Ep. 52: How does media use affect our kids and what can we do about it?

One of the more difficult topics for many families these days has to do with media use. We are a tech-heavy society and that extends downwards to our kids. It's not uncommon to go out and see parents handing over screens to their kids to get through a dinner, a car ride, a boring appointment, and so on. At home kids spend hours in front of screens for school, to be social, to play games, and more. When parents try to understand the effects of this screen time, they are often met with tons of different information. Some makes it out that we are damaging our children for life. Others say it's just the way of the future. So which is it? Joining me this week is Dr. Meghan Owenz, researcher and founder of Screen-Free Parenting. She sifts through the research so you can get a better idea of the nuances in the findings, but also helps highlight ways families can move away from the dependence so many of us - myself included - have on our technology. As is so often the case, the reality is far more interesting that what we have been fed in the mainstream. Dr. Meghan Owenz: Screen-Free Parenting: Spoiled Right:

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Ep. 52: How does media use affect our kids and what can we do about it? is an episode from Evolutionary Parenting Podcast by Tracy Cassels, PhD.

This episode is 01:28:23 long.

This episode was published on Apr 15, 2022.

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