Balancing Technology Use and Parenting: Modeling Healthy Tech Habits for Children

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Episode 2109:

In this episode, host Greg Audino narrates Julie Morgenstern's blog post about being a media mentor for children. The post discusses the pervasive influence of smartphones and the importance of modeling healthy technology use as parents. Morgenstern suggests creating household technology rules, making conscious choices about technology usage, setting and enforcing screen time limits for children, and even planning a three-day technology detox for the whole family.

Read along with the original article(s) here: https://www.juliemorgenstern.com/tips-tools-blog/2018/4/20/parents-can-you-be-a-digital-media-mentor-for-your-child

Quotes to ponder:

"Parents are so overloaded that they feel the need to fill every micro-moment with another task, another phone call, another connection."

"Kids imitate what their parents do. If you want your kids to have a healthy relationship with technology, you must model it yourself."

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