Children & Technology

• Children Use 4-5 x Recommended Amount of Technology
Infants aged 0-2 years should not have any exposure to technology, 3-5 years be restricted to one hour per day, and 6-18 years restricted to 2 hours per day.

Uniform Deployed Parents Custody and Visitation Act

• Minnesota's UDPCVA

This legislation addresses parenting complications faced by divorced and separated service members when they deploy.

Today is Mothers' Day

• Tell Her You Are Grateful
For families who are struggling with custody issues, Mothers' Day (and Fathers' Day) can bring up conflicted feelings. Today focus on this: that mother helped you bring your beloved child into the world. That child carries half of that mother within every cell of their being. For that you are very grateful.

Meritocratic Affection

• Love & Merit by David Brooks
Affection intermingled with the desire to help children achieve worldly success can morph into conditional love.

Realistic Dolls Are the Best Fantasy

• Dolly "Make-Unders"
A Tasmanian scientist plays with dolls and turns them into someone you might know.

The Teenage Brain

• Good Science Translated into Good Parenting
Frances Jensen writes A Neuroscientist’s Survival Guide to Raising Adolescents and Young Adults.

Great Parenting Advice

• For Real Mothers
“Don’t kill them. You’ll want to, but don’t.” They stop giggling and never ask me for parenting advice again.