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Healthy Screen Habits Podcast
Hosted by Hillary Wilkinson · EN
Parenting is hard. Technology can make it tricky. This podcast helps bring these areas together to help all families create healthy screen habits.
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Summer Screen Time Music Solutions//Sarah Gallagher Trombley
4d ago00:13:50Summary readySummer and technology are 2 things that typically create a perfect quagmire for a digital slippery slope. Not this year!! Listen to one of our favorite moms on this episode to get tips for summer music and healthy screen habit success. Listen wherever you get your podcasts and visit the show notes on our website to gain access to this valuable resource!
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Brain Rot, TikTok, Learning, and Attention Spans//Sarah Shepherd PhD
2w ago00:27:38Summary readyBrain rot, TikTok, and shrinking attention spans are making headlines in the media as we try to figure out the best path forward in education. Sarah Shepherd dedicated her PhD work to studying the long-term effects of overstimulation on developing brains. Learn about new study techniques Gen Z is employing to help them focus, as well as how economic disparity is contributing to the digital divide. Listen now!
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Raising Boys in the Age of the Manosphere//Liz Ortenburger, SafeNest
3w ago00:32:18Summary readyTrigger Warning: This episode isn't easy—but it's essential. What do screen habits have to do with real-world harm? More than we want to admit. In this powerful conversation, we sit down with the CEO of Safenest to unpack the uncomfortable truth: what kids see online can shape what they believe is normal offline. From early exposure to explicit content… to the rise of the manosphere… to the quiet ways culture is influencing our boys—this episode goes there. But it's not about fear. It's about prevention, awareness, and action. You'll walk away with: A clearer understanding of how digital content impacts behavior. Practical ways to talk to your kids (without pushing them away). Insight into raising boys who respect and protect—not harm. This is one of those conversations every parent needs… even if it's hard to hear.
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ADHD Screen Time Battles: Turn Conflict Into Cooperation //Adela Baker, PCC, PCAC
4w ago00:32:57Summary readyScreentime and ADHD brains have their own challenges. ADHD brains have different strengths and weaknesses - technology can exploit them. In this episode, Learn how digital use affects the ADHD brain and how to set up some successful parameters with expert Adela Baker, PCC, PCAC.
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App Pays Teens to Use Phones Less //Corey Scholibo
Apr 2900:31:24Summary readyThere's a new app for teens and families that picks up where "blocking apps" stop.Dayo (the app) does not proclaim to be the answer to a parenting solution to mental health problems. Dayo is about getting screen time down by using a proven technique to do it. From there, you can parent and decide how to invest time offline - go bike riding, go on hikes, or play family games together! Listen to this episode and visit the show notes on the Healthy Screen Habits website to gain access to this valuable resource and use code HSH for a free one-month trial.
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I Survived High School With A Flip Phone//Talmage Erickson
Apr 2200:24:04Summary readyTalmage Erickson is an author, speaker, and digital wellness expert. Having survived high school with a flip phone, he learned what it meant to live beyond the screen. As one of the Screen Guys, Talmage believes in creating intentional balance. This week, we talked about relating to teens in meaningful ways that will help drive connection and make talking about boundaries surrounding technology use easy.
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Screen Aware Childhood//Pat Cantor, Ed.D., Mindy Holohan, MA, CFLE, Jean Rogers, M.S.Ed, CPE
Apr 1500:33:36Summary readyHappy week of the Young Child! The week of the Young Child is an annual week-long celebration sponsored by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (AKA: NAEYC). The purpose of this week is to focus public attention on the needs of young children and their families, and to recognize the early childhood programs and services that meet those needs. The book I'd like to honor and recognize for this is: Screen Aware Early Childhood, A Realistic Approach to Helping Young Children Thrive in a Digitally Complex World. The authors, Pat Cantor, Mindy Holohan, and Jean Rogers, walk us through the key points and tell us what we can do now to help our children thrive in the digital age. Listen to this episode and visit the show notes on the Healthy Screen Habits website to gain access to this valuable resource.
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Empowering Parents to Prevent Online Harms//Dawn Wible & Julianna Arnold
Mar 2500:40:39Summary readyDawn Wible and Julianna Arnold are co-chairs of the Online Harms Prevention workgroup at Fairplay. Fairplay for Kids is the nation's leading nonprofit committed to helping children thrive in an increasingly commercialized screen-obsessed culture, and the only organization dedicated to ending marketing to children. The online harms prevention work group believes children and young people deserve to be safe online. Today, we discuss a helpful kit designed to assist parents in getting a handle on all areas of online harms. Listen to this episode and visit the show notes on the Healthy Screen Habits website to gain access to this valuable resource.
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Big Tech on Trial: A Mother Speaks //Julianna Arnold
Mar 1800:22:57Summary readyJulianna Arnold is Coco's mom. Coco is forever 17, having been killed by a fentanyl overdose given to her from someone she trusted online. On this episode, learn how social media companies are finally being tried for addictive product design and how parents of kids who have suffered from online harms are staying strong.
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Encore: Healthy Screen Habits Workbook for Tweens and Teens
Mar 1100:33:14Summary readyJust as you wouldn't let a new driver take the wheel of a car without proper training, using smartphones requires instruction. Healthy Screen Habits now has a workbook designed for tweens and teens to help them navigate the rules of the road for smartphone use. Healthy Screen Habits Workbook for Tweens and Teens is what we, the founding members of Healthy Screen Habits, wish we had when our oldest kids received their first devices. Learn all about it when you listen to this episode with the authors: Amy Adams and Jeannie Ondelacy Sprague.
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