Author: Afaf Aftab

You tell your kids to “go play outside,” but five minutes later they’re back inside. “I’m bored.” The displays, on the other hand, are…

Most afternoons at my house were the same: snacks on the kitchen, kids addicted to devices, and me telling them to “go play outside,”…

I was in a daycare room with ten kids last Tuesday. I had no new materials and no new ideas. The paint had run…

It usually happens at the worst time. You finally settle down to work, answer a message, or just take a break for five minutes.…

There is rain. The youngsters can’t go outside. Someone just mentioned, “I’m bored,” for the fourth time in ten minutes.  You don’t want to…

Every summer begins the same way. You say this year will be different. Less time in front of a screen. More fresh air. More…

My preschooler asked for the tablet before breakfast yesterday. Once more. I hadn’t even had coffee yet, yet I could already feel that little…

Last spring, I decided we were done with the fights over screens. The sun was shining the bird were singing and my kids were…

Last week, I saw a mom in the park looking at her phone while her kid poured sand for the eighth time. She groaned…