Category: Children, Teens and DigiTech

The Anxious Generation – Jonathan Haidt

The Anxious Generation – Jonathan Haidt

Jonathan Haidt is a social psychologist. This is different from a CyberPsychologist, in that social psychology takes a broader view of issues (including digital technology) that may or may not affect a collective group of similar people within an environment or context. A CyberPsychologist will focus more on the individual level of how a person…

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Technology, education and pre-teen years

Technology, education and pre-teen years

I seem to be having a number of discussions with parents (particularly mothers) about the quantity and type of technology that is being used within schools for the purposes of education. Screentime and homework The biggest concern, especially for parents of children in younger age groups, has been children only being able to access homework…

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