Ep. 25 Summer Screen Time

Summer has come, school is out, and summer screen time fears are ensuing! I share the primary tip we will be using this summer to help make screen time intentional and teach our children how to learn and then APPLY what they learn while being on a screen.  Here is the parenting expert I refer to as the inspiration for this tip!  My email is always open for questions, comments, and episode suggestions. Thanks for hanging out with me this week! [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I am extremely excited for our guest today! Meet my new best friend, Julianna Lorenzen from Healthy Screen Habits! HSH is a non-profit that seeks to educate and empower families when it comes to screen usage.  I put out a call for questions on Instagram so we could answer what is stressing you out in your home regarding screen usage. This is a longer episode, but it packed full of examples, stories, and easy-to-apply actions you can start implementing today! Resource Links:  American Academy of Pediatrics Guidelines Wait Until 8th Healthy Screen Habits Links: Website Instagram Facebook Amazon Store Gabb Wireless (use code HSHabits for $10 off!) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week's episode is a bit mind-blowing and extremely informative about what happens behind Big Tech doors when they are making our favorite smart devices. Chris McKenna from Protect Young Eyes is a former youth minister turned into a child advocate in the technology world. Chris shares how he started PYE six years ago a Facebook group and his company has grown to teach thousands of parents how to be prepared when their kids are online.  Protect Young Eyes teaches internet safety for families, schools, and churches. They share everything from basic conversations to the best routers and filters to keep families safe online. Chris also plays a huge role when it comes to legislation surrounding technology. Listen in to hear about the bill recently passed in Utah that helps ensure smartphones and tablets are programmed to be child-friendly as soon as they as are activated.  Links PYE Website PYE App PYE Instagram  The Jones Table IG Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Emily and David Jones, founders of Family Tech University, share what brought them into the technology niche and how their course is created for teens to empower them when it comes to tech use. Both David and Emily knew they needed to come at smartphones differently and didn't agree with the rhetoric of fear surrounding tech use. They began a journey to change the fear into empowerment and knowledge for their own family and many other families since! They teach how teens can develop an internal filter when outside filters are not set.  Links Instagram Family Rules Feature Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On the show today we are hearing from April Whiting who runs @thescreensafeproject. April is a certified screen safety educator and speaks in school about how to be safe when using the internet and screens.  April shares what brought her into the screen safety niche and she shares her personal story around giving her kids personal devices and eventually taking them away. Her family finds greater peace with reduced and limited screen time! Check out April's new course to become a certified screen safety educator yourself! April just launched the course and during this first launch she is offering 50% off! Follow hr IG to stay on top of registration details.  Links  TedX Talk Course Website Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What was intended to be a parenting episode quickly turned into a much-needed conversation around abandonment and attachment styles. Parenting can be rough and it's even harder when we are not in-sync with our spouse! Tony shares how to help improve those opposite attachment styles through personal experience in his practice and his own marriage.  Tony, the host of The Virtual Couch podcast, is a licensed marriage and family therapist in the state of California. Tony recently launched an all-encompassing marriage course to help couples thrive in their marriages! The launch sold out, sign up and save your seat to find out when the next launch will be! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Teenagers can be intimidating without a smartphone, they are can completely frightening once they have the internet in their pockets. BUT it doesn't have to be that way! Andrea Davis from @betterscreentime is chatting with us today sharing her insights and experience tackling teens and tech. Andrea is a mother of 4 who realized after giving her young teenage daughter a smartphone that things needed to change. She backtracked and got her footing in the screen world and now teaches other families how to manage the teen years in a smartphone world.  Andrea's Links Creating a Tech-Healthy Family Untangling Teens and Tech Amazon Store   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Generational parenting has become a bit of a buzz word, but what does it even mean? I'm sharing some insight to what it means and the need for some major changes toward parenting strategies that were used when we were kids.  This isn't a time or excuse to completely cut your parents or blame them for all of your current struggles in life. I promise (majority) of parents did exactly what they know how to do and the best they could. It's our responsibility now to take the good and apply what new research and evidence shows today!  Please leave a rating and review! This is the best way to show appreciation and support of any podcast and it's how the show can be found by others in search of its content! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Who else gets whip lash from my constant brand adjustments? I know I do! Chalk it up to being too cheap to get a business coach😂  This change is a little bigger (figuratively) because in reality I'm actually going really small now, like super small compared to previous plans and goals. Originally this show was created to connect and share tips to survive and thrive while keeping tiny humans (like multiples) alive. What I realized pretty quickly was everything I had to share was far from multiple specific! When I'm asked "how I do it" I share simple things I've learned from principles that apply to families of all kinds, not just multiples. In fact most of the people I wanted to interview didn't have multiples! So why the shift? We are expecting our surprise baby #5 in May 2021. As excited and terrified as we are, its given me the chance to really reflect on what my priorities are and this podcast and all content creation isn't as important as it once was. I still want to share and enjoy sharing, but the focus will reflect what I'm currently doing in school and what I'm applying in life. I'm studying to earn and Marriage and Families Studies degree and at the end will be a Certified Family Life Educator. I could wait to teach what I've learned until after graduation, but its all so good that I can't wait that long! So, you get join with me while I learn! My form of teaching others and solidifying what is taught in school will be sharing through the podcast and right now, Instagram.  Thank you to those who have hung around the past four years through all the ups and downs. Let's cross our fingers this change sticks and grows into whatever my calling is suppose to be🤞🏻 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lisa takes the title "finance nerd" with great pride and for good reason! After studying finance and getting a degree in accounting, Lisa caught the bug lived like no one will for 10 years so she could live like no one can for the rest of her life. Lisa and her husband began investing and knocking out debt while in their early 20's and the rest is history. They now claim the title of everyday millionaires and are still in their 30's! Lisa shares how applying simple money tips and mindset changes can change your financial future and the financial legacy for your family.  Lisa's Links Personal Capital (Check your Net Worth with 1-click for FREE + $50) (affiliate) Betterment ($5,000 Invested with no management fee) Top 10 Money Fit Moves Financial Coaching The Simple Path to Wealth Money Fit Moms on YouTube #debtfreedance Instagram Show Links Instagram Music Cover art Website Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.