So how can we merge this digital well-being and what are the implications as far as mental health

well-being? So I was like, how do we go after those early years, right when their children are

young and really preserve the early years? Hey everyone, welcome back to the Pete's Doc Talk

podcast, a podcast that keeps growing because of you and your reviews. So thank you for tuning in

and being here today. Today's guest is Penny Morange. She is a nurse practitioner passionate

supporter of the early years of childhood development and very passionate about digital wellness.

She is on Instagram as screens underscore and underscore kids and she's coming on today to talk

all about how to balance the convenience of screens with your child's health and development.

Penny, thank you so much for joining me today. Oh, thank you, Dr. Mona. I am so delighted to be here.

Thank you so much for having me and for providing this platform. I'm happy to be here.

Well, I love talking about screen time because I think it's obviously something very

useful in our, you know, generation, but I am very obviously very open about talking about

limitations, making sure that we're creating screen time rules. For anyone who hasn't listened

to episode 111, I actually had a eye doctor on where we talk about the importance of

balancing screen time with visual health. But me and Penny are talking about why it's

important to balance the convenience of screens with child development and why we don't want to

overuse the convenience because I know sometimes we get used to that and we want to do it.

And this is a very open conversation from two moms who are trying to navigate this pandemic and

you know, whenever you're listening to this, it's very hard to, you know, navigate all of these

things and decisions that we make, but we want to make the best choices to balance development.

So tell me more about yourself, Penny and what brought you to be so passionate about digital wellness

for families. Yeah, absolutely. So just like you said, I am just a mom just like right there in

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