NTM 422: Navigating screen use with confidence

Setting up your family rules and boundaries around screen use can feel like a minefield. You can bounce from feeling overpowered by the lure of screens, to resenting them entirely. So in this episode we help you create solid and grounded foundations to build a healthy family culture around screens. In this episode we discuss:Rules can be nuanceddifferent kids can have different rulesForgetting hard and fast rules and moving into connection with where they’re at and what they’re consuming.Tuning into regulation and dysregulationWelcoming disappointment as a valuable life skillHaving family discussions around how you spend time onlineCreating guidelines around the when, where and how of screen useUnderstanding screens’ addictive nature and the dopamine fallout that can happen afterwardsKnowing when to interveneHandling pushbackManaging your own reactionsChecking in with how you feel afterwardsTaking responsibility for when our kids’ screen time is a reprieve or a resentment for usReflecting on whether they have the skills to handle each new screen app or gameKeeping it flexible; ‘no’ now, doesn’t mean ‘no’ late

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