by Read Pakistan | Aug 26, 2022 | PARENTING
By Jenny Hills, Nutritionist and Medical Writer Giving your child a smartphone is like “giving them a gram of cocaine”. This startling statement was made by an addiction therapist in the United Kingdom because of the increasing problem of smartphone addiction...
by Read Pakistan | Aug 26, 2022 | PARENTING
by Kiley Frank Photo credit: Kontrec, iStock/Getty Images Plus I consider myself to be a mostly unsentimental person. I don’t wear a wedding ring. I didn’t keep baby books. I’ve never gotten misty-eyed over the first day of kindergarten. It is an absolute joy to...
by Read Pakistan | Aug 26, 2022 | PARENTING
by Catherine Price Photo credit: martinedoucet, E+ Collection/Getty Images There’s a lot of concern right now — for good reason — about what spending lots of time on smartphones does to kids’ brains. But what about us parents? Somehow, when we get caught up in...
by Read Pakistan | Aug 26, 2022 | Book Reviews, PARENTING
by Jennifer Garry If you type the words “screen-free activities” into Pinterest, hundreds of results will appear at your fingertips. From nature-based ideas to crafts and science experiments, you’ll find enough technology-free fun to keep your kids busy for months....
by Read Pakistan | Aug 26, 2022 | Official Blogs, PARENTING
by Eman Tariq Mama, I want to get married. This was proclaimed by my five year old when he and I were lazing around on a random summer afternoon. As I got over the shock of having this conversation twenty years ahead of its actual time, a part of me, the less shocked,...
by Read Pakistan | Aug 25, 2022 | EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY, PARENTING
A recent US survey commissioned by the children’s books publisher Scholastic found that 65% of 6-11 year olds prefer to read print books even when e-books are available on tablets. In the UK, a National Literacy Survey found that children who read stories both on...
