Practically Perfect Parenting Podcast - Technology as a Barrier and Bridge to Healthy Family Relationships

Technology as a Barrier and Bridge to Healthy Family Relationships

09/15/17 • 25 min

This OPENING episode of Season 2 of the Practically Perfect Parenting Podcast is positively packed with information and tantalizing tips. TECHNOLOGY and SCREEN TIME is a huge issue for many parents. In this captivating episode, Dr. Sara and Dr. John are talking back to technology; they’re saying, “Hey technology, we’re taking you down! Well, not really. But the episode does include a range of AMAZING insights and tips to help parents understand and deal with the dangers and opportunities of technology and screen time. When you tune in, be sure to listen for:

Dr. Sara’s obsession with using contracts to manage her children’s screen-time.
A clip from Dr. Dimitri Christakis’s TEDx Ranier talk where he provides a fun critique, partially narrated by Dr. Sara, on Baby Einstein (to watch Dr. Christakis’s full talk, go to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoT7qH_uVNo
How much a baby’s brain grows from birth to age 2 (can you guess?)
Dr. John’s four tips for raising children with healthy brains
Dr. Christakis’s three stage theory about how constantly changing screens contribute to children having attention problems.
Dr. Sara’s and Dr. John’s thoughts on the appropriate use of technology and screens for families.

Don’t wait. Use your favorite personal device to listen to your favorite podcasters launch themselves into SEASON 2!

Dr. Sara’s obsession with using contracts to manage her children’s screen-time.
A clip from Dr. Dimitri Christakis’s TEDx Ranier talk where he provides a fun critique, partially narrated by Dr. Sara, on Baby Einstein (to watch Dr. Christakis’s full talk, go to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoT7qH_uVNo
How much a baby’s brain grows from birth to age 2 (can you guess?)
Dr. John’s four tips for raising children with healthy brains
Dr. Christakis’s three stage theory about how constantly changing screens contribute to children having attention problems.
Dr. Sara’s and Dr. John’s thoughts on the appropriate use of technology and screens for families.

Don’t wait. Use your favorite personal device to listen to your favorite podcasters launch themselves into SEASON 2!

Previous Episode

Why Youth Sports Makes Parents Crazy

In this—the final episode of Season One—Dr. Sara and Dr. John talk about how youth sports can be the royal road to emotional problems for parents. Highlights include: (a) a discussion of how easy and natural it is for parents to get overemotional about their child’s athletic performance; (b) ideas for emotional preparation; (c) the sorts of bad advice parents can yell from the sideline (but shouldn’t!); and (d) insights from Coach Collin Fehr, who, with his newly minted doctorate, shares the “best thing” for parents to remember. Other highlights (in this episode the highlights just keep on coming): Dr. Sara asks: “Are we a couple of liberal pansies?” and John shares his all-time favorite sports dream. Being the good sport that she is, the show ends with Dr. Sara claiming victory and referring to herself as the “winner” and to John as “the loser.” To learn more about John’s response to this trash talk, you’ll have to tune back in for Season Two, which starts in September, 2017.

This podcast is brought to you by the Charles Engelhard Foundation, and the National Parenting Education Network.

Resources in this Episode:

EducatedSportsParent.com

Matheny Manifesto

By: Mike Matheny

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