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Offline with Jon Favreau

How Should Parents Manage Kids’ Screen Time?

Offline with Jon Favreau

Crooked Media

Society & Culture, News

4.72K Ratings

🗓️ 5 June 2022

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Anya Kamenetz, author of “The Art of Screen Time” and NPR education reporter, talks with Jon about what a healthy amount of screen time looks like for our kids. She teaches Jon the leading research, talks about the how pandemic changed her understanding of screen time, and offers a road map for raising kind, thoughtful kids in an increasingly online world.

Transcript

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0:00.6

During the pandemic, a lot of our kids

0:02.2

were using platforms like Roblox to socialize

0:04.8

with each other and keep those relationships up.

0:07.6

And I think that had a lot of really positive benefits.

0:09.7

But I think the overarching thing for parents

0:12.5

is that we're always told how to say no

0:14.9

and that good parents say no.

0:16.6

But we're not given enough examples of what

0:18.8

saying yes can look like.

0:20.4

And watching a funny TikTok with your kid

0:23.3

or looking something up online to answer a question

0:25.7

that you both have, or merely just asking your kid

0:29.0

what they did online today is something

0:31.2

that we need a good paradigm for.

0:32.9

And one of the experts in my book was saying like,

0:35.2

everybody knows what a soccer mom is or soccer dad.

0:38.0

They bring the orange slices.

0:39.1

They cheer on the sidelines like they say great game.

0:42.4

But what does it minecraft mom?

0:45.0

I'm John Favreau.

0:46.1

Welcome to offline.

0:49.3

Hey, everyone.

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