Technology and Marriages (TMBMS064)
Welcome to The Mental Breakdown Morning Show! Each weekday morning, we will to help get your day off to a great start. Technology has become one of the major factors that influence the health and quality of marriages. While couples once went tobed and talked before going to sleep, now each of them is focused on their own device. On today’s show we talk about the intrusion of technology on relationships and how to avoid it becoming a crowbar that pries you apart. Read More
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Limiting Use in Teenagers (TMBMS063)
Welcome to The Mental Breakdown Morning Show! Each weekday morning, we will to help get your day off to a great start. While we often allow our young children to use technology as a babysitter, teenagers use technology as a form of socializing and connecting with their peers. As such, to remove the technology is to remove their social relevance. On today’s show we talk about how to limit a teenager’s use of technology while avoiding the risk of “ruining” their social life.
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Technology as They Age (TMBMS062)
Welcome to The Mental Breakdown Morning Show! Each weekday morning, we will to help get your day off to a great start. Let’s face it, technology is here to stay. Sure we can limit their access, but there is little chance that we can keep them away from it completely. On today’s show we introduce a strategy for considering the developmental progression of technology exposure for your child.
Here is a link to the American Academy of Pediatrics’ Media Use Plan. (https://www.healthychildren.org/English/media/Pages/default.aspx) Read More
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When to Introduce Technology (TMBMS061)
Welcome to The Mental Breakdown Morning Show! Each weekday morning, we will to help get your day off to a great start. We have all seen it. Whether you are sitting at a restaurant, in church, or even driving down the road; we have all see children of all ages – from toddlers to adolescents – engaged with technology. From smart phones to tablets to portable gaming devices, many young children are already plugged in. Today’s show kicks off a new week-long series on technology by discussing ideas about when parents should introduce technology to their children.
Here is the link to an article about when to introduce various forms of technology to children. (https://www.healthychildren.org/English/family-life/Media/Pages/Healthy-Digital-Media-Use-Habits-for-Babies-Toddlers-Preschoolers.aspx)
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Relationships and Mental Illness (TMB115)
Estimates of mental illness vacillate around 15-20%. However, there are some who claim that the new diagnostic manual used by mental health professionals (the DSM-V) could result in upwards of 50% of the population meeting criteria for a mental health problem at any particular time in their lives. And while there is a difference between mental health issues and mental illness, it goes without saying that there is a high probability that you have or will be in a relationship with someone who has mental health problems.
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