by Dennis Coates | Sep 26, 2020 | Behavior Change, Encouragement, Guest Blog Posts, Parenting, Parenting Blogs, Parenting Books
Once again, I’m delighted to feature a guest post from Elisabeth Stitt, author of Parenting as a Second Language and esteemed parent coach. Elisabeth is the founder of Joyful Parenting Coaching, which specializes in helping parents understand and communicate...
by Dennis Coates | Sep 14, 2020 | Adolescence, Education, Health & Nutrition, Parenting, Teen Culture, Teen Success
Smartphones are flat-out amazing. No, miraculous. A voice gives me turn-by-turn driving instructions to get to a ranch outside a small town 750 miles away. That’s incredible. Also, the ability to shoot a video clip and send it to someone in Nepal...
by Dennis Coates | Sep 7, 2020 | Adolescent Brain, Critical Thinking, Education, Health & Nutrition, Parenting, Parenting Books, Podcasts, Teen Culture
It’s well documented: how kids with growing brains can be adversely affected – for life – by too much screen time. It’s a scary issue for parents, because the new technologies are both amazingly useful and amazingly dangerous. And practically...