Today Show: Covid has taken our tech use to the extreme, we feel like we have lost control, that we’re scrolling our life away & can’t put our tech down. My no 1 message is that it’s not the technology but what you do on it that’s important.
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Today Show: Covid has taken our tech use to the extreme, we feel like we have lost control, that we’re scrolling our life away & can’t put our tech down. My no 1 message is that it’s not the technology but what you do on it that’s important.
Sydney Morning Herald: We are all exhausted. While we can blame COVID-19, almost everything we have experienced about the pandemic has been mediated by technology. Our tiredness is less about the coronavirus and more about the technology uses we have adopted because of it.
The Conversation: Every time a child goes online they potentially enter an environment of online celebrity bashing, judgemental knee-jerk reactions & toxic negativity. It may not be targeting them but as bystanders it normalises ‘hate”.
Sunrise: Since Covid we’ve relied on children to have the right technology skills & experience to get themselves through online schooling and to keep emotionally healthy. Where to now for children & technology?
Channel 7 News: If you’re feeling guilty about your child having too much screen time right now. Don’t, because here’s what you should be focusing on instead.
As I said in my segment on Sunrise, screentime has gone through the roof & that is to be expected. So, forget your usual screen time rules because these won’t work. Instead shift your focus to healthy screen use. I show you how.
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