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Happy Mother’s Day
Happy Mother’s Day! Today is a wonderful time to celebrate all the great women in children’s lives who care for them. This time of year I find myself inspired by the poems of Erma Bombeck who has a...
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Keeping Halloween Safe Thanks To Cell Phones and APPS
Halloween My kids couldn’t wait to go trick or treating alone with their friends. We, however, had some trepidation. But, come Middle School and High School, we caved and came up with a plan with other...
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Dr. Gwenn’s Updated Family Media Use Plan
In 2010, I created a Family Media Use Plan for my book CyberSafe. To mark the last day of National Cyber Security Awareness Month, I want to share with you my revised Family Media Plan. The focus of...
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Holiday Giving: a gift worth repeating each year
Thanksgiving is over and the season of giving is most definitely here. We’ve had a long standing tradition in my family to give to kids in need every holiday season. My husband and I started buying...
View ArticleGraduation: out with the old, in with the new
Do you remember when you graduated from high school or college? What about when you participated in your last sporting event or concert when you were in school? Those moments growing seemed so final,...
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KidZone: Homework Helpers
Here is a list of website parents and kids have found helpful for homework. For further information about any of these sites, please refer to the websites. Ben’s Guide To US Government For Kids Huge...
View ArticleHappy 2019 with some healthy tidbits!
My family seems to operate a few weeks late with New Year’s greetings. This occurs every year. We seem to need a couple weeks to just get the new year juices flowing again. This year, I’m getting my...
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Ready, set…turn off those screens!
Ready too unplug? The next 24 hours is unplug time so stop reading this and do something fun!! Here are somethings to do if you need some ideas. We like to do things with our family – no plugs. It’s...
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Friday Digital Byte: Teaching kids to be social in our new screened in world
Teaching kids how to be social is not an easy task. Add to it our new normal with extra screens and we now find ourselves with in a land without landmarks or a tour guide. Luckily, we do have one...
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Is your digital message RITE?
We spend a good amount of time sending and receiving digital messages each and every day, especially as our lives have become homebound with the pandemic. From texts that amount to “LOL” to more...
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Dr. Gwenn’s New Column
Check out my new column in The Wicked Local in Massachusetts. I cover staying healthy as we leave the pandemic and reclaim a “new normal”. Let me know what you think! Dance to Your Own Beat To Screen...
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Dr. Gwenn In The News
To help parents, kids and teens around the world live healthy lives while using technology, I share advice and tips to as many groups and venues as possible. Visit this page to see where I contribute...
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