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Scrolling 2 Death is a podcast for parents who are worried about social media. Through interviews with parents and experts, we explore smartphone use, screen time, school-issued devices, social media use and so much more.
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Your Child’s First Device: A Psychologist Weighs In (ft. Dr. Carrie Mackensen & Titania Jordan) (opens the original)
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When is your child ready for their first phone or watch—and how do you make that transition without handing over too much, too soon? In this episode, I’m joined by psychologist Dr. Carrie Mackensen and Titania Jordan of Bark Technologies for a very real conversation about giving our kids their first devices. We talk about the iPad that often comes before the first phone, why “educational” screen time isn’t necessarily harmless, and how devices can quietly become a crutch for both kids and parent
Big Tech's Education Playbook: Exposed (ft. NY Times journalist Natasha Singer) (opens the original)
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What happens when Big Tech gets to decide what our kids learn? Technology companies have worked their way into our schools—not just providing the devices and software, but influencing curriculum, training teachers, lobbying lawmakers, and shaping what educators are told our kids need to succeed. In this episode, I sit down with NY Times journalist Natasha Singer , author of Coding Kids , to unpack how the tech industry sold America on the idea that every child needed to code—and how that same pl
I gave my kid their first device (ft. Sarah Gardner & Titania Jordan) (opens the original)
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What happens when two parents who have spent years saying “not yet” to devices finally decide their kids are ready? In this conversation, Nicki Petrossi and Sarah Gardner share their very personal experiences giving their oldest children a first device — the Bark Watch — and why they chose a tool designed for communication without opening the door to social media, browsers, games, or endless scrolling. Joined by Bark Technologies’ Titania Jordan, they talk honestly about what parents are really
Ask the Experts: School Tech Edition (Part 4) (opens the original)
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What can parents actually do when their child's school is using too much technology? In the final episode of our Ask the Experts: School Tech Edition back-to-school series, I'm joined by Emily Cherkin, The Screentime Consultant , a former middle school teacher, parent, author, and longtime advocate for healthier technology use in schools. Using questions submitted by parents, we tackle some of the biggest challenges families are facing: excessive screen time, school-issued laptops, i-Ready and o
Ask the Experts: School Tech Edition (Part 3) (opens the original)
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Part 3 with Dr. Jared Cooney-Horvath Is classroom technology actually helping children learn—or have we accepted a massive educational experiment without the evidence to support it? In Part 3 of our Ask the Experts: School Tech Edition mini-series, I'm joined by neuroscientist Dr. Jared Cooney-Horvath to examine what decades of brain science actually tell us about screens, AI, and learning. Using questions submitted by parents, we tackle some of the biggest debates in education today: Are device
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