Alongside their ABCs and 123s, kids today are learning their DMPs: Digital, Media, and Platform Literacies. Of these three, you’re probably most familiar with digital literacy and least so with platform literacy. All are equally important and ultimately interconnected, so we’ll explain and integrate them all: * Digital literacy:...
Games don’t have to look like school to teach valuable lessons. Math, science, and reading might be what first come to mind when we think of educational video games for kids. But digital play can also teach other critical elements, like confidence, curiosity, and other life skills. If your...
Creativity isn’t something kids are simply born with. Some children might have a natural inclination toward imaginative play or artistic expression, but all children can learn to think creatively. It’s a skill, a special way of thinking, that develops through encouragement, repetition, and consistent freedom to explore. 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?...
As digital parents, we’re often caught between conflicting headlines in our everyday realities, raising digital natives. One moment, screens are framed as harmful; the next, they’re hailed as educational powerhouses. Meanwhile, we just want to make dinner in peace and maybe feel a little less guilty about putting...