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Fall 2025 Newsletter
Trick-or-Treating & the Starter iPhone🎃 Halloween and Tech: Finding the sweet spotEvery Halloween, parents run a quiet experiment in independence.First outings are hands-on: walking beside your child, pointing out which houses are welcoming, when to wait, and when...
iParent101 ToGo™ Training Wheels for the Brain
Ever wonder why your child can know the rule but still break it? It’s not (necessarily) defiance, it’s development. Self-control skills begin forming in early childhood, but the brain systems that power them (notably the prefrontal cortex, which plans and inhibits,...
Mid-Summer 2025 Newsletter
CLICK HERE FOR FULL NEWSLETTER Hi Parents, Educators & Digital Advocates, I hope you’re getting some much-needed downtime this summer. Between travel, camp, and screen time battles, I know how fast this season can move — and how parenting in the digital age...
🐥 iParent101 ToGo™: Finch – The Self-Care App Helping Teens Build Healthy Habits
What Is Finch?Finch is a self-care app where users nurture a virtual pet bird by completing real-life wellness goals. Think Tamagotchi or Webkinz—but focused on mental health and emotional growth. Why It Matters Finch helps teens and young adults: Set personalized...
iParent101 ToGo™ 10th Edition: VPNs – What Parents Need to Know
What’s a VPN?A VPN (Virtual Private Network) hides a user’s location and activity online. While often used for privacy and security (like protecting data on public Wi-Fi), students are now using VPNs to bypass school filters and state laws restricting access to...
Ask-the-Experts Webinar “Win-Win Parenting: Child Safety, Autonomy, and Family Harmony In the Digital Age”
Save the date for the first #AskTheExperts webinar of 2025 -- "Win-Win Parenting: Child Safety, Autonomy, and Family Harmony In the Digital Age” on Wednesday, Feb. 5 at 12 PM EST via Zoom. Moderator and DigitalParentingCoach.com founder Elizabeth Milovidov will host a...
January 2025 Newsletter: Dopamine Dilemmas: How Notifications Affect Your Child’s Well-Being!
Technology and Parenting: A Path to Digital Wellness In today’s modern world, technology offers connection, education, and convenience—and it’s also designed to captivate us, often at the expense of our focus, emotional well-being, and relationships. At...
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Back to School (without phones?) Fall 2024 Newsletter
Welcome back to school, where students have the entire world at their fingertips. Technology is incorporated into lessons daily from Chromebooks to newly utilized iPads in many classrooms. Despite the myriad benefits, students can easily succumb to feeling overwhelmed...
iParent 101 ToGo™ 9th Edition – What are Role Playing Games (RPGs)?
Role-playing games (RPGs) are a huge genre that is available on all digital platforms (computers, laptops, phones, and tablets). There are numerous games in this genre, such as Elden Ring, Stardew Valley, and The Witcher. Many other games, including FIFA, NBA 2K, NCAA...
Publications & Features
- Kids can wreak havoc on their parents’ devices. Experts explain how to avoid a tech horror story. Yahoo! Life
- If your kid has a smartphone, is it OK to look through it? Why experts recommend that parents ‘disclose’ monitoring Yahoo! Life
- What teens think parents should know about phones The Washington Post
- “6 Apps You Really Should Use To Spy On Your Kids” The Huffington Post
- Child Psychologist’s 5 Keys for a Simple Digital Family Rules Contract Juniper Publishers
- “’You are the boss’: Parents of Fortnite-obsessed kids turn to Facebook, experts for help.” Good Morning America
- “The Smartphone Generation: Less Sex, Fewer Drinks, More Depression” National Public Radio
- “The Dark Side of Discord, Your Teen’s Favorite Chat App” The Wall Street Journal
- “The Danger of Internet Challenges” Web Md
- “Shh…my son doesn’t play ‘Fortnite'” Mashable
- ‘Toddlers Are Delighted With Themselves’ The Atlantic
- “Our 9-year-old has an unhealthy obsession with online games. What can we do?” Washington Post
- “Increased Hours Online Correlate With An Uptick In Teen Depression, Suicidal Thoughts” National Public Radio
- “Even experts can’t agree on whether technology is dangerous for kids” Quartz
- “Balanced view urged for parents on digital life” China Daily
- “8 Ways You Can Ease Your Anxiety When You Send Your Kid to Kindergarten” Readers Digest
- “9 ways parents can help kids cope with jealousy” Washington Post