kids and technology

In this preview clip from the Tech-Wise Parenting Summit, Dr. Tina Payne Bryson talks about the impression a child is left with when we react with anger to their angere over screen time limits, and how it influences their future willingness to come to us when they're upset.

Susan shares a preview clip from a conversation with author and filmmaker Tiffany Shlain from the Tech-Wise Parenting Summit, discussing the benefits of a 24 hour weekly ritual of unplugging from technology.

In this preview clip from the Tech-Wise Parenting Summit, Dr. Anna Lembke (author of Dopamine Nation) suggesting that rather than turning to screens and social media to lessen feelings of depression, online activities may actually generate depression in some instances when long-term tech use fuels reduced natural dopamine production in the brain.

In this episode, Dr. Devorah Heitner joins me to talk about raising kids in the era of technology, and different tools and strategies to implement, all while continuing to respect their privacy. 

Dr. Heitner is the author of Screenwise: Helping Kids Thrive (and Survive) in Their Digital World and her book on navigating Privacy and Reputation with kids and teens, Growing Up in Public will be out in 2023 with Penguin Random House.

Her work has appeared in the New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, and CNN Opinion. She has a Ph.D. in Media/Technology & Society from Northwestern University and has taught at DePaul and Northwestern. She is delighted to be raising her own teenager and she lives with her family in Chicagoland.

We talk about:

• [2:55] Screenwise and Growing Up In Public

• [9:50] Are there ways to track your kids without using phones

• [11:50] Tracking kids over the age of 18

• [13:00] When and why kids should get a phone

• [17:25] Her philosophy on mentoring kids vs. monitoring kids 

• [21:20] How to do this without invading on our kids’ privacy

• [24:10] Setting screen-free boundaries for kids without killing their social life

• [28:00] Navigating school devices and wanting to have screen time limits

• [31:15] Tracking your kids’ grades

• [36:15] Advice she would give to her younger parent self
  
  

Resources mentioned in this episode:

• Free ‘How to Stop Yelling’ Course: www.sarahrosensweet.com/yelling 

• Join us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/peacefulparenting 

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Devorah’s Books

• US: https://devorahheitner.com/growing-up-in-public/

• Canada: https://www.amazon.ca/Growing-Up-Public-Coming-Digital/dp/0593420969 and: https://www.indigo.ca/en-ca/growing-up-in-public-coming-of-age-in-a-digital-world/9780593420966.html

• Growing Up in Public: https://amzn.to/3OZNe4o

• Screenwise: https://amzn.to/3OENSTl 

Connect with Devorah

• Twitter: https://twitter.com/DevorahHeitner 

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/devorahheitnerphd/ 

• Website: www.devorahheitner.com 

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What is The Tech Monster? It's that invisible enemy whose overarching goal is to steal your child or teen's most valuable internal assets: their motivation, energy, self-esteem, and interesting personalities.

And it does all of this by sucking your child in through its irresistible tech influences.

In today's episode, you'll learn all about the three areas where tech is doing the most damage - and you've probably haven't thought about these areas before!

The topic in today's episode draws from my many years of experience when working with young people in my office, as well as my personal experience with my own two kids.

This episode is a must-listen!

What should you do after listening to this episode?

• Download the free resource that goes along with this topic: The Tech Contracts Bundle
• Taming The Tech Monster online course for parents
• Download the free resource on identifying your Passions, Values, and Beliefs (PVBs): The Ultimate Guide to Making Better Parenting Decisions
• Visit the full transcript, show notes, and my full free parenting resource library  at https://modernparentingsolutions.org/

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On the first episode of our podcast, host Krista Boan sits down with Tracy Foster. Krista and Tracy are co-founders of START, which is short for Stand Together And Rethink Technology. On this episode, they discuss the foundational ideas of START, and they ways they hope to encourage families to reexamine the ways that kids and parents interact with technology. They also talk about real-life examples of the challenges parents face when introducing technology and apps, and in particular, how to talk to your kids when they’ve overstepped a boundary.

This is just the beginning for our podcast, and a first taste of the ways we hope to equip families to participate in the digital world in ways that lead to flourishing.

Screen Sanity is Executive Produced by Krista Boan and START

It is produced and edited by Mike Cosper and Narrativo