By Jackie Sand - Photo by: Wendelin Jacober ‘Toxic Childhood’ by Sue Palmer How the modern world is damaging our children and what we can do about it. A highly controversial book that sparked an international debate as did for example ‘The Battle Hymn of The Tiger Mother’ by Amy Chua, even though these books... Continue Reading →
‘The Self Driven Child’ by William Stixrud, PhD and Ned Johnson
Photo by: lastextremeanonymous ‘The Self-Driven Child’ and bringing up children in our modern and fast paced world. 'Fly eagle fly' Some of us at the 7minutesonline team are homeschooling their children, while others are having their children in public and or private schools. Either way, we all have one goal as parents and educators, and... Continue Reading →
Speech delays found in some Babies and Toddlers using Handheld Devices
By Jackie Sand - 06.05.2017 - Photo by: BiblioArchives / LibraryArchives Babies and Toddlers on Tablets or Smartphones might suffer speech delays a new research shows. Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting - San Francisco, Ca - May 6-9, 2017 Catherine Birken, MD, M.Sc., FRCPC According to Dr Birken and her team from the University of Toronto... Continue Reading →
Let The Children Play
7minutesonline.com by Jackie Sand - 24.02.2017 Children Need To Play Wherever we go we will see children play: in nature and in big cities even though less and less in our modern world. It is so important for children to have unstructured and free play time rather than 'playing' with their iPhone and or computer already at... Continue Reading →