Technically Empowered: How To Raise Tech-Healthy Humans with Daniel Sih

Screen time. It’s the new currency utilized when measuring how our children spend much of their time interacting with the world. With the holiday season upon us, many of us will be giving the gift of technical access to the young ones throughout our lives. Spreading accessibility to gadgets, games, and even communication or learning devices. Yet, with this gift comes empowering access to a connected world of data, influence, and interaction. A world that inevitably might also contain what is sometimes more adverse and insidious in nature - Childhood Screen addiction. The present world is now largely digital. From checking social media on our phones to gaming or binging a new show -it’s hard to escape this cultural norm. Even our educational systems have grown to hinge on leveraging digital technology as a productive asset. So how do you encourage your kids to build healthy tech habits while also giving their brains a break? Author, Daniel Sih is here to tell us how we can raise tech-healthy humans when we return to the light inside. ———— Resources Raising Tech-Healthy Humans https://raisinghumans.au/buy-now/ Glow Kids: How Screen Addiction Is Hijacking Our Kids - and How to Break the Trance How Screens Affect Children - Children & Technology Facts Social Media Effects on Teens - Social Media & Mental Health ———— Credits: Featured Guest: Daniel Sih JOIN US ON INSTAGRAM: @thelightinsidepodcast SUBSCRIBE: pod.link/thelightinside Credits: Music Score by Epidemic Sound Executive Producer: Jeffrey Besecker Mixing, Engineering, Production, and Mastering: Aloft Media Studio Senior Production Manager: Anna Getz