EP90. Screens, Screens, Screens! With Neuroscientist, Dr. Cindy Hovington
The Mom Room
Renee Reina & Podcast Nation
4.8 • 602 Ratings
🗓️ 18 May 2021
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
EP90. As parents, all we hear about is how bad screens are for kids. We are bombarded with guidelines about how much screen time kids should get and what kinds of shows they should be watching. Dr. Cindy Hovington breaks down what the research actually says about screens. She gives us tips for how to manage screen time at home, she tells us what her favourite kids shows are, and she stresses the importance of balance when it comes to screens and other activities.
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| 0:00.0 | Is drinking raw milk safe like RFK Jr. suggests? Can you reduce a glucose spike if you eat your food in, quote, unquote, the right order? I'm registered dietitian Abby Sharp. I host a nutrition myth-busting podcast called Bite Back with Abby Sharp. And those are just some of the questions I tackle with qualified experts on my show. |
| 0:21.4 | There is so much food misinformation and disinformation out there, and it can feel impossible |
| 0:27.9 | to know what's real and what's BS. |
| 0:30.7 | On Biteback, my goal is to help listeners create a pleasurable relationship with food, |
| 0:35.3 | their body, and themselves, which in my opinion is the |
| 0:38.6 | fundamental secret to good health. Listen to bite back wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:44.9 | This podcast is brought to you by Podcast Nation. Welcome to the mom room room podcast. My name is Renee Rina and I am definitely the mom friend |
| 1:08.5 | you have always wanted. Welcome to the Tuesday episode, my friends. |
| 1:13.8 | This is an episode that we, by we, I mean Dr. Cindy Huffington and I, |
| 1:20.0 | have wanted to record for so long. |
| 1:22.8 | And just with scheduling and both of us being so busy, |
| 1:32.2 | we weren't able to do it until today. And by today, I mean Sunday, but you will be listening to this on a Tuesday. So what are we talking about? |
| 1:38.4 | You might ask. Well, we are talking about screens and screen time and your children specifically. If there ever was a hot topic, this is it. Cindy is a neuroscientist. She is from Montreal. She is the founder of Curious Neuron, which if you're not following her on Instagram, you must. She shares such a valuable |
| 2:04.1 | science-based research, but in a way that's digestible for parents. Every week, she covers a new |
| 2:11.5 | topic. It's a very helpful Instagram account to follow. When Cindy reached out to me on Instagram asking about coming on the |
| 2:19.2 | podcast, I was like, oh my God, yes. And we thought about what topic we should cover. And I was like, |
| 2:26.8 | we need to do screens. Our experience with screens, if you haven't already, go read a blog post that I wrote a while back. I will actually put it up in my |
| 2:39.3 | stories the week that this episode gets published so that you can go and read it. I'll put it in the |
| 2:44.3 | episode notes as well, actually. When Milo was really young, we would put on Paw Patrol in really |
| 2:50.2 | difficult situations. So if he was insanely |
| 2:53.2 | gassy and having tummy troubles, it would just really help to calm him down. Now I understand why. |
| 2:59.8 | But at the moment, I was like, this is weird. He really likes Paw Patrol, obviously. For some reason, |
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