Dr. Gwenn’s Family Media Use Plan

Looking for a way to help your family have a healthy media diet? Try my Family Media Use Plan!

Saying “Farewell” to Harry Potter and Friends

Are you going to see Harry Potter this weekend? How are your kids dealing with the “end” of this much beloved decade long saga? If your kids are like mine, they’ve been counting down the days until the opening of [...]

Relaxing and Staying Unplugged as a Family

“Stop the World, I want to Get Off!” I remember seeing that play years and years ago at summer camp. That phrase runs through my mind a lot lately as the pace of things seems to speed up more and more.

Getting the Digital Message RITE

Has one of these scenarios ever happened to you or one of your digital teens? Someone sends you a text, email or Facebook message that riles you up a bit, good or bad, that you respond from a place of [...]

Healthy Media Use Resolutions for New Year

I read a blog post not long ago that suggested we should all check our email only twice a day. Twice a day? Is that even possible?

Kids and Cell Phones: Issues to Consider

Q) Dear Mom:

Can I have a cell phone? All my friends have one…We promise to be responsible!

Love, your daughters

Screens, Screens Everywhere…and time to turn them off!

Turn Off Week (formerly TV Turn Off Week) always seems to fall during April Vacation! On the one hand, that’s brilliant timing. With most families of kids in front of screens on the go, you can’t hand pick a better time to ask people to avoid screens for an entire week. On the other hand, with screens so ubiquitous, even avoiding them on vacation is easier said than done, as we discovered last year in New York City.

12 Months of Change: Tweak Media Habits in April

What’s your media diet like? Do you have a healthy balance? Too much? Too little? This month, the FitTips focus is how much media we all use with the goal to find a healthy middle ground so we can be [...]