Amanda Mozea is the Education Outreach Manager at Media Girls, where she and her team work to help girls to think critically about how to show up authentically in their social media feeds. In this podcast, Amanda joins Krista to share thoughts about the conversations parents need to have with their daughters to help them swim—not sink—in their social worlds.

Scott Bacon is the principal of Blue Valley High School. He joins the podcast this week to discuss the challenges of education in a digital age, the process he went through to establish phone-free classrooms, and the ways that COVID has opened up different opportunities and different thinking for students, parents, and teachers.

One of the best things you can do is help your child understand the impact of screens on your brain—and neurotherapist Susan Dunaway is here to help! Join us for an in-depth discussion of the effects of screens on mental health and brain development, technology during COVID, and video game meltdowns.

On this week’s podcast, host Krista Boan sits down with Amy Crouch to talk about what it was like growing up in a tech-wise family. Amy is a 19-year-old student at Cornell University and the co-author with her dad, Andy Crouch, of My Tech Wise Life: Growing Up and Making Choices in a World of Devices.

DIGITAL HEALTH: Join us as Tracy Foster, Executive Director of START, shares more about START’s five rules of thumb for digital health…and especially how just like a car, tech comes with great responsibility—and requires an intentional training process.

Election years can provide many great opportunities to start a conversation with your kids about attack ads – which can be very confusing and scary. Here are a few talking points!

Mi hija tiene 16 y, como cualquier adolescente, lidia con el drama social y sus altibajos. Quiero que tenga un celular por su propia seguridad, pero el año pasado me di cuenta de que lo estaba usando para mucho más que eso. Se desvelaba enviando mensajes de texto y pasando tiempo en las redes sociales. Y, para ser honestos, la hermosa hija que yo conocía y amaba se estaba convirtiendo en un ogro.

How might Alexander Hamilton’s life have been different if smartphones existed in the 1770s? We hope no one reading this ever faces a gun duel, but we know that most of us face a daily battle to use our screens with intention, maximizing the many benefits, while minimizing the side effects. Enjoy our modern day re-write of the epic song: My Shot.

With near-constant exposure to news and social media amidst this injustice, more kids are watching graphic videos of tragic violence and reading hateful comments on social media. Dr. Allison Briscoe-Smith, Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion of the Wright Institute, recently shared thoughts on how parents can help kids process and respond to what they are seeing.

Looking for a fun activity to do tonight? Download and print this Zoom Mad Lib to do with your family…or use it to help make the most of your next Zoom playdate—have your child ask a friend for the words and then read it back…rolling in laughter.