Stay close, screens and all.
I help parents and kids understand what screens do to the brain and body, and build a shared language and household rules the whole family can live with.
Dr. Tamar Cohen Borochowitz · PhD, Social Work · Parent and family guidance
Something for every part of the family.
Kids from elementary through high school, the adults who love them, and the schools around them.
See all programs- For parentsTalks on the questions every family runs into.
- For kidsA 4-session course on how screens work on you.
- The Middle GroundParents and kids together: one room, one language.
- For schools and communitiesParent evenings and student programs.
- Family guidance, 1:1When screens have become a real conflict at home.
Meet the four hormones.
What screens do to sleep, mood, focus and closeness, in plain language that parents and kids can share.
Dopaminewanting more
Cortisolstress
Oxytocincloseness
Melatoninsleep
What I believe
A screen ban stops at your front door. Critical thinking travels with them.
I don't tell you when to give the phone. I help you be ready for the day you do, and for everything after. I bring the science and a framework, and you decide what fits your home.
Hi, I'm Tamar.
For most of a decade I worked with children and their parents in schools, and ran a research lab studying how feelings pass between people. It all came back to one question: how attuned we are to each other. Today that question sits in most family living rooms, with a screen in the middle of it.
More about meA first-phone agreement, made for real families.
Write it together with your kid. A short guide shows what to change, and the few lines worth keeping no matter what.
Get the agreementLet's talk.
Book a free, no-pressure intro call. Tell me a little about your family, school or community, and we'll see what would help.
Book a free intro call hello@attunedfamily.comIn person in the San Francisco Bay Area, and online. English and Hebrew.