Why diminishment of kid empathy should be our biggest concern. The ratings, the research, the solutions, and how to gear up and parent the Controller Generation. “Can’t I just play one more hour?” “But there’s nottttthhhhthinnnng else to do!” “Chill out, Mom. The game is not that violent.” There’s no doubt that video games are [...]

Overlooked dangers of raising Couch Potatoes. Parenting tips to help kids find healthier alternatives and discover “life beyond the remote” that I shared on the TODAY show Parenting Alert: The Overlooked Dangers of Raising a Generation of Couch Potatoes The statistics are dismal: • Kids ages six months to six years spend three times as [...]

Parenting advice I shared on the NBC DATELINE special “The Perils of Parenting” and wow was it ever an eyeopener! “She’s always on her blackberry. It’s soooo annoying!” “I hate it when he’s talking on his cell. It makes me feel sad.” “I put an timer on the computer. When it goes off, it’s time [...]

Parenting advice to help us monitor and stay involved in our kids’ online world and increase their safety. Shocking statistics that confirm that we better supervise closer, the difference between monitoring and spying,  and spy-free strategies and to help us do so REALITY CHECK: The latest estimates show that 93 percent of teens 12 to [...]

Troubling research about our kids’ lack of online smarts and predators’ new grooming techniques to lure them. Advice based on new studies to keep kids safer online and parents and child givers better educated in those findings so we can Studies show that predators are using more subtle and savvier ways to “befriend” kids including [...]