Come join an evening of community connection alongside a local author and expert Dr. Meredith Elkins. Whether you have parenting anxiety or are actually parenting a child with anxiety, this event will explore both experiences. Join Meredith in a conversation with a panel of educators and parents surrounding her book Parenting Anxiety: Breaking the Cycle of Worry and Raising Resilient Kids. No RSVP required. Feel free to read the book ahead of the event or copies will be available the next night of the event as well.

"We need to do everything that we can not to allow [human connection] to become a luxury good... we need to be very intentional on how that happens." – Dana Suskind, MD Join us for a lively discussion of Human Raised, Dr. Dana Suskin's new book about parenting in the age of AI. Please RSVP; space is limited. Purchase the book from Celia Bookshop here: https://celiabookshop.com/item/uFul1NHY3vBWEl5_m_QRug

Join the Conversation A free statewide community conversation about The Digital Delusion A teacher watches a class disappear into their Chromebooks and wonders whether the lesson would have landed better on paper. A parent reads a screen-time report from the school portal and has no idea what to do with it. Those two people should be talking to each other. That's what this is. This fall, The Balance Project- Central Virginia is hosting a six-part community conversation around Dr. Jared Cooney Horvath's The Digital Delusion: How Classroom Technology Harms Our Kids' Learning — and How to Help Them Thrive Again. We read about fifty pages every two weeks, meet on Zoom for an hour, and talk it through. On January 25, Dr. Horvath joins us live to answer the questions we've gathered all fall. It's free, it's open to anyone in Virginia, and you don't need to have made up your mind about technology in schools to belong here. The best conversations happen when people who see things differently actually sit down and talk it out. If you teach, or lead a school, you'll leave with: - Language for what you've been noticing: the research behind why a room goes quiet and unproductive the moment the laptops open - A clear read on what the evidence actually supports, so when a purchase or a mandate comes down you can respond with something sturdier than a hunch - Colleagues in other divisions working through the same thing. This is a statewide room, not a building-level gripe session - An hour with a Harvard-trained learning scientist who spent years teaching If you're a parent, you'll leave with: - A grounded sense of what screens are doing to learning: separate from the screen-time panic, and separate from the marketing - Specific questions to bring to your teacher, your principal, or your school board, and the confidence that they're the right ones - A much clearer picture of what teachers are actually working with, which changes how those conversations go - Company. 4,041 Virginians have signed our petitions on this. You are not the only one asking. The details - Six Monday evenings, 7:30 to 8:30 p.m., on Zoom October 19 · November 2 · November 16 · December 7 · January 11 · January 25 - Free and open to anyone in Virginia - About fifty pages every two weeks — and come even if you didn't finish - You will need to obtain your own copy of the book. - Live only, never recorded, so people can say what they actually think - Register once; the same link works for all six evenings Register by October 5 and the reading schedule reaches you in time to start. After that you're still welcome — you'll just be reading a little faster.

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Digital Delusion: A Two-Part Community Book Discussion. What happens when technology designed to make life better starts changing how we think, learn, and connect? Join us for a two-part discussion of The Digital Delusion: How Technology Can Be Used to Restore Human Connection by educator and neuroscientist, Paul Leonardi. 📚 October 29 & November 12 | 6:30-7:30pm 📍 In person | Free event For anyone in the Pennridge community who cares about kids and technology—parents, caregivers, educators, staff, administrators, grandparents, etc. Register using the link or QR code. For more Info about the book visit: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/838437/the-digital-delusion-by-jared-cooney-horvath-phd-med/

Join us for an essential lecture by the acclaimed Dr. Jared Cooney Horvath, on Monday, November 2nd from 5:30-7:30pm at Sanctuary Hall (1126 SW Park Ave. Portland, OR 97205). Jared Cooney Horvath (PhD, MEd) is a neuroscientist, educator, best-selling author and expert in the field of human learning. His new book "The Digital Delusion: How Classroom Technology Harms Our Kid's Learning - And How to Help Them Thrive Again" pulls back the EdTech curtain and explains the research showing how digital tools in the classroom consistently undermine learning. It also explains how parents, teachers and schools can push back with purpose. As a leading expert in the field of learning and technology, Jared testified at the US Senate about EdTech, and is an internationally sought after speaker. Sponsored by the Institute for Families and Technology and OR Unplugged. Reserve your tickets at the link below!

Find Analog Answers — Find Parenting Strategies — Find Free Fun for Kids From smartER phones for kids to phone locks and more, multiple vendors will be on hand to help you choose technology that supports kids' healthy development and suits your family's needs. Speakers will offer real world solutions and practical advice for raising kids well in a digital age. Games and crafts with supervision to keep kids entertained on-site while you explore and learn.