Five best apps for reading, Christmas 2014

Reading can be fun, even for a child who struggles in school. There are some great apps that practice reading skills in engaging ways that ensure your child will want […]

Five Best Apps for Tweens and Teens with ADHD, Christmas 2014

There are dozens of great apps that can be powerful tools for helping children cope with the symptoms of ADHD. Given the fact that more than 80% of children ages […]

Top 5 Smart Toys for 2014 Holiday Giving

What’s a smart toy? It’s a toy that’s made intelligent by electronics—like on-board computer chips, robotics, sensors, or speech recoginition. Sometimes smart toys are complete unto themselves, and sometimes they work with a computer, pad, or phone. All smart toys are real objects kids can touch and play with.

Setting Limits: Limiting Children’s Screen Time Through Curation

What if you thought of yourself as the custodian of your child’s entertainment library? Curating, or choosing, the type of content your children can access is one approach to limiting […]

Setting Limits: 7 Steps Toward Limiting Screen Time

In an ideal world kids and adults alike would always choose to engage in healthy play and leisure activities. The need for limiting screen time and helping kids recognize that […]

Setting Limits: 5 tips for parents on limiting screen time

In my work as a neuropsychologist it is all too common to hear about children who choose to spend all their free time sitting in front of a screen rather […]

Can video games cause ADHD?

(This is part two of a series that examines ADHD in the digital world, in honor of CHADD’s Annual International Conference on ADHD, at which my colleague, Dr. Gary […]

Setting Limits: How to limit kids’ video game and technology use

I am a child clinical psychologist, and while my five children might argue that you could find better advice elsewhere (I do know that they love me, anyway), the parents […]

ADHD as a Strength

We rarely hear about ADHD as a strength, but it can be an asset in many situations. Many individuals diagnosed with ADHD report having high levels of energy and creativity, […]

MyScript Memo

MyScript Memo is a simple notetaking app designed in which users make notes with their index finger or a stylus.