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Screen Time SOS: Simple Steps to Rescue Your Child from Digital Overload
Manage episode 413429881 series 2964908
Are your kids suffering from digital overload? Do you wonder if it’s too late for your already addicted kids? Listen as Dawn speaks with Melanie Hempe on screen addiction and how to help our kids thrive in a digital age.
ABOUT MELANIE:
Melanie Hempe helps parents prevent screen addiction, rescue their kids, and enjoy family life again. After her oldest son dropped out of college due to his video game addiction, Melanie Hempe, BSN, utilized her nursing degree from Emory University to warn families about the dangers of screen overuse and founded ScreenStrong. Melanie simplifies medical science for parents, empowering them with the reasons to skip not all screen use but the most harmful screen use—social media, violent video games, and pornography—through adolescence.
IN THIS EPISODE:
2:39 - How Melanie became interested in screen safety
15:45 - Kids 0-5
23:02- How long will it take to detox?
29:40 - The science behind screens
33:07 - Kids 6-12 year olds
42:40 - “I want to reduce screen-time, where do I begin?”
44:44 - “What if it’s my spouse who is addicted?”
48:40 - Kids Brains and Screens book
LINKS MENTIONED:
Kids Brains and Screens book - https://amzn.to/3U4p1uX
The Screen Strong Solution book - https://amzn.to/3xFckPD
Be Screen Strong IG - https://www.instagram.com/bescreenstrong/
Canopy - https://canopy.us/
Melanie’s son’s perspective on growing up without screens - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/live-teen-q-a-on-growing-up-without-addictive-screens-179/id1474681355?i=1000641960104
How to teach young kids to play on their own - https://youtu.be/6BlKIluXMcE?feature=shared
Welcome to The Official Minimal Mom Podcast. Thank you so much for listening and could I ask a favor? Would you mind following? It helps podcast apps recommend this podcast to more friends. Thank you! Dawn
56 episodes
Manage episode 413429881 series 2964908
Are your kids suffering from digital overload? Do you wonder if it’s too late for your already addicted kids? Listen as Dawn speaks with Melanie Hempe on screen addiction and how to help our kids thrive in a digital age.
ABOUT MELANIE:
Melanie Hempe helps parents prevent screen addiction, rescue their kids, and enjoy family life again. After her oldest son dropped out of college due to his video game addiction, Melanie Hempe, BSN, utilized her nursing degree from Emory University to warn families about the dangers of screen overuse and founded ScreenStrong. Melanie simplifies medical science for parents, empowering them with the reasons to skip not all screen use but the most harmful screen use—social media, violent video games, and pornography—through adolescence.
IN THIS EPISODE:
2:39 - How Melanie became interested in screen safety
15:45 - Kids 0-5
23:02- How long will it take to detox?
29:40 - The science behind screens
33:07 - Kids 6-12 year olds
42:40 - “I want to reduce screen-time, where do I begin?”
44:44 - “What if it’s my spouse who is addicted?”
48:40 - Kids Brains and Screens book
LINKS MENTIONED:
Kids Brains and Screens book - https://amzn.to/3U4p1uX
The Screen Strong Solution book - https://amzn.to/3xFckPD
Be Screen Strong IG - https://www.instagram.com/bescreenstrong/
Canopy - https://canopy.us/
Melanie’s son’s perspective on growing up without screens - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/live-teen-q-a-on-growing-up-without-addictive-screens-179/id1474681355?i=1000641960104
How to teach young kids to play on their own - https://youtu.be/6BlKIluXMcE?feature=shared
Welcome to The Official Minimal Mom Podcast. Thank you so much for listening and could I ask a favor? Would you mind following? It helps podcast apps recommend this podcast to more friends. Thank you! Dawn
56 episodes
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