Strathcona-Tweedsmuir School is happy to provide an information evening for our parents and the broader community. This presentation is for parents of elementary school-aged children.
Ms. Danelle Spence will provide some valuable information about the on-going and challenging parenting topic – how much screen time is too much!
Strathcona Tweedsmuir School false MM/DD/YYYY aBQMpIrbLzYLNfpCVmNI23956Strathcona-Tweedsmuir School is happy to provide an information evening for our parents and the broader community. This presentation is for parents of elementary school-aged children.
Ms. Danelle Spence will provide some valuable information about the on-going and challenging parenting topic – how much screen time is too much!
Ms. Spence will talk about:
● Brain 101: the importance of the emotional right brain and the logical left-brain
● How screens can affect: relationships, learning, attention, sleep and overall wellness
● Why boredom, downtime and play are essential for the developing brain
● How to set healthy boundaries around screen time (and why it’s neurologically necessary)
● The importance of creating good tech etiquette as a family.
In addition, she will address such age-appropriate topics as:
● The importance of unstructured, hands-on play.
● Why we shouldn’t speed up the natural pace of childhood.
● What to do when children see content on social media, too mature for their young brains.
● The importance of developing healthy relationship skills in elementary school (and how
screen-time can negatively impact this).
● When to introduce certain tech gadgets or smartphones, and how to set limits on their use.
● How to differentiate between healthy vs. harmful apps and video games.
About our speaker:
Danelle Spence is a teacher, a school counsellor and a registered psychologist with a passion for psychology and the developing brain rooted in over 24 years experience working with children and adolescents. In her work, she has seen the rise in anxiety, sleep disorders and learning problems – all of which are compounded by too much screen time.
She has recently authored a mini-book entitled, Simple Steps to Understanding your Teenager (Just Kidding, That’s Impossible).