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EPISODE · Feb 27, 2025 · 43 MIN

E46: The Screentime Solution: Becoming A Tech-Intentional Family

from The Growth Kit · host Brian Comly

Today I’m joined by Emily Cherkin, the author of The Screentime Solution: A Judgment-Free Guide to Becoming a Tech-Intentional Family. Emily is a former teacher, screen-time expert, advocate, and the author of The Screentime Solution: A Judgment-Free Guide to Becoming a Tech-Intentional Family. Today on the show, Emily unpacks the alarming statistics of screen time use and the consequences, why screen time use today is much different then it was a generation ago, suggested guidelines for screen use, consideration before giving your child a device, why parental controls and apps aren’t the answer, tech-intentional strategies, displacement theory, phubbing, and much more. As always, please leave a review and share this with a friend who you think might also benefit. Thanks and enjoy. Listen on⁠ Spotify⁠,⁠ Apple⁠,⁠ Amazon Music⁠,⁠ iHeart Radio⁠, or anywhere you listen to podcasts. Watch on⁠ YouTube⁠. Read The Book: The Screentime Solution: A Judgment-Free Guide to Becoming a Tech-Intentional Family Connect With MindBodyDad (The Growth Kit HQ): ⁠⁠⁠Weekly Newsletter⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠www.MindBodyDad.com⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Instagram⁠⁠ (MindBodyDad)⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Instagram (The Growth Kit)⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠ ⁠Affiliate Disclosure⁠

Today I’m joined by Emily Cherkin, the author of The Screentime Solution: A Judgment-Free Guide to Becoming a Tech-Intentional Family. Emily is a former teacher, screen-time expert, advocate, and the author of The Screentime Solution: A Judgment-Free Guide to Becoming a Tech-Intentional Family. Today on the show, Emily unpacks the alarming statistics of screen time use and the consequences, why screen time use today is much different then it was a generation ago, suggested guidelines for screen use, consideration before giving your child a device, why parental controls and apps aren’t the answer, tech-intentional strategies, displacement theory, phubbing, and much more. As always, please leave a review and share this with a friend who you think might also benefit. Thanks and enjoy. Listen on⁠ Spotify⁠,⁠ Apple⁠,⁠ Amazon Music⁠,⁠ iHeart Radio⁠, or anywhere you listen to podcasts. Watch on⁠ YouTube⁠. Read The Book: The Screentime Solution: A Judgment-Free Guide to Becoming a Tech-Intentional Family Connect With MindBodyDad (The Growth Kit HQ): ⁠⁠⁠Weekly Newsletter⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠www.MindBodyDad.com⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Instagram⁠⁠ (MindBodyDad)⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Instagram (The Growth Kit)⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠ ⁠Affiliate Disclosure⁠

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