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Bringing Your Phone to the Table: Is this the New Normal?
Do you bring your phone with you to sit down and enjoy a meal with others? Are you checking emails and scrolling through social media while dining with family or friends? Or do you leave your phone completely out of meal time? As someone who speaks on Video Gaming...
Are Digital Screens Removing Diversity in Your Child’s Life?
I recently had an interesting conversation with a dental hygienist about some of the observations she’d made with young patients in her dental office. These sorts of talks happen often and in various places, once someone learns that I am a speaker and advocate for...
Are Playing Video Games Good for Children?
At times, it can feel like the entire population is addicted to playing video games. I must remind myself that although nine percent of the world are suffering with this addiction, ninety-one percent are playing for recreation and having no issues. As an author,...
Looking for Gifts Ideas Not Related to Video Gaming?
I am involved in an online social media group that helps support parents through some of the frustrations of living with their video gaming addicted child. These excessive gamers are mostly teenage boys and young men. Some families are still unsure as to how to broach...
Is Your Child Compliant or Defiant? Approaching Video Gaming Disorder as a Parent
I am often asked, by a parent, after delivering my talk, One More Level: Video Gaming Addiction, why I think my son was so compliant to my help through his gaming addiction. This is a valid question, as many parents report that they are afraid of their child or adult...
The Importance of Community Healing
I recently spoke about Video Gaming Addiction at the Association of Iroquois and Allied Indians Wellness Conference in Niagara Falls. My son, who is now sixteen months into recovery of this disorder spoke, as well. We were both honoured to be asked and trusted to...
My Next Talk on Video Gaming Disorder Is Free to Attend
Is video gaming controlling your child? Are you tired of battling to have your son or daughter stop gaming and start interacting again with family and friends? Are your child's grades, sleep, moods, and general health sliding as a result of too much time in front of...
Why I Finally Gave Up Video Gaming: A Brother’s Gift
Last night, after delivering my talk, One More Level: Video Gaming Addiction, I was presented with a question from a parent that I wasn’t exactly sure how to answer. It was an excellent question and I did my best to give an explanation I thought may be close to the...
Has Technology & Screen Time Become Your Child’s Prison?
As a support person for creating awareness on Video Gaming Disorder, I am part of a Facebook group called Game Quitters Parent Support. This morning one of the moms in this group posted a video of gorillas who had been rescued from years of abuse while living only in...
Parenting Through Video Gaming Disorder
When I decided I wanted to become a mother it was important to me to be both committed and ready to do the work that was required to be the best parent I could be. Unlike applying for a job, no one was holding me accountable or interviewing me to see if I was a good...
Generosity Breeds Happiness; Never Be Afraid to Share Your Story
My journey, as a parent has taken me down many paths, and from each of these experiences I take away valuable lessons. The most recent journey took me to a mental health forum in Ottawa where I bore witness to a poignant moment with my son, Jake. While Jake has...
Eye Contact: Is the Internet Removing Your Ability to See?
Do you ever question just how much one-on-one, in-person contact you now have in your life since the induction and growth of technology? Or have you been seduced by this age of instant gratification and ease at which we can now communicate with others, anywhere in the...