Freshman year of high school, I cheated on a math test.

Well, sort of.

It was the early days of high-tech cheating, which is to say I used a TI-82 graphing calculator. At the time, that thing felt l...

We thought our daughter was working on a school slideshow.

She had the school device open. She was in the right posture, which is a very funny parenting standard if you think about it. Focused face...

 My oldest son failed his first driver’s permit test. (Sorry if he's reading this)

He walked out frustrated, annoyed, and probably a little embarrassed. I get it. Nobody enjoys failing a test, especi...

When I was younger, the biggest distractions in the classroom were passing notes and daydreaming. Fast forward to today, and we’re facing a much more pervasive challenge—cellphones. As educators, you’...

In today’s digital age, it’s easy to feel pressured to hand over the keys to social media early. Kids love to report to you which of their friends is on social media already—with solid demands to get ...

Is keeping your kids away from social media the answer?

Absolutely, for a while. However, eventually, they will need to operate in this world. The essence of parenting is to prepare them for this—rai...

Years ago, our son, now technically an adult, turned his smartphone on after we took it away from him for a month as a consequence of some repeated infraction. At the kitchen table, over a bowl of cer...