Healthy Screen Habits Podcast

Pam Tudin is very familiar with the struggles and triumphs of the human condition as a clinical and forensic psychologist. She's an international speaker on all matters teen and tween and the co-founder of KLIKD, an organization committed to providing, can-do solutions for families to use social media happily, safely, and responsibly. In this episode we talk about the importance of being the soft place for your child to land when they make an online mistake and so much more. Listen today!

Just as you wouldn't let a new driver take the wheel of a car without proper training, using smartphones requires instruction. Healthy Screen Habits now has a workbook designed for tweens and teens to help them navigate the rules of the road for smartphone use. 

Healthy Screen Habits Workbook for Tweens and Teens is what we, the founding members of Healthy Screen Habits, wish we had when our oldest kids were getting their first devices. Learn all about it when you listen to this week’s podcast with the authors: Amy Adams and Jeannie Ondelacy Sprague. 

Wendy Waddel is the program manager of Safety Net Smart Cyber Choices,  a collaborative program of the San Diego Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force and the San Diego Police Foundation. @sandiegopolicefoundation  She has all the details about laws and legal ramifications surrounding online predators, nude selfies, and more.  I learned so much about what to do about online scams & hacks and a great tip to employ when telling your kids you legally need to check their phone! This episode is a must listen! 

On this episode learn about Screens Away, Time to Play! It is the picture book that belongs in every waiting room, classroom, and teacher library.  Written by Kailan Carr M.Ed, this book has hidden pictures, invitations for offline play, and teaches kids about the brain science behind persuasive design.  Written in a fun rhyme scheme with engaging illustrations it is truly the book that is needed by all. Listen to this episode for information about the science behind the book as well as how play builds brains.

Four decades of research have shown that pornography undermines the whole person's health of young people. It impacts every facet of their developmental wellness; social or emotional, cognitive or physical. When (not if) your child gets exposed to pornography it can shape how they think about sex and relationships, including respectful behavior and consent, and things like equality and their understanding of their own bodies

Porn has inundated so many areas of our media and our culture that it behooves us to provide sex education that provides a porn-critical lens.  Listen now and learn how.

Recognizing that being on social media felt like an unwanted requirement for him to socialize as a teen and young adult,  Sean Killingsworth created: Reconnect Movement.  Looking to combat what Killingsworth calls the “social wasteland” created by a generation’s overuse of tech,  ReConnect Movement builds in-person communities to detox from distractions, make friends, and just hang out. 

Reconnect Movement provides offline balance for those who don't want to be on social media. Listen and learn more now!

Healthy Screen Habits had an amazing summer filled with family adventures, shared memories, and - most exciting of all:  the publication of our first workbook!  Healthy Screen Habits for Tweens and Teens - A training workbook to help you use your phone wisely is now available. Whether your child is new to owning a phone or even if they've had one for a while, chances are they're still figuring out the DOs and DON’Ts of using a smartphone wisely. This workbook is here to help you and your child navigate life in the digital world! We’ve put together all the information, tips, hacks, and rules to ensure that their phone is a useful tool that THEY CONTROL, not the other way around. 

Listen to hear how to order your copy today!

Get your summer kicked off right and remain screen intentional by setting clear boundaries around technology and brainstorming lots of fun!  In this week’s episode Hillary shares the Healthy Screen Habit free tool she has used to put kids in charge and keep summer tech-intentional.

Playing outside is so much more than physical activity. Some of the many benefits include fitness, vitamin D and sleep. Being in nature also enhances focus and attention, it improves problem solving, reduces stress, increases empathy, improves mood.  The influence of nature is dramatic and pervasive for all of us.  There was a study that said that hospital patients, who have views of greenery outside their windows have shorter stays and fewer complications.

Reducing screen time, increasing time in nature has the potential to change lives.  Listen to Jean Rystrom of the Screen Time Action Network introduce an amazing and FREE resource: The Children & Family Inspiration Guide.  It’s got everything you need to encourage your kids to get offline and outside. Listen today! 

Erin Loechner is  a former social media influencer who walked away from a million fans to live a low-tech lifestyle and is now teaching others how to do the same! As the founder of the global tech-free movement The Opt-Out Family, Erin has authored The Opt Out Family - How To Give Your Kids What Technology Can't.  This book is written in a way that is part guide, part interactive and best of all it’s written in Erin’s friendly encouraging voice.

In this episode we talk about how to talk to schools, coaches and other parents, set intention in your home and so much more. Listen today!