Insights from Cris Rowan,
Child Development Expert
Insights from Cris Rowan,
Child Development Expert
Insights from
Cris Rowan,
Child Development Expert
Children are the future of our planet, yet the ways in which we are raising and educating children with technology are no longer sustainable. Sedentary, overstimulated, isolated and neglected, today’s child has an alarming increase in attachment and developmental disorders. We have unconsciously created a virtual reality that children now call “home”, a reality devoid of critical factors for growth and success: movement, touch, human connection and nature.
Now is the time to plant the seed for children to grow and learn in new and conscious ways. Moving Beyond the Screen requires team strategies which are research evidenced. Join Moving to Learn on this epic journey in creating sustainable futures for all children.
Recent Articles
Beyond the Screen – Big Tech Healing Humanity?
We’ve all been there…that virtual hole. Dark, alluring, endlessly entertaining. We feel comforted, relaxed, at ease in our chosen haven, at first. Then after hours and hours of being engaged in mindless, meaningless content, we start to feel sick, lonely, anxious, agitated.
Cell Phone Bans in Schools – Too Little Too Late? Preparatory Steps Included
In Canada, 6 out of 10 provinces and territories boast cell phone bans, but what does that really mean? The word “ban” is defined as “officially or legally prohibit” yet in practice, Canadian schools are defining and enforcing cell phone bans however they choose.
Why In-Person Therapy is Better – Digital Media Treatment & Education
A discussion with colleagues about ‘limbic resonance’ achieved with in-person therapy (as opposed on online therapy) lead me to this very well composed article written by Tracy Markle MA, LPC and Dr. Brett Kennedy Psy.D.
ParentsSOS (Parents for Safe Online Spaces)
Fairplay and David’s Legacy Foundation launched a new initiative called ParentsSOS (Parents for Safe Online Spaces). Our new ParentsSOS site features the stories of twenty families who have lost their children to social media harms.
Unsustainable – 66 primary and secondary impacts of screen-based technologies on children
What children need to grow and succeed they are not getting. We have failed a whole generation of children in so many ways. It is beyond the time to pull our collective heads out of the sand and take a good hard look at the harm screens cause.
Problematic Child Behaviour – What are they trying to tell us?
One of the most difficult challenges for parents and teachers these days is trying to manage problematic behaviours in children.
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Cris Rowan, BScOT, BScBi, SIPT
An outspoken critic on the impact of technology on human development, behavior, and productivity
Cris Rowan, biologist with 35 years experience as a pediatric occupational therapist is passionate about changing the ways in which humans use and interact with technology. Cris has developed a concept termed Balanced Technology Management (BTM) where humans strive to manage balance between healthy activity and technology.
She works globally and locally and has cross culture relevance from indigenous and developing communities. Cris is a visionary, who clearly sees that the ways in which humans are using technology are not sustainable, and the time to act is now. Activist, advocate, author, and prolific speaker, Cris helps people move from the virtual, back into the real world.