Episode 16: Navigating Screen Time for Kids with Ash Brandin

No One Told Us

Rachael Shepard-Ohta

Society & Culture, Kids & Family, Parenting

4.9 • 590 Ratings

🗓️ 7 December 2023

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Episode 16: Navigating Screen time for Your Kids with Ash Brandin of @thegamereducator We have all done it. We give our kids screen time, and then the guilt sets in. Maybe you even feel like you did something bad by allowing them to use screens. If this sounds like you, you’re not alone. Navigating screen time can be such a challenging part of parenting! This week, join Rachael and Ash Brandin, middle school teacher and educational content creator, as they chat about how to find a balance with screen time. They discuss some strategies for parents to foster a healthy relationship between children and screens plus some guilt-free screen time strategies. They also talk about a lot of the common worries parents have surrounding screen time plus chat about some other things we don’t notice that may be worth paying more attention to! Find out how parents can actually view screens as a tool they can use! Ash provides perspective on "screen equity" and the systemic support that would allow more parents to limit screen time (and why in its absence, families need to figure out what works for them). Learn how to support children who are dysregulated from gaming or screen time and how to Identify age-appropriate content and boundaries around screens, plus much more! Ash is a middle school teacher with over a decade of teaching experience. They believe video games can be part of kid’s lives without being the center of their lives, and screens should be used in a way that benefits whole families. They are an educational content creator, whose Instagram page, The Gamer Educator, is a wealth of information about all things technology and children, supporting and empowering parents since 2021. Ash’s website- The Gamer Educator Kids show & movie recs Rachael is a mom of 3, founder of Hey, Sleepy Baby, and the host of this podcast. Instagram (Show page) Tiktok (Rachael's tiktok account) Show Website For more on biologically normal infant sleep and a holistic approach to getting more sleep, visit heysleepybaby.com and follow on instagram. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	If I get my kid a phone, I'll be able to keep in touch with them all the time.
0:02.8	We'll be on it all the time.
0:04.1	He could walk to school by himself. She could see something, she shouldn't. He could chat with grandma. Friends, trolls. They can access anything on the internet. They can access anything on the internet. So, should I give my kid a phone? Growing up with phones isn't always easy. Introducing EEE safer Sims. Sims that help moderate usage and shield harmful content on any smartphone.
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0:30.2	claims.
0:31.2	Welcome to No One Told Us, the podcast that tells the truth about parenting and talks about all the stuff you wish you knew before having kids.
0:41.0	I'm your host, Rachel Shepard Ota, and today we are joined by Ash, who is a middle school teacher with over a decade of teaching experience.
0:48.9	They believe video games can be part of kids' lives without being the center of their lives and that screens should be used in a way that benefits whole families.
0:57.1	They're an educational content creator whose Instagram page, The Gamer Educator, is a wealth of information about all things, technology and kids, supporting and empowering parents since 2021.
1:09.6	Ash, thank you so much for joining us today. Well, thank you very much for
1:13.3	having me. I'm happy to be here. I am just so happy that I discovered your Instagram page. I forget
1:18.3	who shared it or how I found it, but I'm so glad I did because I think so much of the
1:23.9	conversation around screens on social media is really shame-based and really guilt-based.
1:30.1	And parents are just wondering, like, what the hell to actually do about screens.
1:35.1	So your page is just very refreshing.
1:37.3	Can you tell us a little bit about, like, how you started and why you started this page?
1:41.0	You know, it was really honestly kind of an accident.
1:45.8	I was doing this more in an educational perspective because I'm an educator. I for a long time had played around with
1:51.7	bringing in gaming ideas, like not necessarily actual video games, but like the structures that make
1:57.3	them so compelling. Bringing those kind of of things into my teaching, just playing around
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