Kim Shaffer, LCPC, Counseling Services

Creating an effective and balanced media diet won’t be easy. You will likely encounter pushback, threats, negotiations, and pleading. But it will be worth it.Try Using Kim’s 5

1. Guide them, don’t threaten. What your child or teen needs most is guidance from you–not threats or punishments for managing how they interact with the digital world.

Let’s face it: screens are a defining feature in the lives of both children and adolescents. Whether it’s social media apps (i.e., Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat or Discord),

Feelings of happiness and joy can lead to health and healing. When things are not going so great, it can be difficult to find moments of happiness, and

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