The school year is about to begin and the EdTech Loop crew is about ready to get back into the studio. Though I considered attempting to convince Danelle to record a new podcast over the Labour Day weekend, I instead recognized that I value our friendship and decided one more Best Of Episode is a more promising and healthy option. So pop in the earbuds, lay back on the beach towel and soak up the sun one more time before the school bell rings and join our “Digital Parenting,” conversation and as always thanks for listening and inspiring! 

 

Danelle Brostrom  3:27  

So I turned my phone off so that way it didn't brrrrr in the middle

 

instead of playing video games and just sit on the couch and veg.

 

Why are you always recording

 

Larry Burden  3:35  

That will be the intro to the pod...and done. Oops.

 

It is Episode 38 of the TCAPSLoopweekly podcast. My name is Larry Burden and she's convinced Al Bundy was actually a highly enlightened Cyborg. It's Daniel Brostrom. 

 

Danelle Brostrom  4:08  

I know the reference this week, Larry.

 

Larry Burden  4:12  

Oddly, I had to go farther back.

 

Carl Sagan was actually farther back, but still I had to go pretty far back. So well. How you doing? 

 

Danelle Brostrom  4:22  

Okay. It was great 

 

Larry Burden  4:23  

doing the Olympics watching.

 

Danelle Brostrom  4:25  

Um, a little. We like curling.

 

Larry Burden  4:26  

Who doens't like curling.

 

There was a tweet that I ran into on curling or how you watch how somebody watches curling, they had some explicit language, but it was pretty funny. It starts out the first minute, you're like, this is kind of boring. The 10th minute you're going you're like, ooh, he could have curled that stone a little bit better, maybe. The third one was like this highly like after like an hour and a half. You've got like this highly considered opinion on, you know, the tactics of curling. And by the end, you're just completely emotionally invested in it and screaming at the TV "Sweep!, Sweep!"

 

Danelle Brostrom  5:04  

accurate. 

 

Larry Burden  5:04  

It's pretty funny. curling is your sport, anything else?

 

Danelle Brostrom  5:08  

No, just curling.

 

Larry Burden  5:13  

high levels of athleticism, and curling. I did the opening ceremonies and I haven't really I haven't, I haven't, dove, dove in. Once you dive into the... with what I've learned is once you dive into the Olympics, you're you're into all the sports. But I haven't I haven't gone there yet, which is a bummer. We watched one curling match. Okay, that was that was quite, that was enough. 

 

Danelle Brostrom  5:36  

Close enough enough. 

 

Larry Burden  5:37  

I have a feeling sooner or later the figure skating is going to take over my household because I have a lot of girls,

 

Danelle Brostrom  5:43  

I do like the figure skating too. That is pretty cool.

 

Larry Burden  5:45  

Moving on, it's time, to get into the downward dog position, Your lotus position. clear your mind. It's our moment of Zen.

 

Don't try to waste a lifetime by trying to banish all danger. Just spend a moment now and then to banish fear.

 

Relatively apt, As we dig into the meat of the show, Parenting in the digital age. And I wanted to start by asking this question, we hit this topic, you have your email, do we want to do this? Again? We've kind of done this. I don't think we can do this enough. 

 

Danelle Brostrom  6:26  

I know. 

 

Larry Burden  6:26  

I really don't i don't think it's going away. I don't think it's gone away. So, why do we keep coming back to this?

 

Danelle Brostrom  6:32  

Well, it's really hard to parent, a digital kid, when you've never been a digital kid. You know, I when I grew up, 

 

Larry Burden  6:39  

The Wii doesn't count?

 

Danelle Brostrom  6:40  

No, the Wii doesn't help. When I grew up. We I mean, we didn't have computers. I mean, we had computers, but nothing, nothing like we do today, until I got into college. And then we were able to use things like the internet