Risk vs. Benefit - Technology use by young children
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 I just heard yet another well meaning parent utter those infamous words to validate technology use by their young child..."But they like it"! Other phrases I've heard are "Well...everyone's doing it, so it must be okay", or "It's just fascinating the way he can move Apps around on the screen at only 2 years of age"! I remember being fascinated when my kids knew their colors, or could point to animals and imitate sounds. Young children are amazing period. The fact that they can operate a touch screen is really no more fascinating than early reading, parents just think so because technology is so new and seemingly complex to operate. While there is no doubt that technology has an undeniable allure, an attraction that is difficult even for many of us adults to ignore, how much is too much, and when do we as adults step in and limit use? Read the full article here.
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Research
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No Crossed Wires: Cell Phone Communication in Parent-Adolescent Relationships By Robert S. Weisskirch for Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networking on June 27, 2011
Parents reported greater communication and closeness when adolescents initiated calls seeking social support. Adolescents reported greater conflict when parents called for monitoring activity, for tracking schoolwork, and when upset. Calls to ask and confer by adolescents and to track school work positively related, but parental calls when upset negatively related to parental self-esteem. Adolescent self-esteem is predicted by calls seeking support and negatively associated with parents calling when upset.
Prevalence of Internet Addiction in Latino Adolescents with Psychiatric Diagnosis By Katia A. Liberatore for Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networking on June 23, 2011
Mood disorders showed a statistically significant (p=0.044) correlation with a higher score on the IAT. Mental health care practitioners must consider questions on Internet use as an essential part of the patients' evaluation given its significant correlation with diagnosis of a mood disorder.
"Remain Calm. Be Kind." Effects of Relaxing Video Games on Aggressive and Prosocial Behavior By Jodi Whitaker and Brad J. Bushman for Social, Psychological and Personality Science on May 23, 2011
Research shows that violent video games increase aggressive behavior and decrease prosocial behavior, but could relaxing video games have the opposite effects? Compared to those who played violent or neutral video games, those who played relaxing video games were less aggressive and more helpful.
Are Cyberbullies Less Empathic? Adolescents' Cyberbullying Behavior and Empathic Responsiveness By George Steffgen et al for Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networking on May 9, 2011
Cyberbullies demonstrated less empathic responsiveness than non-cyberbullies, and were also more afraid of becoming victims of cyberbullying. The findings confirm and substantially extend the research on the relationship between empathy and aggressive behavior. From an educational point of view, the present findings suggest that training of empathy skills might be an important tool to decrease cyberbullying.
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Sensory Integration Disorder: The Condition Many Parents have Never Heard Of 33 KDAF-TV profiles a grade one boy with Sensory Integration Disorder.
Two families go one week without cell phones CBC documentary follows two families as they go through the "unplug" process.
Teens need to drop Facebook and get moving - Exercise is key to fighting the flab for young people By Ian Austin for the Province on June 21, 2011
A group of teens part of a discussion forum Monday with Children and Family Minister Mary McNeil and Provincial Health Officer Perry Kendall. "If we don't make changes, this generation may be the first to have a shorter lifespan than their parents," said McNeil, saying teens must adopt healthier lifestyles to fight childhood obesity that has tripled in the last three decades.
Harvard doctors punished over pay - 3 accused of not disclosing consulting fees By Liz Kowalczyk on July 2, 1011 for Boston Globe
Three Harvard Professors, Bierderman, Spencer and Wilens , who were referenced 82, 46 and 32 times respectively in the discredited draft Australian Guidelines on ADHD, have been sanctioned by their employer for allegedly failing to disclose millions of dollars in pharmaceutical company payments.
Ohio Doctor Prescribes Outside Time for Children By Jennifer Lance on October 4, 2010 for The Lance
The Ohio coalition yesterday also recognized Dr. Wendy Anderson-Willis, a pediatrician at Nationwide Children's Hospital, for her efforts that include giving many of her patients prescriptions to play outside for at least an hour each day and her involvement in the Walk with a Doc program.
Doctors prescribe the great outdoors to get patients moving By Andrea Gordon for Toronto Star on June 3, 2011
Dr. Conrad Sichler prescribed something the other day that his patient couldn't get at the local pharmacy. He told the middle-aged man, stressed and long overdue for a vacation, to go for a walk in the woods. "To me, it was a nature prescription," says Sichler, a family physician and psychotherapist with Sweet Medicine Integrative Health Centre in Burlington.
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Education
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S.I. Focus Newsletter By Kathleen Morris, SLP for July 2011
Great tips, books, courses etc for children with sensory integration difficulties.
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Products
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Q-Link Diode For Cell Phone & EMF Protection Quick Link device protects you from electromagnetic radiation.
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The Art of Roughhousing - Good old fashioned horseplay, and why every child needs it By Anthony T. DeBenedet and Lawrence J. Cohen
Everywhere you look, physical play-what some might call "roughhousing"- is being marginalized. Gym classes are getting shorter. Recess periods are being eliminated. Some new schools don't even have playgrounds. Is it any wonder children retreat to "virtual horseplay" via video games? Drs. Anthony T. DeBenedet and Lawrence J. Cohen show how rough-and-tumble play can nurture close connections, solve behavior problems, boost confidence, and more.
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Balanced Technology Management Foundation Teams - Join Now!
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Child now use 7.5 hours per day of technology, at great cost to their health and academic performance. One third of children enter school developmentally delayed, and one in four children are obese. Child aggression is causing significant behaviour challenges in schools and homes, as evidenced by soaring rates of child behaviour diagnosis and use of psychotropic medications. Sleep deprived, isolated and illiterate, the ways in which we raise and educate new millennium children are threatening their very sustainability.
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 Virtual Child - The terrifying truth about what technology is doing to children
By Cris Rowan, pediatric occupational therapist. Virtual Child documents the impact technology has had on the developing child, and proposes tools and techniques to manage balance between activities children need for growth and success with technology use.
Need more info? Visit www.virtualchild.ca
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