Trouble with tech-related mental health issues and struggles with getting off screens?
Learn a self-regulation strategy that will help you through the eggshell moments, then once you're calm, rethink your family's screen health.
When we help our child make informed choices about their screen life, and balance it with activities that we know support well-being, we will change their very experience of childhood, and that impacts their long term social, emotional and cognitive development.
You can register for FREE here. The summit runs May 15 - 19.
Register before your kid distracts you
I’ve noticed that our whole family is more distracted and irritable when we’ve been on our screens for more than a few hours a day… which is usually the case.
I am really looking forward to learning from the best experts in the upcoming Screen Time & Mental Health Summit. My hope is that the info will help our family reset our screen time and enjoy each other’s company again.
Parenting in this screen-addicted culture is hard, and we need any help we can get.
The great news is that we can learn what we can do to protect our kids from these risks. Expert insights, tools and strategies will be shared in the Screen Time & Mental Health Summit! It’s completely free to attend the summit and it starts Monday, May 15th.
Here’s the topic for each day:
💡Day 1: Why It’s So Hard to Get Off Screens & What to Do About It
💡Day 2: Kids, Teens, Screens & The Mental Health Crisis
💡Day 3: Screens, Habits, Hacks & Solutions
💡Day 4: Bright & Quirky Kids and Technology
💡Day 5: The Science of Digital & Real Life Well-Being
You can register for FREE here.
The summit runs May 15 - 19.
YouTube, social media, and video games provide kids, teens and adults with an endless bag of brain candy designed to keep us engaged “just a little longer.” Our kids get hooked, negotiate for more screen time, lose interest in other things and wind up in bottomless digital rabbit holes, creating unwanted stress in the family and mental health issues.
One you can turn to during (or after) your kid’s meltdown to center yourself? Or, is your nervous system ever-vigilant, trying to manage any variable that might cause your kid to blow their stack? If you don’t know what to do to shift that dynamic, you’re not alone. That’s where I can help.
Do you have a go-to self-regulation strategy?
Walking on eggshells feels awful. When your nerves are in a perpetually hyper-aroused state, your fight-flight mode is switched on and jammed. You won’t be able to take in new information in this state.
You can do something to retrain your nervous system so it isn’t stuck in the state of sympathetic arousal! Then, your brain will be available to take in new information and help your family make pivotal changes.
Here’s a self-regulation strategy you can apply to your life right now, no matter how intense your home environment is. I know it is simple. Simple is good!
Breathing is an efficient way to shift your nervous system towards calm.
Put a hand on your belly.
Observe the natural flow of your breath.
Without forcing, inhale so the bottom third of your lungs expands downward, beyond the bottom of your ribcage. Allow your belly to rise and your waist to puff up. Breathe towards the back of your waist too.
As you breathe out, passively deflate your belly. Let it out slowly.
Keep your chest and shoulders relaxed, sending your breath down low.
Keep it going for a few breaths.
Once you feel your nervous system shift away from fight-flight, you may see your family dynamics with more perspective and hope. That’s when new information can have a positive impact. That’s when you can get to the root of the issues. You need to feel grounded and safe first, then you can take a new direction.
I know how hard this is, and I’m grateful that I’ll be learning some new strategies in the upcoming Screen Time & Mental Health Summit. Will you be joining me?
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