Edit Your Life Episode 170: Raising A Screen-Smart Kid

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Technology is both wonderful and complicated, and the complications grow exponentially as screens go from educational or entertainment “playback” for younger kids to digital eco-system and social “livelihood” for tweens and teens. In Episode 170, Christine interviews Julianna Miner about her new book, Raising A Screen-Smart Kid: Embrace the Good and Avoid the Bad in the Digital Age. Christine and Julianna talk about how to decide when to get your kid a phone, kids and digital affirmation, modeling good tech behavior, teaching kids social skills, identifying digital addiction, and understanding digital mentorship.

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Resources mentioned in this episode

Minimalist Parenting (our book)
Parent Hacks (Asha’s book)
Rants From Mommyland (Julianna’s OG blog)
Raising A Screen-Smart Kid: Embrace the Good and Avoid the Bad in the Digital Age (Julianna’s book)
Responsibility.org (alcohol responsibility organization through which Julianna and Christine met)
8 Tough Teen Conversations about Sex, Drugs, Alcohol, and More: A Guide for Parents (Christine’s article at Grown and Flown)
Edit Your Life Episode 139: Nurturing Your Friendships (model in-person social relationships for your kids)
Edit Your Life Episode 158: Untangling Overparenting (guest interview with Jessica Lahey)
Edit Your Life Episode 94: Raising Tech Positive Kids (guest interview with Devorah Heitner)
Parents: Reject Technology Shame (Atlantic article on the importance of digital mentorship)
John Kannell of @preppykitchen (Christine + her girls love his cake videos!)
Related Edit Your Life technology episodes—Episode 19: The Upside of Electronics; Episode 41: Smarter Smartphone Use; Episode 126: Managing Summer Screen Time

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