Episode 8: Side Eyes & Screen Time

This week, Casey & Tash tackle the modern parenting circus known as screen time. The good, the bad, the “just one more episode,” and the side eyes moms give each other while secretly handing over an iPad to survive dinner prep.From educational apps and FaceTiming grandparents to total meltdowns when the tablet battery hits 1%, the girls unpack how screens have become both a lifeline and a landmine in parenting. Casey also shares major takeaways from The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt and why today’s phone-based childhood is affecting kids in ways many parents never expected.This episode dives into:• screen addiction for kids AND adults• attitude changes and post-screen meltdowns• social media pressure and comparison culture• hidden apps, burner phones, and online safety concerns• the scary realities of sexting laws and digital communication• how other countries are responding to youth social media use• and how moms are all just trying to survive in a world changing faster than we can Google parental controlsThere’s humor, honesty, uncomfortable truths, and a few moments where you may immediately want to check your child’s screen time report… and your own.Grab your Burner Phone Bull Cocktail and join Casey & Tash for a conversation that’s equal parts hilarious, eye-opening, and painfully relatable.“To raising kids in a world we’re still trying to understand.”x - Casey & Tasha