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What can parents do to help their children manage the political climate? AP Photo/Richard Vogel

Child anxiety and parenting in the Trump era

With emotionally charged rhetoric from both sides of the aisle and many parents in a heightened state of distress, children are more vulnerable than ever to anxiety. What can parents do?
Guidelines recommending no screens before age two came before interactive and educational tablet and smart phone apps. Tia Henrikson/Flickr

Banning under twos from screens has little basis in evidence

There is no question that excessive screen time can have negative impacts on children’s sleep and development generally, but is there sufficient evidence for an all-out ban before age two?
Kids playing video games isn’t as bad as we think it is. Flickr/Sean Dreilinger

Kids and media – not such a bad thing

In a hunting society, children learn by playing with bows and arrows. In an information society, they learn to play with information. Despite this excellent advice from media scholar Henry Jenkins, it…

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