by Arlene | Jul 10, 2020 | Parenting, The Latest ...
Here is my commentary that appeared in the Wall Street Journal on June 3, 2020, Save Your Kids from Covid’s Digital Deluge. I know some of you don’t subscribe to WSJ and weren’t able to read the commentary, so here it is: Parents used to feel guilty...
by Arlene | Jun 9, 2020 | Parenting, The Latest ..., Videos
Need some summertime screen time help? Here’s my latest Facebook live chat with help to navigate through this coronavirus summer. Your kids are probably watching more TV and playing more video games than usual with camps and vacations canceled. How can you make...
by Arlene | Sep 18, 2019 | The Latest ..., Videos
Phones are buzzing in classrooms…who’s calling most of the time? A recent Wall Street Journal article says that schools are instituting phone bans to cut down on classroom distractions. Students say, “My mother texts me all the time.”...
by Arlene | May 21, 2019 | The Latest ..., Videos
You hear about stranger danger…but is there an upside to meeting strangers? You bet! Now…don’t get me wrong. You children need to know that you DON’T get into a car with a stranger and that you DON’T text or go in a chatroom with a...
by Arlene | Oct 7, 2015 | Marriage, The Latest ...
There was a very interesting article in the Wall Street Journal on October 6 that caught my eye. The headline read: It’s Review Time, Honey: Evaluate the job you’re doing at being married to get better at it James and I read the article together. It...
by Arlene | Apr 27, 2015 | Parenting, The Latest ...
I come from a line of family members who wear glasses. Since elementary school, I’ve worn glasses and then in junior high, I got to upgrade to contact lenses. Let’s just say blue glasses in 4th grade were definitely not cool. But besides genetics, what...