348: Priyanka Raha: Kids & Technology: Mentoring Over Monitoring

Shameless Leadership

Sara Dean

Education, Management, How To, Business, Self-improvement

4.7 • 800 Ratings

🗓️ 26 June 2019

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

After a successful fifteen-year career in the tech industry and noticing the amount of exposure her two young boys were giving to their tech devices Priyanka Raha took her passion for technology and her children’s future and launched her startup, PopSmartKids in February 2018. With PopSmartKids, she is driving the Mentoring-Over-Monitoring revolution and is committed to promoting digital citizenship and responsible online behavior. In June 2019, the company will officially launch PopSmartWrite, an interactive learning tool for children to create stories through writing. Priyanka holds a Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Electronics and Telecommunication) and an MBA in Strategy and Systems from Purdue University. She has worked and lived in nine cities across India, US, and Europe, before settling in Seattle, which she calls home now. A core member of the Female Founders Alliance and other female founder communities, she is a zealous supporter of women founders and women in tech. This year she spoke about mindful and meaningful tech at the Women in Tech Regatta Seattle. Listen in to Priyanka share: How to shift our mindset around technology to be about mindful integration instead of a sense of constant invasion How to use technology as a magic wand to support your child’s emotional development and create good global citizens How to use technology to open up communication rather than shut it down Playing the role of a mentor of technology use vs constant monitor and manager of technology use Links Mentioned: Join us at Shameless Mom Con 2020 on March 27th & March 28th! Get on the WaitList for tickets here: Mom Con 2020 Connect with Priyanka and Pop Smart Kids Pop Smart Kids on Facebook Priyanka on Facebook Priyanka on Instagram Thank you to our sponsors: Fabfitfun: To get $10 off your first subscription box (making it only $39.99 for $200 worth of products) go to Fabfitfun and use the code SHAMELESS at checkout. BruMate: Right now, Brumate is giving my/our listeners a special discount of 15% off your first order when you go to BruMate and use our code SHAMELESS, that's BruMate. Instacart: Get your groceries delivered to your door! Save $10 off your first order at Instacart or on the Instacart mobile app when you use the promo code SHAMELESS10 at checkout. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is the Shameless Mom Academy episode 348 with Priyanka Raaha. Show notes for this episode,
0:06.5	including any links mentioned in the episode, as well as any discount codes from our sponsors,
0:10.5	can be found by going to shamelessmom.com and clicking on episode 348.
0:19.6	Welcome to the Shameless Mom Academy. I'm your host, Sarah Dean. I'm here to give you and other passionate, driven, unapologetic moms, tools, resources, and a little bit of humor to help you lead more positive, powerful, and purposeful lives every damn day. One of the best things about the Shameless Mom Academy is our community. So be
0:38.7	sure to join us in our free private Facebook group to connect with other shameless moms just like you.
0:44.0	You can find us over at shamelessom.com forward slash Facebook. All right, let's dive into today's
0:50.6	episode.
1:01.7	After a successful 15-year career in the tech industry and noticing the amount of exposure who two young boys were giving to their tech devices, Priyanka Raaha took her
1:06.4	passion for technology and her children's futures and launched her startup, Pop Smart Kids, in February
1:12.6	2018. With Pop Smart Kids, she is driving the mentoring over monitoring revolution and is
1:18.7	committed to promoting digital citizenship and responsible online behavior. In June 2019,
1:24.7	the company will officially launch Popmart Write, an interactive learning tool
1:28.8	for children to create stories through writing. Priyanka holds a bachelor's degree in engineering
1:33.5	and an MBA in strategies and systems from Purdue. She has worked and lived in nine cities across
1:39.0	India, U.S. and Europe, before settling in Seattle, which she now calls home, a core member of the Female
1:44.8	Founders Alliance and other female founder communities.
1:47.7	She is a zealous supporter of women founders and women in tech.
1:51.1	This year, she spoke about mindful and meaningful tech at the Women in Tech Regatta in Seattle.
1:56.2	Listen in to hear Priyanka share how to shift our mindset around technology to be about mindful
2:01.8	integration instead of a sense of constant invasion. How to use technology as a magic wand to support
2:08.1	your child's emotional development and create good global citizens. How to use technology to open up
2:13.5	communication rather than shut it down. And how to play the role of the mentor of technology
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