Dr. Michelle and author Ian Kerner recently stopped by the CBS Early Show to discuss a male and female perspective on the right way to break up with someone. For more information on how to handle breaking up with someone, read Dr. Michelle’s blog “Top 6 Tips on How to Break-Up with Someone.”
This week I was on the Today show discussing the impact that technology has on kids’ lives. The guest’s son, who usually sends 14,000 texts a month, stopped using all technology for 10 days. His focus on his schoolwork improved and his relationship with his family changed for the better. The mom said that she finally had some idea of what was going on in his life and even got to meet some of his friends. When asked if she was going to make him stop texting when they got back home, she said that she would leave it to him to monitor himself! Well, he obviously wasn’t monitoring himself before now. I’m sure he was impacted by the ten days, but sometimes our kids still need our help to do the right thing.
Listen folks, as parents, you set the tone and the example for your kids behavior. You tell them what to do, they don’t tell you what they’re going to do. When it comes to technology I think that:
1. Parents should limit the amount of time their kids spend using technology, and
2. There should be technology free family time.
