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Quality Family Time Cheat Codes vs. TV, Phones & Games
When a screen hands you a remote, sometimes quality family time requires you to just thumb your nose. Yes, we realize that cutting off screen time can be a revolutionary act — and might result in near mutiny on the path to quality family time. But hey, isn’t that a sign that it needs to…
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Now Presenting … Hungry Mutt Productions
It’s been said that children are our most endangered species. And a big reason is media violence. A landmark University of Michigan study showed children are subjected to 200,000 acts of violence before age 18. Hungry Mutt, a newly launched children’s book publisher, seeks to make a difference by producing works that are not only…
Children’s Picture Book Author On Helping Kids During COVID-19
A rhythmic three-line story pattern could help children cope in the time of the coronavirus, said Linda Cooper, author of the children’s picture book, I Don’t. I Don’t. I Do! The picture book aims to teach children a timeless truth: That often you first have to do what you don’t want to do so that…
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Onscreen Media Violence in the Battle for Children’s Minds
Raising kids in a violent world is difficult. Raising them in a high tech world where virtual violence is pandemic is not only difficult, but increasingly complicated. Just what are parents up against, and what can they do about it? The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) says that a growing body of research shows…
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I Don’t. I Don’t. I Do! Offers Kids A Bedtime Story Wrapped In A Timeless Truth
What children often have difficulty grasping is that they sometimes have to do what they don’t like — before they can do what they do like. This little secret is illuminated in I Don’t. I Don’t. I Do!, the first illustrated children’s ebook from Hungry Mutt productions. The picture book, available on Amazon Kindle and Apple Books, was…
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