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Explore how technology influences Generation Alpha’s mental health and identity development through groundbreaking research insights.

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310. How smartphones really affect kids’ mental health: Surprising findings from cutting-edge research with Dr. Wendy Rote

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242. Have phones displaced our ability to play and have fun? How to be intentional with your tech use with Catherine Price

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Tune in to this episode to help understand why our phones are so hard to put down, what that’s doing to our memory, creativity, and overall lived experience, and how we can break free from the grip of technology to live more intentional lives.

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202. Regulation, reward systems, and rest: Rewiring the way our kids interact with screens with Alé Duarte

Young boy using a tablet

Are we asking the wrong questions when it comes to our kids’ screen usage? In a world where technology isn’t going away, the right questions may be less about time limits, access, and controlling their behaviors and more about how we can build a child’s internal regulation system and rewire the reward center in their brain and body that screens are designed to hijack. 

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193. BTS: Is it okay for screen time “rules” to go out the window on travel days?

Children watching their tablets while sitting on an airplane

Being intentional about your child’s screen use is one thing, but on travel days, it’s something entirely different – and that’s okay!

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