It's My Screen Time Too

Thanks for joining us on our journey into the madness of parenting in the screen time era. Here’s our top 5 list of the best of the best we’ve reviewed over the past 8 years!

Deborah:

5. Bolt

4. Ted-Ed 

3. Mitchells vs. The Machines

2. Kid Cosmic

1. Art for Kids Hub 

Katie

5. Shaun the Sheep

4. She-Ra and the Princesses of Power

3. Dora and the Lost City of Gold

2. Curses

1. Puffin Rock

Honorable Mentions:

• Jingle Jangle
• Klaus
• Paddington 2
• Zombies
• Cosmic Kids Yoga 
• Teen Beach Movie
• Numberblocks
• Apple and Onion

We mentioned some friends of the pod we’d like to give one final shout out:

• Julia Washington  
• Shehla Faizi  

And finally, here’s the rave scene from Dora and the Lost City of Gold. You’re welcome. 

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Pixar tries once again to make Katie feel her feelings, but this time in the form of an 8-episode series instead of a movie.

Previous episodes we mention:

• Monsters at Work 

Win or Lose made us think of these movies and shows for grown ups:

• Lost
• Moneyball
• English Teacher
• This diabetes commercial 

We cast our gritty Curses! reboot with:

• Keenan Thompson as Frank the Umpire
• Natasha Rothwell as Vanessa
• Jon Cho or Nick Offerman as Coach Dan
• Jeff Hiller or Jack McBrayer as the Janitor

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Freed from the shackles of preschool programming, we test out the freedom of watching a show made for grown-ups with our kids: The Traitors.

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Sure, people who have time to watch grown-up movies may be debating the relative merits of The Brutalist and A Complete Unknown, but we know the real fight is between Inside Out 2 and The Wild Robot. Listen to our takes on the family films in contention for this year’s Academy Awards.

Previous Episodes We Mention

• Inside Out 2 
• The Wild Robot 
• Flow 
• Pinocchio 
• Wicked 
• Wonka 

What our kids are watching or what we’re watching with them:

• The Mole
• Traitors

What we’re watching during grown-up screen time:

• The Diplomat
• White Lotus
• Severence

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Who says family screen time is incompatible with relaxation? We review the Latvian sleeper hit Flow.

Things we mentioned in this episode:

Islands of Abandonment by Cal Flyn 

Previous episodes we mention:

• White Fang 
• Spaceballs 

Flow made us think of these movies and shows for grown ups:

• The Last of Us
• Waterworld

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Not only are our kids bringing tech home from the classroom, they’re using more and more tech during their school days. In this week’s Screen Time in the News episode, we discuss a Wall Street Journal article that questions whether in-class tech time is time well spent. We also catch up on what our kids are watching, what we’re watching with them, and what we’re watching during our precious kid-free screen time. Deborah can’t wait for a breather from all the televised sports, and Katie figures after three years, she should probably finally watch Severance.

Things We Mention in this Episode:

Screens Have Taken Over Classrooms. Even Students Have Had Enough by Sara Randazzo, Matt Barnum and Julie Jargon for the Wall Street Journal 

What our kids are watching or what we’re watching with them:

• The Secret Garden
• Land of the Lost
• Mole

What we’re watching during grown-up screen time:

• Severance
• White Lotus Season 3
• The Diplomat Season 2

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We review the big screen adaptation of Dav Pilkey’s comic supacop, Dog Man. We cover the complicated logistics of breaking up with your boyfriend when his head has been replaced by a dog’s; the tightrope-walking required to adapt a beloved book series for the screen; and whether Dog Man’s origin story is actually far more gruesome and disturbing than we thought.

Previous episodes we mention:

• Bad Guys: Haunted Heist 

Dog Man made us think of these shows and books for grown ups:

• Nightbitch
• Fun Home

We cast our gritty reboot with these actors:

• Andy Serkis as Dog Man
• JK Simmons as Petey

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Tis the season for new toys! We discuss a New York Times story about Ms. Rachel’s new line of toys and the role licensed merchandise has played in our lives and our kids’ lives. Plus, we catch up on what we’re watching with our kids and what we have our eyes on for grown-up screen time. 

Things We Mention in this Episode:

Ms. Rachel, YouTube Star, Is Creating a Holiday Toy Frenzy by Sapna Maheshwari published by The New York Times on November 29, 2024 

Dirt-cheap toys imported into U.S. can be dangerous, group says. Here's what to know from All Things Considered on NPR

Previous Episodes We Mention:

• Ms. Rachel’s Songs for Littles 

What our kids are watching or what we’re watching with them:

• Is It Cake? Holiday Edition
• Deadliest Catch
• Skeleton Crew

What we’re watching or looking forward to during grown-up screen time:

• A Complete Unknown
• Hot Frosty
• Gladiator II

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Join us for our review of what is certainly the brownest Christmas movie of the season, An Almost Christmas Story. Did this twenty-minute special fulfill our desire for short family programming to get us in the holiday spirit? Listen to find out! 

Previous episodes we mention:

• Peter Pan and Wendy 
• The Best Christmas Pageant Ever 
• Pinocchio 

An Almost Christmas Story made us think of these movies and shows for grown ups:

• The Martian
• Book Lovers

We cast our gritty reboot with these actors:

• Paula Poundstone
• Natasha Lyonne

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We scoured the internet for a rundown of this year’s kids and family Christmas movies and found…not a whole lot. In this Screen Time in the News episode, we discuss the lack of new kids’ holiday content this year and why the cheesy holiday romance seems to have replaced the heartwarming family Christmas tale.

Things we mention in this episode:

The 13 Best Christmas Movies of All Time and Where to Watch Them from InStyle

The 16 Best New Christmas Movies of the 2024 Holiday Season from Good Housekeeping 

Previous Episodes We Mention:

All I Want for Christmas Is You 

Klaus 

Jingle Jangle 

Spirited 

Bad Guys Halloween Heist 

What our kids are watching or what we’re watching with them:

• Gold Rush
• Mystery at Blind Frog Ranch
• Warriors fan videos on YouTube
• Encanto

What we’re watching during grown-up screen time:

• Silo
• Dune: Prophecy
• Somebody Somewhere
• Slow Horses
• Man on the Inside

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