Finding Kids’ Media That Isn’t Terrible: Episode 46

The Mom Hour

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Parenting, Kids & Family

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🗓️ 12 April 2016

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

There’s no shortage of movies, television, books and music geared toward kids. The tough part is, some of it is pretty terrible, some is just okay, and some is truly fantastic (making us want to be a kid again, quite frankly).

In Episode 46 Meagan and Sarah discuss helping our kids follow their interests into the realms of literature, music, and screen media. We marvel over some of the differences between what’s available today and what we watched as kids, and we share some of our favorite resources for navigating the ever-changing landscape of kids’ media.T

LINKS MENTIONED:

Commonsense Media
Overdrive (mobile app for digital audio and ebook loans from your local library)
Cool Mom Tech (great reviews of tablet apps and games for kids)
Some of Sarah’s kids favorite chapter book series (good for read-aloud with a parent or grades 1-3 independent reading)
Magic Tree House
The Magic School Bus chapter books (different from the picture books)
The Secrets of Droon
Nancy Clancy chapter books (same author as the Fancy Nancy picture books, but for early elementary schoolers)
Ivy & Bean series
Non-fiction biography series Who Was… (here’s one example)
Chinaberry (book catalog)
KidsVuz (kid-generated videos and product reviews)
Disney Stories playlist on Spotify
Podcasts Sarah’s kids like:
Brains On! and Tumble (both science podcasts for kids)
Potter and Daughter (an accompaniment to the Harry Potter book series)

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0:07.2	I know that this time of year,
0:08.6	a lot of us are looking for fun holiday media
0:11.1	that we can listen to with our kids in the room, but that's also fun for us.
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0:59.0	Wundery Plus. Hi, I'm Sarah. I'm a mom of three kids ages two, five, and seven, and I live in Southern California.
1:12.0	And I'm Megan, I am
1:15.0	live in Southern California. And I'm Megan. I am the mom of five kids ages six through 17 and I live in Michigan.
1:18.0	This is the mom hour part of the Life Listen to Network.
1:24.0	Hey everyone and welcome to episode 46 of the Mom Hour.
1:28.0	I am Sarah Powers and I'm here as always with Megan
1:32.0	Hey Megan. Hey, Sarah Sarah how's it going so it's great so
1:36.2	today we're going to talk about kids media and finding media for your kids that isn't
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