05 Mar 2019
Parents and carers are warmly invited to a end our seminar by Dr Kristy Goodwin on “Raising your Child in a Digital World”.
Dr Kristy Goodwin, a digital parenting educator, author and researcher (& mum who also deals with her kids’ techno-tantrums), translates the latest research about how technology is shaping childhood into essential information for confused and concerned parents.
Dr. Kristy helps parents make informed decisions about how to best manage screen-time at home (so that it doesn’t always end in ‘scream time’)... and no she won’t suggest that you ban the iPad, or unplug the TV!
Parents will understand the latest risks to kids’ online safety (including current cyber-safety threats, pornography exposure, introduc on of phones and social media), as well as the health and learning implications of young kids (4-12 years) growing up in a world of screens. Kristy will share her simple formula to calculate healthy screen- time limits and will arm parents with a host of strategies and ideas to prevent techno-tantrums and to help kids develop healthy technology habits. Dr Kristy will explain how technology is impacting kids’ learning, sleep, social, language, play, physical skills and their vision, hearing and posture and will arm parents with practical strategies about how to best raise kids in a digital world. Parents will learn how to get the most out of their child’s screen- time so they can nally ditch the guilt and guesswork.
Monday 1 April 5.30-7pm Homebush West PS Tickets $5 per person
Essential Tips and Tricks for Parents
It is ok for my child to use a touchscreen device in the bedroom?
Children’s bedrooms really should be tech-free zones. The use of
screens before sleep me can be problematic, particularly mobile
devices because they emit blue light. Blue lit screens can be detrimental to a child’s sleep habits as it suppresses the body’s production of melatonin, which is required to help children to fall asleep quickly and easily. This can result in sleep delays and over time, these sleep delays (perhaps they’re only 10 or 20 minutes here and there) accumulate into a sleep deficit. Inadequate sleep has ramifications on children’s capacity to learn, their physical and emotional health.
Parent Tech Tip: Establish a digital bed me.
In an ideal world this would be 90 mins before sleep me.