This week, I'm joined by Ash Brandon.

Ash is an educator, a researcher, and a former middle school teacher who's on a mission to help families rethink screen time.

You might know Ash from Instagram as the gamer educator, where they share practical, compassionate tools to help parents set boundaries without shame or power struggles.

And exciting news. Ash's brand new book,

Power On, hits bookstores everywhere on August 26th. This conversation really stuck with me

and gave me so much insight into some of my own triggers around my own kids screen time.

That's one of the things Ash and I talk about. And I can't

wait for you to hear this conversation because I know you will also learn something new, have a

reframe for how you think about screen time, and also feel empowered to deal with screen time

with your kids in a way that feels good instead of ridden with guilt. I'm Dr. Becky, and this is good inside.

We'll be back right after this.

Hi, Ash.

I'm so excited to have you here.

I am so thrilled to be here.

Thank you so much.

Okay, we're going to talk about so many different things, screen time and misconceptions and reframes.

I know you love all those things I do too, but I'm just thinking about the time of year.

And I feel like I hear from parents in this kind of summer to fall transition all the time.

Just like, I feel like I had a lot of screen time over this summer.

I feel like it's time to tighten up.

Just in this moment of time when I think that thought is in so many parents' heads,

like, where do you go from there in terms of even how parents are thinking about it, tightening up,

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