kids and tv

School Age Kids

Nourishing your child’s inner geek

If you’re a SciFi or comic book fan, when’s the best time to introduce your kiddo to the nuances of geek culture in the form of your...

Child Development & Health

Too scary for me, Mommy!

Those of us who love horror movies or television shows know the pain of wanting to watch what we want, while at the same time...

Child Development & Health

More than white noise

Children are exposed to almost four hours of background television a day on top of their active viewing time. Surprisingly even...

Parenting Tips & Advice

Homework and its enemy: Secondhand media exposure

Secondhand media exposure — such as a TV playing in the background — can be detrimental to your children's homework as well as their...

Mom & Dad

How do the media usurp the parenting role?

Do the media really function as a parent? At first glance, this question seems absurd. Parents do provide the basics for children:...

Parenting Tips & Advice

School success and screen time

With the latest release of the iPhone 4S, I think we can all attest to how advanced our society is when it comes to technology. It...

Child Development & Health

The least expensive babysitter

Every parent has done it, even though you said you never would: You’ve used the TV as a babysitter. And it worked, so well in fact,...

Parenting Tips & Advice

Mom vs. Dad: The TV debate

With hundreds of channels out there, you never know what you're going to find on TV. And as an adult, that's a great scenario. But...

Parenting Advice & Columns

Teaching kids about advertising

You just can't escape advertising these days. Even on what was once ad-free space, there it is. Kids are inundated earlier and...