How to Limit Your Toddler's Screen Time

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Kate Garlinge

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4.7 • 654 Ratings

🗓️ 9 September 2020

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Few topics will spark debate among parents more readily than screen time. It’s so controversial! Screens are everywhere. And avoiding them can feel like the domain of super-human parents. Learn some tips to cut down on screens from Dr. Screen-Free Mom: Meghan Owenz. She runs a website, Screen-Free Parenting, with over 27,000 active participants. She is also an Assistant Teaching Professor at Penn State University.

Key Takeaways:

[1:46] What does screen-free look like for Meghan’s family?

[2:24] Meghan shares alternatives for keeping kids engaged and busy.

[3:23] Use her S.P.O.I.L. system to cut down on screen time.

[4:38] How can independent play be achieved so parents can have a break too?

[6:37] Rotate favorite toys in and out of special baskets so that they feel fresh.

[8:18] Does screen-free mean more stuff? There are ways around it: Something as simple as a scarf can offer miles of road-trip diversion.

[9:37] What does the science tell us about the effects of screen time on kids?

[11:17] Meghan shares research findings on attention.

[12:13] Meghan talks about how language is impacted by screens.

[14:00] What about connecting with grandparents or friends over Zoom or FaceTime?

[16:13] How does Meghan help parents wean their children from screens?

[18:08] What does becoming screen-free look like?

[19:38] How can a parent enforce a screen-free approach? She provides advice around changing rules with a toddler, as well as older children.

[22:45] Jessica provides a recap of an eye-opening conversation with Dr. Meghan Owenz.

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0:00.0	This week, we are revisiting a listener favorite from June 2020 as we prepare the lineup for our upcoming season, Perspectives.
0:08.7	Starting April 21st, you'll hear from various experts on topics like sleep, eating, and parenting philosophies, so you can make informed choices for your family.
0:21.9	Parenthood is a time of so much change for you and your baby.
0:26.6	A little reliable information can go a long way towards making this new life a good life.
0:32.4	I'm Jessica Rolfe, and this is my new life, a love every podcast.
0:42.6	Thank you. Rolf, and this is My New Life, a Love Every podcast. Few topics will spark debate among parents more enthusiastically than screen time.
0:48.7	It's so controversial.
0:50.3	Screens are everywhere, and the research on how they impact developing brains is mixed some equate
0:56.5	screens with books just another form of media and then there are perspectives like those of
1:01.4	psychologist eric sigman he recently went so far as to say although screens can appear to hold your
1:08.0	two-year-old's attention they're actually impeding the development of the
1:11.8	ability that parents are so eager to foster, the ability to focus, to concentrate, and to lend
1:17.2	attention. The purpose of this episode is to provide a perspective from a parent who has made an
1:23.0	intentional decision to be screen-free with her own two children, now five and eight, and to offer
1:29.9	advice on how to keep screen time to a minimum. Dr. Megan Owens goes by Screen-Free Mom. She runs a
1:37.4	website Screenfreeparenting.com with over 27,000 active and engaged participants. She's also
1:43.7	an assistant teaching professor at Penn State
1:45.9	University. Hello, Megan. Hi, Jessica. How are you doing? Great. And I'm so excited to talk to you
1:52.8	today. It's such an important topic. And I'm really curious to start with what does screen
1:58.1	free look like for your family?
2:04.7	Well, you know, the honest answer to that is it looks messy.
2:15.1	Yesterday, my kids did a magic show, held a book fair, and threw a birthday party for stuffed animals.
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