Mindfulness and meditation may be growing in popularity, but so is their opposite—digital distraction.
Our kids spend more time on screens than sleeping.
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Melanie Hempe
Author
Melanie Hempe, BSN, is the founder of ScreenStrong, an organization that empowers parents to keep the benefits of screen media for kids while empowering parents to delay screens that can be toxic—like video games and smartphones. The ScreenStrong solution promotes a strong parenting style that proactively replaces harmful screen use with healthy activities, life skill development, and family connection.
