Care and Feeding | Slate's parenting show - Managing Screen Time Without Losing Your Mind
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🗓️ 18 August 2025
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
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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| 0:44.1 | moment. See victory rules.co.uk. This episode may contain explicit language. Welcome to Karen |
| 0:51.2 | Feeding, the show where we raise the next generation together. I'm Elizabeth Newkamp. I write the homeschool and family travel blog, Dutch Dutch goose. I'm the mom to Henry who's 13, Oliver who's 11, and Teddy, who's 7. 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 Amii who's four. We live in Amsterdam. Today on the |
| 1:12.9 | show, we're joined by Ash Brandon, author of the book Power On, managing screen time to benefit the whole |
| 1:19.0 | family. First, they're going to fill us in on everything we need to know about safely navigating |
| 1:23.3 | screen time without spiraling into panic or power struggles, then we're going to answer a listener |
| 1:28.5 | question. We'll be right back. |
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