Screen Time
The best of The Parents Website 2022
From how to help teens beat the procrastination trap to a brave parenting experiment in banning TV, we've selected our 'best of' articles from the past year.
Best of the Web: Be your teen’s online coach, not their boss, and more
Working with your teen about online use, the morning chaos of leaving the house, and making our streets safe for kids to play.
Best of the Web: When your child won’t go to school, and more
The growing problem of school refusal, the agonies of Mum Guilt, and why parents must model good screen behaviour for their children.
Best of the Web: Old people’s home for teens, and more
The intergenerational experiment with teens and senior citizens, does sport really build character, and what children think about their well-being online.
My Tiny Humans: I banned TV
With signs that TV watching was affecting a Tiny Human, the plug was pulled on weekday television. Natalie Moutafis explains what happened next in this brave parenting experiment.
Why ‘screen time’ is an outdated concept
'Screen time' is an outdated concept, so let's ditch it and focus on quality instead, writes Kate Highfield.
Best of the Web: School lunches and the pressure to impress, and more
School lunch box stress, giving kids a 'healthy digital diet', and ideas to bully-proof kids.
Why the kids should see this
It's the curated video website for kids that makes them say 'wow'. Michael Broadstock talks with Rion Nakaya, creator of The Kid Should See This.
Educating our kids to thrive online
We can help young people to live well online through character education, writes Tom Harrison.