An Evening with Dr. Leonard Sax

11/24/2016

Allan Hardy, Principal

For the most part, he emphasized the importance of active parenting and the need for parents to help their children limit their use of screens and related technology.

Since the mid-90’s, there are more female than male university graduates in Canada
Playing video games—which is primarily a male preoccupation—more than six hours per week has a negative and roughly linear effect on academic achievement
Video games reward distractibility; there is some research supporting the inability to concentrate in school with the frequency of video gaming
Girls are becoming significantly more anxious and reporting more problems sleeping
Girls post five times more photos on their Facebook page than boys do and generally are more active users of social media than boys
Girls are more likely than boys to feel that other teenagers are having more fun than they are
Dr. Sax believes that no child under the age of 13 needs a smartphone
Parents should not allow students to have mobile devices in their bedrooms after 9 p.m.
Studies show a positive correlation between positive mental health in teenagers and eating dinner as a family on a regular basis; this includes no mobile devices at the dinner table.

Allan Hardy

Principal

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We acknowledge with gratitude the Ancestral lands upon which our main campus is situated. These lands are the Ancestral territories of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, Anishinabek and the Wendake. The shared responsibility of this land is honoured in the Dish with One Spoon Treaty and as settlers, we strive to care for the land, the waters, and all creatures in the spirit of peace. We are responsible for respecting and supporting the enduring presence of all First Nations, Métis and Inuit peoples. When away from this campus we vow to be respectful to the land by protecting and honouring it. We will create relationships with the people and the land we may visit by understanding the territories we enter and the nations who inhabit them.