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The Winter of our Disconnect

December 4, 2014 By Lisa

How Three Totally Wired Teenagers (and a Mother Who Slept with Her iPhone) Pulled the Plug on Their Technology and Lived to Tell the Tale.  By Susan Maushart. A book review by Linda Coyle – speech and language therapist While I’m great at encouraging families I work with in my practise the value of reading, I’m […]

Filed Under: field trip parenting, Nature deficit disorder, parent interest Tagged With: book review, family, TV

Screen time for kids

March 6, 2014 By Lisa

children watching TV

How much screen time for kids? How much TV is too much? It’s a difficult question to answer and it varies so much depending on the child and the circumstances. We’ve all heard about Nature Deficit Disorder and are aware of the side effects of too much screen time. We know we need to try […]

Filed Under: field trip parenting, Nature deficit disorder, parent interest Tagged With: senses, TV

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