The author of a new book — Childhood Unplugged: Practical Advice to Get Kids Off Screens and Find Balance — was a recent guest on our Inside the Village podcast
Deep down, a lot of parents have the same regret: I wish I waited a bit longer before letting my child have a cell phone.
Katherine Martinko definitely doesn't have that regret. A journalist, author and mother of three, she still won't allow her 14-year-old son to own a smartphone — and she isn't about to change her mind anytime soon. If you read her new book — Childhood Unplugged: Practical Advice to Get Kids Off Screens and Find Balance — you will understand why."Save the devices for rainy days," she said, during a recent appearance on Village Media's Inside the Village podcast. "They should be for special occasions." "Parents need to model good behaviour," she said. "That's another big point that is not discussed often enough.
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