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Welcome to Raising Good Humans. I'm Dr. Lisa Pressman. And today we're talking with Professor

Gene Twangy. She's a professor of psychology at San Diego State University.

She's the author of more than 150 scientific publications, and her latest book,

Ten Rules for Raising Kids in a High Tech world, is out now.

This is such a controversial conversation.

What we talked about today were the seven conversations that you need to have with your kids before you embark on any technology,

regardless of age. So we're talking about those seven conversations. And then the fundamental rules

that we absolutely need to have in the household. We also talked about how Dr. Twangy has an age

recommendation, which I think is a little bit tricky. You need to take into account

your own household. We can't do that for you. So of course, researchers and psychologists are going

to err on the side of the oldest age possible to stretch the time between, you know, childhood

and exposure to social media, for example. But we also look to you. I mean,

ultimately, this is a personal decision. You have to also think about your bandwidth, how much

support you have, how much support you can give your kids, and who they are and what their

temperament is. So I don't want you to be so stuck on an age, but at least when you hear what

experts say about age recommendations, it sort of pushes you in the direction of just like,

don't do it as early as you think. I don't want anybody to panic. You know your kids and their

capacity and your capacity. And that is a

huge factor that cannot be replicated in studies and it isn't something that we can universally

say is the thing. So I hope you enjoy this episode. I hope it doesn't stress you out and gives

you more confidence to have rules that make sense to you, conversations that will be helpful. And as always,

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