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If you are a parent of a child, whether age 4 or 14, you may have wondered and worried about this very issue. It may seem as if your child wants to spend every free minute engaged in the latest and greatest video game. On a rainy day, this may seem like a harmless past-time, but when he or she seems oblivious to a beautiful summer day—and the opportunity for riding bikes, shooting hoops, skateboarding, or numerous other activities—should you be concerned? How will their socia

When your child was small, they most likely couldn’t go to bed at night unless they had their favorite blanky or stuffed animal. Well, just because they’re “all grown up” doesn’t mean they still don’t have dependencies. Teens today can’t seem to go to bed, or anywhere else for that matter, without their beloved smartphone by their side. When I was a teenager, my friends and I would go out bowling or to get a pizza. We’d actually make eye contact with one another and, you know