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Diagnosing Rapid Decline In Kids’ Social, Emotional & Academic Lives

August 13, 2018 By Jacqueline 2 Comments

I continue to see a decline in kids’ social, emotional, and academic functioning, as well as a sharp increase in learning disabilities and other diagnoses.

There are three societal changes (and probably more) within families leading to this crisis.

First, children today are too “underemployed” in the family structure. It goes way beyond not having the occasional summer job for a teen in high school.

Secondly, where, how and how much kids are allowed to play has changed.

And we have stopped stressing our children. Sound too tough?

Let me explain…then some solutions.

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Fed-Up Parents & The Quiet Exodus From Public Schooling

August 9, 2018 By Jacqueline 4 Comments

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Parents have had it!

As mass schooling becomes more restrictive, more standardized and more far-reaching into a child’s young life, many parents are choosing to leave for alternatives.

Increasingly, these parents are reclaiming their child’s education and are refocusing learning around children, family, and community in several different ways….

Netflix Introduces ‘Drag Queen’ Cartoon Series For Children?

August 5, 2018 By Jacqueline 2 Comments

Netflix will be launching an LGBTQ-themed superhero show featuring cross-dressers titled “Super Drags” later this year. There comes a time when enough is enough, and for our household, that time is now!

The popular streaming platform shared a preview trailer of the new cartoon series on Twitter Thursday writing: “They’re here, they’re queer, and they’re going to save the world. Super Drags, a new animated series coming soon.”…

Sex Education & Graphic Images for K-5 In Public Schools

July 31, 2018 By Jacqueline 2 Comments

Sex Education by Alex Newman

The Neenah School Board in Wisconsin voted this week to approve a highly controversial sex education curriculum that begins introducing gender ideology, sexually transmitted diseases, homosexual parents and other topics – in Kindergarten. The sex education indoctrination gets progressively more extreme with each year of elementary school.

And Wisconsin isn’t the only state something very similar is happening in!

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Storytime Science: What Happens In Your Child’s Brain When You Read?

July 11, 2018 By Jacqueline

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“Read me Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Momma!”

These days a parent could offer their young child storytime with a picture book, they could play an audio book, start the animated video or even ask Alexa! In a single generation, the explosion of screen-based media has transformed the experience of childhood, from TV and videos, to an unlimited range of technology available at any time via portable devices.

I ran across this brand new published study that opens up the hidden world of a child’s mind in each of those situations. The purpose was to explore the differences between story format (illustrated vs audio vs animated) and how they each affect the integration and growth of functional brain networks that support learning in preschool-age kids, including language development and visual imagery (imagination)….

Screentime Intervention Helps Angry, Depressed & Unmotivated Kids

June 18, 2018 By Jacqueline

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[Dr. Victoria Dunckley is one of the preeminent researchers literally looking into children’s brains on screens and a proponent of an electronics fast to reverse the devastating effects. This is shared with her express permission.]

Children or teens who are “revved up” and prone to rages or—alternatively—who are depressed and apathetic have become disturbingly commonplace. Chronically irritable children are often in a state of abnormally high arousal, and may seem “wired and tired.” That is, they’re agitated but exhausted. Because chronically high arousal levels impact memory and the ability to relate, these kids are also likely to struggle academically and socially….