense of it all. With so many expert opinions, rules of thumb, and internet hot takes, it’s easy to feel lost. Making things harder?...