Is Your Teen’s Cell Phone Use a Problem?

from Parenting Teens Unfiltered with Cat & Nat

SUMMER 2025 RERUNSWe are officially at the half way point of our summer and bringing you another one of your favourite episodes! Every day, there’s another headline about kids and phones — how screen time is hurting their mental health, their ability to focus, and even how we parent. There’s clearly a problem. But we’re on our phones too. And sometimes handing over a screen is the only way to get through dinner, a grocery run, or just one quiet moment. We’re not proud of it, but it’s the reality for so many of us. We’re parenting through something we never dealt with as kids, with no guide and a whole lot of guilt. Will the next generation of parents, armed with all this research and hindsight, do things differently?  We are officially at the half way point of our summer and bringing you another one of your favourite episodes! Every day, there’s another headline about kids and phones — how screen time is hurting their mental health, their ability to focus, and even how we parent. There’s clearly a problem. But we’re on our phones too. And sometimes handing over a screen is the only way to get through dinner, a grocery run, or just one quiet moment. We’re not proud of it, but it’s the reality for so many of us. We’re parenting through something we never dealt with as kids, with no guide and a whole lot of guilt. Will the next generation of parents, armed with all this research and hindsight, do things differently?Turn on screen reader supportTo enable screen reader support, press ⌘+Option+Z To learn about keyboard shortcuts, press ⌘slashThis podcast is presented by The Common Parent. The all-in-one parenting resource you need to for your teens & tweens. We've uncovered every parenting issue, so you don't have too.Are you a parent that is struggling understanding the online world, setting healthy screen-time limits, or navigating harmful online content? Purchase screen sense for $49.99 & unlock Cat & Nat’s ultimate guide to parenting in the digital age. Go to https://www.thecommonparent.com/guideFollow @thecommonparent on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thecommonparent/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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SUMMER 2025 RERUNSWe are officially at the half way point of our summer and bringing you another one of your favourite episodes! Every day, there’s another headline about kids and phones — how screen time is hurting their mental health, their ability to focus, and even how we parent. There’s clearly a problem. But we’re on our phones too. And sometimes handing over a screen is the only way to get through dinner, a grocery run, or just one quiet moment. We’re not proud of it, but it’s the reality for so many of us. We’re parenting through something we never dealt with as kids, with no guide and a whole lot of guilt. Will the next generation of parents, armed with all this research and hindsight, do things differently? We are officially at the half way point of our summer and bringing you another one of your favourite episodes! Every day, there’s another headline about kids and phones — how screen time is hurting their mental health, their ability to focus, and even how we parent. There’s clearly a problem. But we’re on our phones too. And sometimes handing over a screen is the only way to get through dinner, a grocery run, or just one quiet moment. We’re not proud of it, but it’s the reality for so many of us. We’re parenting through something we never dealt with as kids, with no guide and a whole lot of guilt. Will the next generation of parents, armed with all this research and hindsight, do things differently?Turn on screen reader supportTo enable screen reader support, press ⌘+Option+Z To learn about keyboard shortcuts, press ⌘slashThis podcast is presented by The Common Parent. The all-in-one parenting resource you need to for your teens & tweens. We've uncovered every parenting issue, so you don't have too.Are you a parent that is struggling understanding the online world, setting healthy screen-time limits, or navigating harmful online content? Purchase screen sense for $49.99 & unlock Cat & Nat’s ultimate guide to parenting in the digital age. Go to https://www.thecommonparent.com/guideFollow @thecommonparent on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thecommonparent/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.