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Brave Writer

283. Exploring the Relationship between Kids and Tech

Brave Writer

Julie Bogart and Melissa Wiley

Books, Arts, Education For Kids, Kids & Family, Education

4.8 • 904 Ratings

🗓️ 16 April 2025

⏱️ 63 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

Do you feel overwhelmed navigating screens, gaming, and tech in your home? You’re not alone. In this episode, we explore how to shift from blame to curiosity when it comes to your child’s digital life. Ash Brandin, a middle school teacher and the voice behind The Gamer Educator, joins us to talk about the real reasons kids love screens—and how we can use those insights to build stronger connections and more balanced relationships with technology.

We discuss the root causes behind tech reliance, how to help kids develop digital literacy, and why empathy and structure matter more than screen limits alone. Tune in for a refreshing, realistic take on managing tech in a way that benefits the whole family.


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Ash Brandon is here today on the Brave Writer podcast to help us think about video games, technology,

1:00.2

AI, education, and more.

1:03.0

Ash is a middle school teacher in Boulder, Colorado, with an education specialist degree.

1:09.3

They have spoken across the country about how academic spaces

1:13.6

can mimic game structures to make learning compelling, motivating, and engaging. Ash believes games,

1:21.7

specifically entertainment-based games, can help us create better teaching, more engaged learning, increased empathy,

1:31.5

more inclusive classrooms, and motivated lifelong learners. You might know Ash because they have an

1:38.8

amazing Instagram account, which is the gamer educator. Please join me in welcoming Ash to the Brave Writer

1:47.3

podcast. So today is a fun day for me. Ash and I were both just saying it's like a full

1:58.2

circle moment. Melissa is out right now, so it's just the two of us.

2:01.8

And I remember way back when you were new to Instagram and one of my followers said, hey, have you

2:08.6

seen Ash Brandon? And at that point, I think you had like 362 followers. And I was immediately taken

2:16.9

with your content. Today, you're like over 220,000 followers on

2:21.2

Instagram. You have a book deal. Ash, what's it like to be you? Oh my gosh, Julie. Well, it's very

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