The Screen Struggle is Real :: Arlene Pellicane [Ep 331]

Don't Mom Alone Podcast

Education, Leisure, Kids & Family, Parenting

4.9 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 14 June 2021

⏱️ 56 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

It’s summertime again and in the absence of formal school your kids may be looking forward to unstructured time and more access to screens. As one of the first generations to parent kids in the age of smartphones, we can choose to be on high alert to how healthy our kids' digital habits are and help them set healthy boundaries.

My guest Arlene Pellicane shares strategies from her book Screen Kids and from her own family life. They have a “no phone, no gaming, no social media” policy for their kids and she shares the research and practical reasons behind why. But, wherever you are with screens and your family, this time of year is a perfect time for a reset.

“For our summer mindset, we all need a break and this could be a beautiful time to have some kind of different routine with our screens."

We talk about digital vegetables vs digital candy, reconsidering phones for younger kids, building real world skills for our kids instead of just digital ones and setting digital boundaries. It’s so helpful and I’m already implementing some of Arlene’s advice for my boys this summer.

Know that you are not alone in this struggle. Together we can do this!

Connect with Arlene:

Website: https://arlenepellicane.com
Facebook: facebook.com/ArlenePellicaneAuthor
Instagram: @arlenepellicane

Links Mentioned:

Featured Sponsors:

Prep Dish—Get 2 weeks of meal plans FREE go to prepdish.com/DMA
BetterHelp—get 10% off your first month of professional online counseling at betterhelp.com/DMA

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Hey y'all, welcome back to the Delt Mom Alone podcast.
0:10.9	I am your host Heather McFadden, and this is the place where I get to walk alongside
0:16.3	you and connect you with people and resources so you know that you don't mom alone.
0:21.7	And in this episode, number 331, we are tackling the screen time struggle.
0:29.7	So I've invited author mom expert Arlene Pelican onto the show.
0:37.5	You know, I weren't certainly not anti-tech with lots of technology.
0:40.8	We just don't want the slot machine in the pocket.
0:44.2	And we want our children to be able to solve problems.
0:47.0	So when they have a problem, it's not just text mama, but it's like, okay, I have a flat
0:51.2	tire.
0:52.2	I need to walk home.
0:53.2	I guess I'll start walking.
0:54.2	I mean, it's what we all used to do.
0:56.1	Right.
0:57.1	So we want them to be able to solve problems.
0:58.4	So there is like our belief system that is putting under that.
1:03.0	But again, we have them use our stuff so that they're not like, oh my word, when we leave
1:07.6	this house, we're going to go crazy.
1:09.4	The idea is that they have good habits in place.
1:12.1	So now when they have the good habits in place, then they're handed a phone.
1:16.1	They know how to use that in their life more responsibly.
1:20.3	Arlene is the author of several books.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Don't Mom Alone Podcast, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Don't Mom Alone Podcast and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.