Why you should Do Nothing this Screen-Free Week
When I first heard about Jenny Odell’s How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy, I was immediately reminded of…
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A High-Schooler Celebrates Screen-Free Week
Mary Holohan is a high schooler who celebrates Screen-Free Week with her family every year. In this blog, she tells…
Why a 20-something celebrates Screen-Free Week
As a young person who listened to vinyl records well before they came back into vogue, practiced my string bass for fun and hiked the 48 4000-foot-high peaks of New Hampshire before I turned 21, I’ve always been kind of screen-free. But it can be lonely to be a 20-something today. Sometimes I just wish you could turn the whole thing off.
Screen-Free Week at the Tiffin-Seneca Public Library
Helping families become more intentional at putting down their devices and inspiring them to think of ideas for screen-free fun all year long seemed like a win-win situation. So, in March 2018 we formed a small committee of staff members to help plan a full slate of activities for Screen-Free Week.
Why Disconnecting is Essential to Children’s Development
Parenting often has less to do with knowing what to do but doing what we know. Whether it is healthy eating or getting kids to bed on time, we have clear ideas about what is best. It’s making the right thing happen that’s hard.
What We Gain From Going Outside: Celebrating Screen-Free Week 2019!
One of the most important sources for supporting children’s healthy development is as easy as opening the door and going outside—it is the natural world itself.
Liberty, Truth, Solidarity: Why I Support Screen-Free Week
As I learned more about media literacy and reducing TV time, I realized the importance of reducing screen exposure for children’s sake. Having been a physical education teacher for over 30 years, I chose to make screen-time reduction a sort of “game” between young people and professional digital entertainers.
Success with Screen-FREE Week Frederick!
We love this Screen-Free Week celebration in Frederick, MD, where the entire town gets in on the fun! In their video blog, Dr. Alison Bomba and Occupational Therapist Kelly Beins explain why they teamed up to create Screen-FREE Frederick.
Why I (Still) Read Aloud to My Kids
I have a confession to make: I have a teen and a preteen, and I still read books aloud to them. I think it’s because reading aloud to my children has become one of the deepest pleasures of parenthood for me.