Time-Out from Technology: A Kid's Guide to Unplugging and Having Fun
By Molly Wigand
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Molly Wigand
Molly Wigand is a writer and editor who lives in Lenexa, Kansas. She and her husband, Steve Jackson, have three sons. She is the author of a number of children’s books and has taught creative writing to children and adults. She is a frequent contributor to Abbey Press Publications and is the author of the Elf-Help Book for Kids Help Is Here for Facing Fear.
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Time-Out from Technology - Molly Wigand
A Message to Parents, Teachers, and Other Caring Adults
We see the warnings everywhere: too much time spent playing video games and watching TV places our children in danger of obesity, heart disease, and a host of other dangerous conditions.
As they grow into young adulthood, our children’s relationship with technology becomes even more intense and complicated. The internet creates a dynamic in which it is difficult to discern which relationships are real and which are false or illusory. At a time when young people have more friends
than ever online, the addictive technology keeps them from interacting with people in real life.
The media children consume on television and in movies is