Christi and I love working together (okay, most of the time). She’s a go-getter and drives what we do. I want to begin this week by honoring my wife for her persistence in coming up with a way to answer the most commonly asked question we receive, “How can we as parents set limits… View Post
4 Ways To Use Screen Time To Your Kids’ Advantage
The impact technology is having on our relationships, brain wiring, and kids remains a topic I’m asked to write about and speak on quite often. The consequence of this is that many people wrongly assume I’m against technology. I actually use it quite often. In fact, the Straub household consists of three flat-screen TV’s, two… View Post
Why Mister Rogers Is Smarter Than Baby Einstein
I had a parenting moment the other day I know gave me more joy than it did my nearly two-year-old son. I introduced him to the nostalgia of my own childhood—something I’ll do in various ways for years to come, I know. In most cases, not for his sake, but for mine. However, our moment… View Post
What My iPhone Stole From Me
by Christi Straub The first thing I reach for the in morning. The last thing I say goodnight to before bed. Always within arms reach. If not, I search until I find it. How could I live without it? Present in all my moments—the stressful, the memorable, the mundane. An ever-constant presence. Dulling the… View Post