Mama, Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be…Multitaskers
December 19th, 2012
By Dr. Jim Taylor Like many digital natives, your children are probably on their way to becoming lifelong multitaskers (or so you think). As the research indicates, children these days spend about seven-and-a-half hours a day interacting with technology unrelated to school and when multitasking is counted, that number jumps to an astonishing ten-and-three-quarter hours. […]
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Tags: children, distraction, homework, multitasking, parenting, social networking
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iPhone: The Latest in Parental Expediency
July 12th, 2010
By Dr. Jim Taylor Parents now have more ways than ever to keep their kids distracted, entertained, and otherwise occupied, in other words, out of their hair. Parental expediency has truly reached new heights thanks to the iPhone and its army of clever app developers. Expediency is one of the most dangerous words in parenting. […]
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Tags: apps, distraction, expediency, iPhone, kids, parenting, technology
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