Amber Lavigne

I think that's why we're finding a lot of teachers leaving the field.

So if you can, get them out of public schools.

Secondly,

We need to pay more attention to what our kids are doing online.

I think that a lot of parents are so afraid to let their kids take a walk downtown with a friend, but they let their kids have free reign of the Internet.

And I think the Internet is far more dangerous, especially in a wonderful state like Maine, where crime rates are very low.

Let your kids go explore the outdoor world and have them put the technology away.

There's a lot of nefarious stuff going on online.

And I mean, we've all fallen down rabbit holes on the Internet.

So our kids are no different.

So I think that that's another thing that that parents need to do.

And you need to connect to your kids.

I think that parents, too, end up on technology far more than adults.

than they should be.

And they're neglecting, not neglecting their kids, but they're not spending quality time with their children anymore.

Sit down and have dinner with your kids every night and ask them what their favorite part of the day was.

So connecting with your children in a deeper way than just, you know, passing by like ships in the night is really important as well.

It's easy to get caught up in the day to day.

I work a lot.

I get it.