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🗓️ 14 September 2023

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

On this episode: Zak Rosen, Jamilah Lemieux, and Elizabeth Newcamp talk about parenting digital citizens.

Elizabeth sits down with author and speaker Dr. Devorah Heitner about her latest book, Growing Up in Public. The book helps guide parents through navigating social media and phone usage for their kids — and the privacy, freedom, and surveillance issues that come along with phones.

We also go over our week in parenting. And then, for Slate Plus, we’ll debrief on our conversation with Devorah — and how the hosts handle screentime and internet access in their own households.

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Podcast produced by Rosemary Belson and Maura Currie.

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0:00.0	This episode contains explicit language.
0:05.2	Welcome to Mom and Daughter Fighting Slate's Parenting Podcast for Thursday, September 14th, the Growing Up in Public Edition.
0:13.1	I'm Elizabeth Newkamp. I write the homeschool and family travel blog, Dutch Dutch Goose.
0:17.4	I'm the mom of three littles, Henry who's 11, Oliver who's 9, and Teddy who's six. We live in Tokyo, Japan. I'm Zach Rosen. I make another podcast. It's called The Best Advice Show. And I'm Dad to Noah, who's six, and Ami, who's going to be three this week. We live in Detroit. I'm Jamila Lemieux. I'm a writer, contributor to Slate's Karen Feeding Parenting column,
0:39.0	and Mom to Naima, who's 10, and we live in Los Angeles. Well, you guys, I'm super excited about today's
0:45.0	show. I'm talking with Devorah Heytner, who wrote the eye-opening book Growing Up in Public. It delves
0:52.0	into the intricate world of social media and how it's impacting our
0:55.2	kids. I'm sure many of you, just like me, are feeling a bit perplexed about how to help kids
1:00.5	navigate this digital landscape. Well, DeVora is here to help us find our way. So whether you're
1:06.1	a parent, a guardian, an educator, or just curious about the influence of social media, this is a segment
1:12.0	you're not going to want to miss. But before that, of course, we are going to share some stories
1:16.5	from our week in parenting. And then if you're in the Slate Plus Club, we will debrief our interview
1:21.9	with DeVora and talk about our own experience parenting young digital citizens. Here's what you'll hear if you have Slate Plus.
1:30.1	I did appreciate the note about letting your kids know that you're tracking them. Yeah.
1:34.6	Which is something, you know, Naima tends to forget. And so I'll pick her phone up in front of her and she's like, what are you doing? I'm like, I'm about to read all your text messages, girl. Yeah, another thing that
1:45.5	your conversation made me think of is this constant refrain that we're hearing from Noah,
1:50.4	which is like, why do you guys get to be on your phones? And I don't get a phone. And I'm like,
1:55.7	good point. And then I put it down. As a Slate Plus member, you'll get a whole bonus segment every week and all your favorite
2:03.3	Slate podcasts ad-free.
2:05.1	It's truly the best way to listen and the best way to support the show.
2:08.7	You can sign up for Slate Plus now at slate.com slash mom and dad plus.
2:14.1	All right.
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