The onslaught of digital duress may be stripping back the fabric of your family. It is no secret that in this age of digital everything, digital parenting has leapfrogged over so many other more traditional means of parenting. Although digital parenting is a necessary adaptation, it's important for families to strengthen communication before technology.
While it might be unrealistic and unnecessary to change to an unplugged lifestyle, families can reap huge benefits by unplugging just for a day or weekend! See how the challenge of a temporary bout of unplugging can be beneficial for all family members!
Physical: Childhood obesity is a real problem in America and in the rest of the world. This should not be ignored. Digital living should also be culpable in this event. Here are some tips to keep your kids active and healthy:
Activity- Your kids should also have outdoor activities that you should be encouraging. Sports, cheerleading, dance, gymnastics, indoor leagues, and other things which get your kids out from behind the screen and interacting with other kids is certainly a healthy strategy for living unplugged.
It's no secret. The world has changed and it continues to change. Digital parenting is a part of most parents lives in some regard. But just because you may use the tools allowed by digital parenting doesn't mean that you have to rely on it solely or that your children have to suffer it's negative effects. Make it a point as a family to live unplugged once in a while, put down your cell phones, shut off the screens, and get out and embrace life! Not only will your children benefit but your whole family will too! Strengthening bonds without technology can only improve communication with technology