If the word “screens" or "screen time” makes your shoulders tense up, you’re not alone.

🎧 Hit subscribe—this is the first in a four-part series on tech and learning!

In this episode is the invite you need to slow down, tune-in, and reconsider your relationship with technology—especially in the context of homeschooling and neurodivergent learners. From unpacking cultural double standards to exploring how screens can be tools for regulation, creativity, and connection, this episode kicks off a series on screens and learning with nuance, compassion, and curiosity.

Together, we explore how deschooling can help us see screens not as a problem to solve—but as a window into our children's worlds.

In this episode, you'll learn:

The double standard around screen use

How deschooling shifts anxiety around screens

Screens as tools for regulation and connection

What the research also says

Screens as a playground for modern kids

The shift from limiting to witnessing

Self-reflection questions & curiosity prompts

Resources Mentioned:

Free to Learn by Peter Gray

AAP Pediatrics study on media co-engagement

Let’s Keep the Conversation Going:

We gather weekly on Zoom and connect daily via asynchronous Marco Polo video chats. If you can't live in a real-life village with fellow homeschoolers … this is the next best thing.

Try This at Home:

Then gently reflect: What do you reach for when you need rest, joy, or curiosity?