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Zen Parenting Radio

Movies & Screens Podcast #453

Zen Parenting Radio

Todd and Cathy Adams

Education, Philosophy, Parenting, Self-improvement, Kids & Family, Society & Culture

4.8636 Ratings

🗓️ 28 August 2018

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

Cathy and Todd talk with Dr. Devorah Heitner, author of Screenwise and 2019 Zen Parenting Conference speaker, about supporting/guiding a child through their first-phone experience. They also discuss recent movies such as 8th Grade, BlacKKKlansman, and the new documentary, America to Me, filmed at Oak Park River Forest High School.

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0:00.0

Do you do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do we go. My name's Todd.

0:06.6

This is Kathy. Welcome back to Zen Parenting Radio. This is podcast number 453. Why listen to Zen Parenting Radio?

0:13.3

Because you'll feel outstanding. And who doesn't want to feel outstanding? And always remember

0:17.8

our motto, which is that the best predictor of a child's well-being is a parent's self-understanding.

0:24.1

We got a lot cooking on today's show.

0:26.2

First of all, we usually record in the morning and we're recording in the afternoon.

0:29.9

So it's kind of a different feel for me.

0:31.7

I don't know about you, sweetie.

0:33.0

It's a little different.

0:33.9

It is a little different.

0:35.3

But the reason we are doing an afternoon recording is because

0:38.9

we just interviewed one of the speakers of our 2019 Zen Parenting Conference titled, Get Your Brave on.

0:48.3

Correct. Ms. Devorah Heitner. Dr. Devorah Heitner. Dr. Devorah Heitner.

0:57.6

And it's because Millie She, our good friend,

1:04.1

wrote in a question because she's on Team Zen about technology. And she has a sixth grader, and she doesn't know whether or not she should get her over a phone, and if so, what kind.

1:07.6

So we did something out of the ordinary, which is we Skyped her in and we just recorded

1:12.5

the interview about a half hour ago.

1:14.7

And I think the question, I mean, she did, you know, Millie did ask what kind, but she

1:18.4

didn't mean like Nokia or, you know, that kind of thing.

1:22.6

No, it's like everything that goes into that.

1:23.7

She meant like when I get a phone, what does that mean?

1:25.9

How do I, how do I set up this system? How do I create a communication with my child about this? How do I monitor what she's doing?

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