Best Activities to Bond with Techie Kids

Teen Expert Vanessa Van Petten Head Shot

By Vanessa Van Petten, creator of RadicalParenting.com, a parenting website written from the teen perspective to help parents understand them. I believe technology provides some really fun activities for techie kids and parents, grandparents or even teachers to bond. In my book Do I Get My Allowance Before or After I’m Grounded? I talk about…

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Boomer Parenting Tips – Tech Manners

There’s a new word out there – netiquette – and it’s about manners in our tech obsessed world. On this topic, I wrote a recent A Dad’s Point-of-View column, called, When Is Rude, Rude? inspired by an incident that took place in our home. It’s a perfect subject for another Boomer Parenting Tips article and…

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Boomer Parenting Tips – The Balancing Act

The work and life balance isn’t easy. Whether it’s too much technology, too much work, too much television, or just “too much,” parents are always doing a “Balancing Act” with their time.  Who gets it, who doesn’t, who needs it, who has been left out, etc.  It’s a classic parental dilemma and one that has…

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