Care and Feeding | Slate's parenting show - ENCORE! Managing Screen Time Without Losing Your Mind
Care and Feeding | Slate's parenting show
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4.4 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 1 January 2026
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
The hosts are on vacation this week! So we're taking you back in time with one of our favorite episodes of the year.
Elizabeth and Zak talk with Ash Brandin, author of Power On, about managing screen time without guilt or panic. They discuss realistic strategies and why screen time doesn’t define parenting quality. Then, a listener’s question about school tech mandates gets some thoughtful answers. Plus, Slate Plus offers kid-friendly tech picks.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey there, Karen Feeding listeners. |
| 0:07.4 | Happy New Year. |
| 0:08.5 | We're not working today, but never fear. |
| 0:10.6 | We have for you one of our favorite episodes of the year. |
| 0:13.8 | It's all about managing screen time and taking away some of the fear factor around screens, |
| 0:19.7 | which, if you're like me, you might be worrying |
| 0:21.9 | about how much screen time your kids have been getting over the holidays. |
| 0:25.4 | Zach and I talked with Ash Brannon, author of Power On, about managing screen time without |
| 0:30.6 | guilt or panic. |
| 0:32.2 | It's a lot of fun and hopefully really helpful as we get into the new year. |
| 0:36.3 | If you're not a Slate Plus member, |
| 0:37.8 | and you really should be, it'll give you an idea of all the fun we have on the Plus playground. |
| 0:42.3 | You can sign up now at slate.com slash care plus to become a member today. Talk to you then. |
| 0:56.5 | This episode may contain explicit language. |
| 1:01.6 | Welcome to Karen Feeding, the show where we raise the next generation together. |
| 1:03.0 | I'm Elizabeth Newkamp. |
| 1:05.7 | I write the homeschool and family travel blog, Dutch Dutch goose. |
| 1:09.5 | I'm the mom to Henry who's 13, Oliver who's 11, and Teddy who's 7. |
| 1:13.1 | We live in Tokyo, Japan. I'm Zach Rosen. I make another show. It's called The Best Advice Show, and I am Dad to Noah, who's 7, and Ami, who's 4. |
| 1:18.4 | We live in Amsterdam. Today on the show, we're joined by Ash Brandon, author of the book, |
| 1:23.6 | Power On, managing screen time to benefit the whole family. First, they're going to fill us in on |
| 1:28.8 | everything we need to know about safely navigating screen time without spiraling into panic |
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