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We Hurt Our Kids When We Treat Them Like Adults with Dr. Leonard Sax (#142)
In this episode, Melanie is joined by long-time ScreenStrong friend Dr. Leonard Sax, M.D., to talk about the effect of toxic screen time on children’…
3 years, 5 months ago
Growing Up Without Smartphones & Social Media with Andrew Hempe (#141)
Today is a special teen-centered episode! We’re sharing audio from Andrew Hempe’s presentation to parents of lower and middle-school-aged children. A…
3 years, 6 months ago
Online Predators & Social Media Dangers with Officer Gomez (#140)
This week we welcome back our friend Officer Gomez to discuss how online predators find kids, the best parental controls, how to lock down Chromebook…
3 years, 6 months ago
Real Parents, Real Questions (Part 2) with April Gross (#139)
Today, we continue our new “Real Parents, Real Questions” series with Part 2 of April Gross’s questions for Melanie. Here are just a few of her quest…
3 years, 6 months ago
Real Parents, Real Questions (Part 1) with April Gross (#138)
Welcome to a new series on our podcast where we have parents from our community come on the podcast to ask Melanie their burning screen questions. To…
3 years, 6 months ago
An 18-Year-Old’s Perspective on Teenage Girls and Pornography (#137)
It’s common knowledge that boys can struggle with pornography, but do girls struggle with it? Today Melanie is joined by 18-year-old Madi to discuss …
3 years, 7 months ago
Foundations Are Key to Your Child's Success with Cris Rowan (#136)
Today Melanie is joined by Cris Rowan, a Pediatric occupational therapist, biologist, speaker, author, and longtime friend of ScreenStrong. In this s…
3 years, 7 months ago
A Psychiatrist's Perspective on Screen Addiction with Dr. Adriana Stacey (#135)
‘Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.’
—Maya Angelou
Dr. Adriana Stacey presents to a group of school paren…
3 years, 7 months ago
"Video Games Make You Complacent" with Jackson West (#134)
Melanie is joined by college sophomore Jackson West—age 19—to discuss his addiction to video games and the impact of that addiction on his social lif…
3 years, 7 months ago
Busting Screen Myths in the New Year (#133)
Happy New Year!
Melanie and Dr. Stacey are helping us start the year on the right foot by sharing some common screen myths and tips for beginning new…
3 years, 8 months ago