On the final episode of season 1, Alex and Jay sit down with Angela Santomero, the creator of the popular television shows Blue's Clues, Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood, and Super Why! Angela has a new book out called Preschool Clues: Raising Smart, Inspired, and Engaged Kids in a Screen-Filled World. In the episode we discuss how she came up with the …

On Episode 15 we welcome Matt McKee from Circle with Disney. Matt has a background both in ministry and as a tech entrepreneur and now describes himself simply as “just another guy trying to make a difference.” He’s a speaker, consultant, and author who also serves as VP of Business Development for Circle with Disney, a device that helps manage and…

On episode 14 we talk with Chris McKenna about the danger of porn and how to help your kids deal with it. After working in the business world and then in student ministry, Chris became Educational Resource Manager for Covenant Eyes, an Internet Safety and Accountability Company. In 2015 he created Protect Young Eyes as a way to equip and encourage …

On Episode 13 we welcome NPR's Anya Kamenetz to talk about her book, The Art of Screen Time. Anya Kamenetz is an education correspondent for NPR and has written about technology and education for years. In this episode we talk about the lack of research when it comes to children and screens/media, and how you can appropriately balance screen time a…

We're glad to welcome Debbie Reber of TiLT Parenting for Episode 12 of The Screen Smart Podcast. Debbie is a New York Times bestselling author and the founder of TiLT Parenting, a website, top podcast, and social media community for parents who are raising differently-wired children. Her new book, Differently Wired: Raising an Exceptional Child in …

On this episode we talk with Joe Ryan, the education coordinator for the South Carolina Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force. We talk to Joe about keeping kids safe online, and he tells us how bridge the gap between parents and kids when it comes to the Internet and social media use. Other topics covered include sexting and cyberbullying.…

Episode 10 features a conversation with Sue Scheff about cyberbullying. Sue is a nationally recognized author, speaker, parent and family internet safety advocate, and the author of Shame Nation: The Global Epidemic of Online Hate.By The Screen Smart Podcast

On this bonus episode we dive deep into the wildly popular video game Fortnite. We discuss how the game works and what parents should be concerned about if their kids play it. We hope you enjoy!By The Screen Smart Podcast

Welcome to Episode 8! Today we’re talking with Carl Petrovsky, founder and CEO of Netsanity. Netsanity is a parental control app for Apple iOS and Samsung devices. It allows parents to block certain apps, filter inappropriate content, set time schedules, filter Youtube & Google searches, and much more. Netsanity is simple to install, simple to use,…

On Episode 7 we talk with Dr. Russell Moore, a well known speaker, author, and the President of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention. The ERLC is the moral and public policy entity of the nation’s largest Protestant denomination. Moore is a frequent cultural commentator, an ethicist and theologian by backgr…

On Episode 6 we talk with Brooke Shannon about the Wait Until 8th pledge and movement. The Wait Until 8th pledge calls on parents to band together in their community and commit to each other that they will wait until at least 8th grade to give their kids a smart phone. Wait Until 8th has certainly garnered a lot of attention, including spots on the…

On episode 5 we speak with Cam Adair, founder of Game Quitters. Cam has a compelling story about his own journey into and out of gaming addiction, which we get into at length. While Cam's story of gaming addiction is pretty extreme, our conversation will offer practical insights to parents whose kids play video games for 18 minutes or 18 hours a da…

On Episode 4 we’re excited to talk with Monica Swanson, the “Grommom” herself! Monica is a successful and influential blogger at MonicaSwanson.com, where she writes about parenting, marriage, health, and faith, while sharing slices of her family’s life in Oahu’s famous North Shore. She’s hard at work on her book, Boy Mom, which is scheduled for rel…

We're pleased to bring you our conversation with Crispin Swan, a founder of Family Zone. We’re grateful for his time and for coordinating a conversation across a huge time zone divide! Family Zone offers a really strong solution for families (or small businesses and schools) who want to provide a “full-service” filtering option for their network. W…

Internet Safety 101. This was fun! Some of the content in this episode grew out of Jay’s short e-book, A Parent’s Guide to Internet Safety: Your Resource for Parenting in the Digital Age, which is available on Amazon.By The Screen Smart Podcast

Welcome to Screen Smart! In this, our inaugural episode, we discuss how the show came to be and why we decided to have these discussions. If you’re here, you probably already have some sense of the importance of these topics.By The Screen Smart Podcast