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Ash Brandin: Screen Time - Hurting or Helping our Kids?
In this episode, Rich and Ash discuss:
- Defining healthy screen time for kids
- Getting your kids off screen
- The power struggle with maintaining boundaries on screen time
- Creating a powerful bond with your kids
- Protecting your kids from dangerous online content
Key Takeaways:
- Healthy screen time, whether it’s shows, apps, tablets, in the car, or video games, is an amount of timing or content time that benefits everyone in a family, not just the child.
- The first step to getting your kids off screens is to identify the systemic gaps that screens are replacing, which necessitate their dependency on screens in the first place. Sometimes, it's about meeting your child's needs and making them feel more of your presence.
- There would always be a power struggle over maintaining boundaries on screen time, but if parents instead think that they’re allowed to make this boundary around screens, and their child is allowed to dislike it, it becomes much less a source of conflict and more of a part of life.
- Engaging with your kids or strengthening your relationship with them begins with showing interest in their passion, asking questions, and showing them that you care about them and what they’re doing.
- You should generally be able to limit your kids' connections to only friends or to only people who are approved by you in any game they are playing, download the content you are okay with, and make sure that you check the settings menu to prevent dangerous content from reaching your child.
"Video games are going to enhance relationships, it's just up to adults to help decide what relationships they're actually going to enhance." — Ash Brandin
About Ash Brandin: Ash is a speaker, educator, and social media influencer. Since 2016, Ash has spoken across the country about how classrooms and academic spaces can mimic game structures to make learning compelling, motivating, and engaging. She believes that games specifically entertainment games can help us create better teaching more engaging learning and motivated lifelong learners. Her Instagram page, TheGamerEducator, helps families have a relationship with screen time and video games that benefits everyone in the family, not just the game player.
Connect with Ash Brandin:
Website: https://thegamereducator.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thegamereducator/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Gamer_Educator
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ash-brandin025/
Connect with Rich Woo:
Website: www.catalyst.nm.com
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/richwoo/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rich_woo/?hl=en
Book: The Relationship Recession - https://a.co/d/dXlXd71
Email: [email protected]
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By Rich WooIn this episode, Rich and Ash discuss:
- Defining healthy screen time for kids
- Getting your kids off screen
- The power struggle with maintaining boundaries on screen time
- Creating a powerful bond with your kids
- Protecting your kids from dangerous online content
Key Takeaways:
- Healthy screen time, whether it’s shows, apps, tablets, in the car, or video games, is an amount of timing or content time that benefits everyone in a family, not just the child.
- The first step to getting your kids off screens is to identify the systemic gaps that screens are replacing, which necessitate their dependency on screens in the first place. Sometimes, it's about meeting your child's needs and making them feel more of your presence.
- There would always be a power struggle over maintaining boundaries on screen time, but if parents instead think that they’re allowed to make this boundary around screens, and their child is allowed to dislike it, it becomes much less a source of conflict and more of a part of life.
- Engaging with your kids or strengthening your relationship with them begins with showing interest in their passion, asking questions, and showing them that you care about them and what they’re doing.
- You should generally be able to limit your kids' connections to only friends or to only people who are approved by you in any game they are playing, download the content you are okay with, and make sure that you check the settings menu to prevent dangerous content from reaching your child.
"Video games are going to enhance relationships, it's just up to adults to help decide what relationships they're actually going to enhance." — Ash Brandin
About Ash Brandin: Ash is a speaker, educator, and social media influencer. Since 2016, Ash has spoken across the country about how classrooms and academic spaces can mimic game structures to make learning compelling, motivating, and engaging. She believes that games specifically entertainment games can help us create better teaching more engaging learning and motivated lifelong learners. Her Instagram page, TheGamerEducator, helps families have a relationship with screen time and video games that benefits everyone in the family, not just the game player.
Connect with Ash Brandin:
Website: https://thegamereducator.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thegamereducator/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Gamer_Educator
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ash-brandin025/
Connect with Rich Woo:
Website: www.catalyst.nm.com
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/richwoo/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rich_woo/?hl=en
Book: The Relationship Recession - https://a.co/d/dXlXd71
Email: [email protected]