How to curb teen tech over-use

As a grandmother, educator, and mother, I have a love-hate relationship with technology. When the face of my lovely daughter, serving in the U.S. Air Force in Japan, pops up on FaceTime, I couldn’t be more grateful. And I will forever sing the praises of Khan Academy, which probably saved my brilliant son’s trigonometry grade many moons ago.

There’s certainly much to appreciate. But there are also areas of grave concern. 

I can’t be sure how my now 16-year-old grandson Brian, up in Kalispell, first fell under the spell of the internet. Most likely it was a combination of too much free time in pandemic-era lockdowns and then, soon after, spending time with older boys at the skatepark.