In this episode, we invite you to join Bainbridge Island parent, Chis Adcock, and BYS therapist, John Carleton, LMHCA, for an informative conversation about Technology and Parenting: The good, the bad and all the inbetween.

Show Notes:

• When is it appropriate for your child to get a phone? Read here.

• When are youth ready for social media? Read here.

• Understanding your relationship with social media? Read here.

• Media and technology guidelines for children. Read here.

Helpful book I mentioned:

Raising Humans in a Digital World: Helping Kids Build a Healthy Relationship with Technology

By Diana Graber

ISBN 9780814439807

The Social Dilemma - how algorithms drive/control what we see(/feel/think)

Parenting in the Digital Age: Fostering Well-being and Resilience

Webinar recording

John's notes from the above webinar

In this episode, we invite you to listen in on a conversation between three Bainbridge Island community members and mothers as they discuss how they nurture cultural identity in their families, as well as foster curiosity and appreciation for other cultures outside of their own.

Sources referenced:

https://www.parentmap.com/article/helping-children-develop-a-sense-of-cultural-identity

https://www.childwelfare.gov/topics/adoption/adopt-parenting/intercountry/culturalconnections/

https://www.azquotes.com/quote/587501

In this episode, we invite you to join Bainbridge Island parent, Martin Maggio, and Winslow Way Branch Manager of Umpqua Bank, Aalesa Barker, for an informative conversation about financial literacy for children.

In this episode, we invite you to join Bainbridge Island parent, Mairead Shutt, and nurse practitioner from Peninsula Community Health Services, Elizabeth Zaroff, ARNP, for an informative conversation about how mental health and physical health are intertwined.

In this episode, we invite you to join Bainbridge Island parent, Brynn (she/her pronouns), and Virginia Mason Franciscan Health Family doctor, Dr. Mike Tomberg (he/him pronouns), for an informative conversation about parenting and the gender spectrum.

In this episode, we invite you to join members of the Bainbridge Youth Services Youth Advisory Board in a conversation about local underage drinking. We welcome BYS Youth Advisory Board members Lily, Max, Gabriella, Emma and Maxwell to share their work concerning underage drinking through the Healthy Bainbridge Alliance. We hope you find this episode to be engaging and informative and perhaps a catalyst in encouraging you to consider what you can do to help our community to lessen the incidence of underage drinking.