EPISODE 39: Be Tech Wise! Springtime

We start off by sharing some recent artistic adventures with our kids. Jordan reminds listeners about the upcoming playing & reading outdoor event on May 9th in Morton. Helen prepares for her final week of class and summer giggles. We then dig in to our main topic: Fairplay’s Be Tech Wise! resource, which shares expert advice on technology for families with children ages 0-5. Fairplay is an organization whose mission is working “to enhance children’s well-being by eliminating the exploitative and harmful business practices of marketers and Big Tech.” We focus most of our time discussing the tips from the Be Tech Wise with Baby! resource and share our experiences with technology as first-time moms. Helen shares how in her home, they decided to move the TV down to the basement so there was a screen-free family space in the living room. Jordan talks through regrets of phone use in the early days with a new baby and the things she would have done differently if she had different information at the time. We each talk through the pros and cons we found while using baby diapering/feeding tracking apps. Jordan then talks about how older siblings contribute to language development for younger siblings - and shares an example of how her two-year-old now repeats “six seven” thanks to her six-year-old. Check out the Be Tech Wise! series from Fairplay. Find Helen on Substack at ⁠⁠⁠⁠Resonances⁠⁠⁠⁠. Join Jordan in ⁠⁠⁠reConnect Morton⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ through Four Norms.