Parenting doesn’t have to be this hard!
Screen Less Play More podcast will help you raise balanced, thriving kids in the digital age. Enjoy the show on our podcast page, or through Apple podcast player, or Spotify.
Kids are in a digital crisis
Screen Less Play More podcast Episode 1
Kat Zilka was a high school teacher who realized that her students were in a real mental health crisis. She asked her students to write an essay about their relationship to their phones, and was shocked to read their confessions. “Honestly, if you were to read the essays and insert another substance, like alcohol or drugs into, in place of the phone or in place of social media, it would have been addicts crying for help.” Kat formed Dis/Connect to help teens cultivate a more healthy relationship with tech and social media. Our Screen Less Play More podcast interview has some fascinating insights.
Kat shares her journey from being a classroom teacher to developing a Digital Detox course that empowers students to understand their relationship with screens.
Screen Less Play More episode 2
Be more engaging than the algorithm!
Episode two is a fantastic conversation with Erin Loechner, author of “The Opt-Out Family: How to Give Your Kids What Technology Can’t.” Erin teaches us how to be more engaging than the algorithm! She has tons of great ideas on how to use the tricks of big tech in a low-tech way to bring your family some fun, connection, and meaning.
Kaplan? Princeton Review? Khan Academy? Where do I start?
Screen Less Play More Episode 3
How should students prepare for the SAT? Charlotte Winters has been an SAT tutor for 15 years, and teaches us that college admissions test prep isn’t as difficult or complicated as we think it is. She gives us some amazing insights on the Screen Less Play More podcast about SAT tutoring, classes, and what you can do at home. Don’t miss this if you have a high school or middle school child!
Charlotte shares her extensive experience as a tutor, discussing the evolution of these tests, the importance of reading skills, and the role of standardized tests in college admissions. Our talk on The Screen Less Play More Podcast explores the differences between the SAT and ACT, the significance of the PSAT, and how parents can approach test prep without succumbing to anxiety. Charlotte emphasizes the importance of fostering a love for reading in children as a foundational skill for success in standardized testing and beyond.
The Screen Less Play More podcast will give you the latest research on play, screen time, children’s health, and technology… and hopefully a laugh or two! At Screen Less Play More, we believe that kids need to return to the play-based childhood of the past and get rid of the phone-based childhood that is causing so much anxiety and addiction.
So take a listen, screen a little less, and play a little more!
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The only parenting book you’ll ever need!
The Anxious Generation is a must read. And check out Jonathan Haidt’s new book for teens “The Amazing Generation.”
