If you’re looking for ways to reduce your family’s screen time and create more quality time, you might have noticed just how hard it this is. Fortunately, there’s a trick to it. Psychologists have studied how we form new habits. Here are five easy steps.

Screen devices are a bit like sugar. In large amounts, they can do harm, but in smaller amounts, the right kind is essential.

Whatever you do on your smartphone, whether it’s browsing Facebook, watching YouTube, or playing Jetpack Joyride, you probably know just how hard it is to put your phone down. The most popular apps are designed to capture attention and keep you locked in. You may plan to leave your phone on the table or spend just a few minutes checking email. Yet, when you find yourself using your phone despite good intentions, and minutes have […]

Over the holidays, while resisting a second serving of dessert, you might find an even bigger temptation in screen technologies like smartphones, tablets, laptops and video games. The holidays are a perfect opportunity to form memories together as a family that will last a lifetime, but family time can get lost as children and parents pick up their screens. During the school year, children spend nearly five hours per day on average using screen devices. […]

September 17th-27th, 2019 Youth Speak Out International expanded its Life’s Purpose™ Youth Empowerment Program into The Department of Juvenile Justice, Palm Beach County Detention Center. Life’s Purpose™ is a social and emotional youth enrichment program. Through group discussions, mentoring, self-exploration, and collaboration with peers and adults, students created their purpose / mission and life goals. This 16-hour Life Enrichment Experience is designed to motivate and inspire youth by activating voice. Our culturally relevant and engagement […]