Schools

Learn if Your Child is a 'Digitally Distracted Teen'

School counselor Dr. Tom Kersting will present "The Digitally Distracted Teen" at 7 p.m. May 13 at Indian Hills High School.

Kersting will explore the affects media and technology is having on kids' lives and how it has "led to a plethora of psychologically fragile kids." The discussion will include:

 

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  •  Social networking disorder;
  •   Technology, the brain and school performance;
  •   Texting, sexting and cyber-bullying;
  •  Sleep-deprived kids;
  •  ADD/ADHD;
  •  Embracing boredom.

 

The forum, open to all, will be held in the small conference room across from the main office.

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