Depression Strikes Today’s Teen Girls Especially Hard
"It's tough to be a teenager. Hormones kick in, peer pressures escalate and academic expectations loom large. Kids become more aware of their environment in the teen years — down the block and online....
View ArticleBad behavior is trending online, inspiring it in real life
"LOS ANGELES (AP) — Young children know that name-calling is wrong. Tweens are taught the perils of online bullying and revenge porn: It’s unacceptable and potentially illegal. But celebrities who...
View ArticleFast-paced video games makes kids feel revved up, it’s like gambling for adults
"According to Dr. Catherine Steiner-Adair, a therapist and research associate in the department of psychiatry at Harvard,many fast-paced video games makes kids feel revved up, excited, empowered – it’s...
View ArticleHow to Play Video Games With Your Kids
"Samantha Fisher was having a very bad day. So when her then-9-year-old son, Lukas, asked her if she wanted to learn to play Minecraft, she almost said no. Skipping the game’s tutorial, Lukas patiently...
View ArticleWhen Should You Get Your Kids a Smart Phone? Some Say Wait Until 8th
"Just in time for the holidays, a new movement to keep smartphones out of the hands of children till the eighth grade. We're consulting the experts." Brooke Shannon, founder of the organization Wait...
View ArticleNAIS 2016 Featured 3 Hour Workshop – Taming the Tech Effect: Rethink and...
Technology and our schools adaptation is constantly changing and its hard to know if we are doing too much, too little, and 'the right stuff'. I was joined by Erin McCloskey, from Phillips Academy,...
View ArticleBad behavior is trending online, inspiring it in real life
"LOS ANGELES (AP) — Young children know that name-calling is wrong. Tweens are taught the perils of online bullying and revenge porn: It’s unacceptable and potentially illegal. But celebrities who...
View ArticleFast-paced video games makes kids feel revved up, it’s like gambling for adults
"According to Dr. Catherine Steiner-Adair, a therapist and research associate in the department of psychiatry at Harvard,many fast-paced video games makes kids feel revved up, excited, empowered – it’s...
View ArticleWho are we — and who are we becoming — in the cyber-world?
Catherine Steiner-Adair is the author of “The Big Disconnect: Protecting Childhood and Family Relationships in the Digital Age.” They all lurk out there in the cyber-world: perverts, predators,...
View ArticleChallenge Success
On Sept. 30 I had the honor of being the Keynote Speaker at Challenge Success's annual conference. The topic was "Media Rules: Healthy Connections in the Digital Age". It was a vibrant and energetic...
View ArticleDepression Strikes Today’s Teen Girls Especially Hard
"It's tough to be a teenager. Hormones kick in, peer pressures escalate and academic expectations loom large. Kids become more aware of their environment in the teen years — down the block and online....
View ArticleHow to Play Video Games With Your Kids
"Samantha Fisher was having a very bad day. So when her then-9-year-old son, Lukas, asked her if she wanted to learn to play Minecraft, she almost said no. Skipping the game’s tutorial, Lukas patiently...
View ArticleWhen Should You Get Your Kids a Smart Phone? Some Say Wait Until 8th
"Just in time for the holidays, a new movement to keep smartphones out of the hands of children till the eighth grade. We're consulting the experts." Brooke Shannon, founder of the organization Wait...
View ArticleThe Techpreneurs of Silicon Valley are Keeping their Families Away from...
"Melinda Gates’ children did not have smartphones until they turned 14 and only used computer in the kitchen. Her husband Bill spends hours in his office reading books. Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg says...
View ArticleCell phones and the great disconnect
PROVIDENCE, R.I., (WJAR) — The great disconnect is getting parents’ attention. Cell phones are meant to connect children to parents and vice versa. In reality, these little devices may have led to a...
View ArticleParents should encourage girls to get angry and show it. Here’s how.
By Kate RopeDecember 6, 2018 "As parents, we often seek to mollify, quell — even extinguish — our children’s anger. Life is busy, we’re moving fast. Anger slows us down. It stresses us out. But the...
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Taming the tech effect:
by Catherine Steiner-Adair Click here to read the full article as a PDF http://www.csadair.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Taming-the-tech.pdf
View ArticlePodcast – Slate
https://dcs.megaphone.fm/SM2996801347.mp3?key=67d03dd002bb71b8302069790073c0ec
View ArticleFacebook Post – NBC Nightly News
Studies have found a link between parents’ screentime and kids’ behavior, with one report finding that parents average...Posted by NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt on Thursday, May 23, 2019
View ArticleBergen Heads of School Issue Device Guidelines
"With the tech revolution has come the benefit of affordable screens for everyone. But does that mean everyone should have one, even elementary school-aged children? Are yeshiva day school students,...
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