From Paw Patrol to Primetime: A Screen Time Goodbye
Thanks for joining us on our journey into the madness of parenting in the screen time era. Here’s our top 5 list of the best of the best we’...
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It's My Screen Time Too
Two moms see if there's anything for them to love in the TV and movies made for their kids.
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20 of 220 episodesDoes Pixar's New Series Take Home the Championship?: Win or Lose Review
Pixar tries once again to make Katie feel her feelings, but this time in the form of an 8-episode series instead of a movie. Previous episod...
Scheming, Duplicity, and Murder...but with the kids!: The Traitors Review
Freed from the shackles of preschool programming, we test out the freedom of watching a show made for grown-ups with our kids: The Traitors....
The Only Oscar Race We Care About: Our Picks for Best Animated Feature
Sure, people who have time to watch grown-up movies may be debating the relative merits of The Brutalist and A Complete Unknown, but we know...
Sit Back, Relax, and Go With the…Flow Review
Who says family screen time is incompatible with relaxation? We review the Latvian sleeper hit Flow . Things we mentioned in this episode: I...
The Wall Street Journal Agrees with Deborah About Chromebooks in Schools
Not only are our kids bringing tech home from the classroom, they’re using more and more tech during their school days. In this week’s Scree...
Half man, half dog, all movie star?: Dog Man Review
We review the big screen adaptation of Dav Pilkey’s comic supacop, Dog Man. We cover the complicated logistics of breaking up with your boyf...
The Plush Ms. Rachel We’ve All Been Waiting For: Licensed Merchandise Based on Movies and TV
Tis the season for new toys! We discuss a New York Times story about Ms. Rachel’s new line of toys and the role licensed merchandise has pla...
An Almost Good Christmas Movie?: An Almost Christmas Story Review
Join us for our review of what is certainly the brownest Christmas movie of the season, An Almost Christmas Story. Did this twenty-minute sp...
Let’s Face the Truth: Christmas Movies Are No Longer for Kids
We scoured the internet for a rundown of this year’s kids and family Christmas movies and found…not a whole lot. In this Screen Time in the...
Romance, Mean Girls, and the Politics of Oz: Wicked Review
Wicked made a splash this Thanksgiving season, but is it a good movie to see with kids? We weigh in on all the high points of Wicked discour...
Second Screens, Multitasking, and Screen Real Estate: The What, When, and Where of Screen Time
We used to fret over our kids’ time spent in front of a screen. Now they’re a little bit older, and we get to worry over their time spent in...
HEY! Unto you a review is given! The Best Christmas Pageant Ever Review
We welcome the holiday season with a review of The Best Christmas Pageant Ever. This small story makes for a big contrast with the bright, t...
Farewell, Netflix Interactive Content
Our Screen Time in the News article this week broke the news that Netflix is axing almost all of its interactive content, so we spend some t...
I'm Not Crying, You're Crying: The Wild Robot Review
Find out whether this tearjerker has enough substance for grown-ups and enough laughs for kids in our review of The Wild Robot. Previous epi...
Screen Time in the News: The Lawsuit Exposing the Dangers of TikTok for Kids and Teens and REDACTED
We discuss the lawsuit against TikTok and the internal documents exposed by Kentucky Public Radio about the video platform’s addictiveness t...
Is Curses! the spooky family series you didn’t know you needed?: Curses! Review
Can Apple TV+ break this year’s curse on fresh Halloween content for families? Listen to our review of Curses! to find out. Things we mentio...
Whither the Disney Channel?
We discuss The Guardian’s review of Ashley Spencer’s new book Disney High: The Untold Story of the Rise and Fall of Disney Channel’s Tween E...
Spooky Season 2024 Kickoff: The Bad Guys Haunted Heist Review
We celebrate our 200th episode with a look at where the show has been and where it’s headed. We ring in spooky season 2024 with a quick revi...
Indie Rockers and Costume Shockers: Yo Gabba Gabbaland Review
In our last episode before our fall break, we review Apple TV’s Yo Gabba Gabbaland, a reboot of a 2000s show beloved by hipster parents ever...