http://maggie-jackson.com/2012/01/30/does-self-control-come-in-an-app/ Author of Distracted: The Erosion of Attention and the Coming Dark Age Wed, 08 Aug 2012 12:02:42 -0400 hourly 1 http://maggie-jackson.com/2012/01/30/does-self-control-come-in-an-app/#comment-44 maggie Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:09:23 +0000 http://maggie-jackson.com/?p=108#comment-44 Hi Elise – Thank you – great points. We role model self-control and attention every day. They are not skills that come overnight or in a snap.

]]> http://maggie-jackson.com/2012/01/30/does-self-control-come-in-an-app/#comment-43 Elise Jones Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:15:43 +0000 http://maggie-jackson.com/?p=108#comment-43 Wonderful post! So often we as parents fail to set boundaries for our kids because of the time it takes to establish, articulate, and consistently reinforce our position. That seems not unrelated to another major influence on how much self-control our kids develop over their social media use – the example they see in us of being overly distracted (or not) by technology. The deliberate approach needed to effectively parent can be supported or undermined by our own levels of prioritization and self-control.

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