Healthy Screen Habits Podcast

Healthy Screen Habits Workbook for Tweens & Teens //Amy Adams and Jeannie Ondelacy Sprague

Just 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 were getting their first devices. Learn all about it when you listen to this week's podcast with the authors: Amy Adams and Jeannie Ondelacy Sprague.

Big News!

Healthy Screen Habits had an amazing summer filled with family adventures, shared memories, and - most exciting of all: the publication of our first workbook! Healthy Screen Habits for Tweens and Teens - A training workbook to help you use your phone wisely is now available. Whether your child is new to owning a phone or even if they've had one for a while, chances are they're still figuring out the DOs and DON'Ts of using a smartphone wisely. This workbook is here to help you and your child navigate life in the digital world! We've put together all the information, tips, hacks, and rules to ensure that their phone is a useful tool that THEY CONTROL, not the other way around. Listen to hear how to order your copy today!

Recipe For Summer Fun //Hillary Wilkinson, M Ed

Get your summer kicked off right and remain screen intentional by setting clear boundaries around technology and brainstorming lots of fun! In this week's episode Hillary shares the Healthy Screen Habit free tool she has used to put kids in charge and keep summer tech-intentional.

Screen Strong and Growing //Melanie Hempe, BSN

After her oldest son dropped out of college due to his video game addiction, Melanie Hempe put her nursing degree to good use and founded Screen Strong, a nonprofit that empowers families to prevent screen problems and reclaim their kids from toxic screens. Listen to this episode and learn how your family can stop fighting over screens, kids can gain more life skills and everyone can benefit!

Do You Know A Healthy Screen Habiteer? //Hillary Wilkinson

Healthy Screen Habits was founded by a group of 4 moms who find it imperative to practice what we teach! Next week, the podcast will take a break as we enjoy Spring Break with our own families. During Spring Break, take some time to do some digital spring cleaning! Delete unused apps and revisit memories of the past year by organizing photos. The act of revisiting memories brings about reminiscence which it turns out is one of the best ways to increase language with younger kids and strengthen memory. Enjoy all of these memories and create new ones this Spring Break.

Phones + Schools = A Bad Mix //Phone-Free Schools Movement

What's The Matter? How Baby and Toddler Brain Development is Affected By Screen Time //Dr. John S. Hutton, MD, MS

Dr. John S. Hutton is a pioneer in the realm of brain development. His JAMA published MRI research showed the results of screen overuse in the brains of young children: disorganized white matter. This is concerning for a variety of reasons. Today we discuss the best ways to start healthy brain growth and development with babies and toddlers….hint….it's easier than you think...and it doesn't involve screens!!

Season 9 Kick Off - The Best Way To Use Your Phone //Hillary Wilkinson

As Healthy Screen Habits continues to grow and learn with all of you we see so many great things happening. Around the country I am wanting to hand out gold stars to parents who I see are choosing to use screens intentionally. They are packing toys, hot wheels and coloring pages for traveling - I see parents in waiting rooms who are using their phones in the best possible way to connect with their littles. Want to know this recommended trick for when you have hit the bottom in your bag of tricks? Check out today's quick episode! Each week I bring you experts and healthy screen habits to employ in your own home.

How To Get Media Literacy Now!//Tamara Sobel, JD, CSE//Media Literacy Now

As the current National Advisor for Health Education and Media Literacy at Media Literacy Now, Tamara Sobel is deeply committed to helping parents and schools gain healthy screen habits. The founder of the Girls Women and Media Project, she led one of the first organizations focused on activism and education to raise awareness and improve images of girls and women in the media. She's a certified sexuality educator and a regular columnist for Psychology Today. Our conversation covers a variety of topics surrounding Media Literacy and a great healthy screen habit. Listen now!

Healthy Screen Habits Hero: Frances Haugen, AKA: the Facebook Whistleblower

The Facebook Whistleblower, Frances Haugen deserves a seat in the High Court of Heroes in the "Do The Right Thing" Justice League ( I just made that up but it should absolutely be a thing.). A data scientist, Harvard graduate, expert of algorithmic product management and an Iowan daughter of two professors, Frances truly moved the needle for humanity when she recognized wrongdoing and stood up for the world. The source behind the Wall Street Journal's, Facebook Files, Frances exposed Facebook's awareness, complicity and radicalization in political violence around the world, plus their disregard to users' mental health. When I had the opportunity to speak with Frances she was incredibly generous with her time…so generous that I am going to do something I never have before – that is: break this episode into 2 parts. Enjoy listening to Part 1 of this fabulous conversation today!