The Facts About Your Kids and Screen Time (with Dr. Meghan Owenz)

Respectful Parenting: Janet Lansbury Unruffled

JLML Press

Kids & Family, Parenting

4.7 • 3.8K Ratings

🗓️ 18 October 2016

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Janet is joined by Dr. Meghan Owenz and her husband Adam to discuss some of the truths and misconceptions about children and screens. Meghan is a university professor teaching classes on counseling and infant and child development. She and Adam write about the latest research on their website ScreenFreeParenting and present a host of screen-free alternatives to keep children engaged and learning. For more advice on common infant/toddler parenting issues, please check out Janet's books at Amazon and Audible (https://adbl.co/2OBVztZ). Also available for download, her audio series "Sessions" -- recorded consultations with parents discussing their most immediate and pressing concerns (SessionsAudio.com). Our Sponsors:* Check out BabyQuip and use my code UNRUFFLED for a great deal: http://www.babyquip.comSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, before we begin, I just want to remind you to please check out my new
0:07.6	No Bad Kids Master course.
0:09.6	You can find out all about it at nobadkidscourse.com.
0:18.2	Hi, this is Janet Landsbury and welcome to Unruffled.
0:22.7	Today I'm very excited because I have some special guests, Dr. Megan Owens and her husband
0:28.8	Adam.
0:29.8	Dr. Owens is a psychologist and an adjunct professor at Florida International University
0:35.8	and Penn State University.
0:37.5	She teaches classes on counseling and infant and child development.
0:41.7	She writes and speaks about delaying screen time introduction.
0:46.6	She and Adam run a website called screenfreeparenting.com which provides current research on screens
0:54.3	and a host of screenfree alternatives to keep kids engaged in learning.
1:00.4	They are also the proud parents of two screenfree kids aged one and four.
1:10.6	Parenting can be physically and mentally exhausting.
1:13.6	It's all consuming, right?
1:15.4	Yes, we love this work, but we're always on call.
1:18.9	We can so much.
1:20.4	We really have a moment to think about our own well-being.
1:23.5	Most of the time we're making it up as we go along.
1:26.3	There's no road map.
1:27.8	We have to set our own boundaries to find balance in our lives.
1:32.0	If you're feeling overwhelmed, therapy can help.
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