Screen Time, Tweens & Teens and Tech Healthy Families:
Providing parents, tweens and teens with tools for screen time management, digital wellness, and media literacy.
Looking for effective screen time guidelines for kids and tips for monitoring kids online activity?
"As a teacher and mom, I help parents manage screen time limits and boundaries, promote healthy online habits, and feel confident navigating the digital world. I also explain why digital wellness is important in today's world."
- Heather Barnard
Feeling frustrated or unsure about digital parenting and screen time (what do we even mean by screen time?) is something we all go through. I sure did, still do! The best thing we can do for our kids is to be present, guide them with care, and model healthy digital habits...digital wellness (what does digital wellness mean?).
They will have ups and downs, and so will you during this parenting journey. Remember, it's okay to feel uncertain—you're not alone. Many of you are asking, "when is screen time ok or too much?" By being there for our kids and actively engaging in their digital world, we can help them navigate it safely and help instill screen time limits.
Remember, tweens and teens are on a roller coaster of emotions.
Anything new, or filled with boundaries and lectures, is likely to be met with frustrations and resistance. Especially when we want to discuss reducing screen time for kids, seeing what our kids are doing online, or how screen time affects mental health.
We're going to approach screen time and digital wellness differently.
We're going to hold their hand, we're going to listen with love and support, we're going to honor their agency, and we're going to normalize discussing digital wellness, screen time and digital citizenship.
They're still developing the abilities to organize, plan, make logical decisions, deal with conflict, rationalize, and the list goes on. Be gentle.
Happy to be on this digital wellness journey with you!
Hi, I'm Heather Barnard. I'm a mom, educator, author, and deeply passionate about helping our tweens and teens thrive online through digital wellness and media literacy. Never before has it been more important to guide our kids through the digital landscape and screen time, and that's why I pour my heart into empowering parents to support their kids confidently.
Join Me!
