Episode Details

Social media and screen time is becoming a bigger part of family life everyday – from how kids connect and learn, to how many parents manage busy schedules. To help define healthy social media habits, public school teacher and librarian Ash Brandin shares their best tips from recent book Power On: Managing Screen Time to Benefit the Whole Family. Also, award winning health and science journalist Catherine Price provides advice about how kids are experiencing social media today. Both guests break down how social media can impact developing brains, how families can set and tackle realistic boundaries together, and why monitoring healthy habits with tech use matters.

Key Takeaways

Have confidence and courage to delay when your kids are introduced to social media.

Relearn that age does not always equal readiness to be online.

Consider alternative methods for your community to stay online and connected with one another, without use of social media.

Reflect healthy habits and boundaries with your own social media and devices.

Encourage conversations with all members of your family about their own relationships with their devices.

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