186 episodes
It's My Screen Time Too It's My Screen Time Too
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- TV & Film
We review the programming the other critics ignore: stuff made for kids. Find out what to watch for family movie night, what to avoid altogether, and what you’ll want to watch alone, voluntarily.
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Burning Questions: Chromebook Scare and Screens in School
In this Screen Time in the News episode, we discuss a recent event in Massachusetts wherein a sixth grade student at Whitin Intermediate School took a state-required standardized test on a school issued Chromebook and suffered first degree burns and blisters.
We also catch up on our family watch lists and what we’re watching once the kids go to bed.
Things we mentioned in this episode:
Today’s Screen Time in the News article: Uxbridge pulls laptops from service after student burned during MCAS test by Shaun Ganley from WCBV5 (Boston’s News Leader) from April 9, 2024
What we’ve been watching with our kids:
Billy Joel concertPhineas and FerbWhat we’re watching during grown-up screen time:
Loot on Apple TV+Three Body Problem on NetflixGirls5Eva on NetflixContact us and subscribe to our newsletter at www.myscreentimetoo.com
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Lioness, She-Wolf, Girlboss: Queens Review
It’s Earth Week, so we’re reviewing the nature documentary series Queens on Disney Plus. Find out whether the combination of beautiful photography and female-centric stories is a winning one and which of your hosts just can’t handle the harsh realities of life in the wild.
Previous episodes we mention:
Cinderella The article telling the true story behind the lemming suicide myth, compliments of the Alaska Department of Fish and Game
Minneapolis’s first all-female fire department from the 1980s
Queens made us think of these shows for grown ups:
The Amazing RaceGame of ThronesContact us and subscribe to our newsletter at www.myscreentimetoo.com
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The Pitfalls and Pinnacles of Passing Down Childhood Favorites
Things we mentioned in this episode:
Today’s Screen Time in the News article: Sharing childhood faves with my kids has its ups and downs – but I know it takes them places Netflix or Disney won’t by Myke Bartlett from The Guardian on March 18, 2024
Past episodes we mention:
PollyannaFor more on our journeys into watching old movies with our kids, check out these newsletter posts:
Tron Beetlejuice Free Willy The Neverending StoryThe Karate Kid And just to prove what flip-floppers we are on this issue, here’s a post about replacing childhood faves with more modern picks.
Fresh Air interview with Molly Ringwald
What our kids are watching this week:
Pokemon HorizonsWhat we’re watching in grown-up screen time:
3 Body ProblemManhuntPalm RoyaleCheersIf you’re intrigued by some of the potentially inappropriate shows we talked about someday sharing with our kids:
Alf is currently streaming on Tubi and Peacock (as of April 10, 2024)Dinosaurs is currently streaming on Disney Plus (as of April 10, 2024)Contact us and subscribe to our newsletter at www.myscreentimetoo.com
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Scottish Shenanigans: The Loud House Movie Review
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Previous episodes we mention:
Kung Fu Panda 42 music videos for you:
The truly terrible music video for Vanilla Ice’s rap in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 The much better music video to the Phineas and Ferb song “There’s a Platypus Controlling Me” The Loud House Movie made us think of these movies and shows for grown ups:
Irish WishLeap YearHappy Shiny PeopleJust the Ten of UsBig LoveWe cast the gritty HBO reboot of the movie with:
Tatiana Maslany as all ten Loud sistersKal Penn as DadChloe Sevigny as MomContact us and subscribe to our newsletter at www.myscreentimetoo.com
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Parents, Teens, and Screens: A Pew Report Review
Things we mentioned in this episode:
Parents have a problem with screen time, too, teens say by Heather Kelly
Link to the Pew Research Center report
Zigazoo, the bizarre social media app for kids
What we’ve been watching with our kids:
Young SheldonThe EternalsWhat we’re watching (though not always enjoying) during grown-up screen time:
Constellations on Apple TV+Masters of the Air on Apple TV+Contact us and subscribe to our newsletter at www.myscreentimetoo.com
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Panda Retirement Planning: A Review of Kung Fu Panda 4
Things we mentioned in this episode:
Old episodes we mention:
Raya and the Last Dragon The Super Mario Bros. Movie Animal Crackers The Watch podcast from The Ringer
We compared this movie to the grown-up book What Color is Your Parchute?: Your Guide to a Lifetime of Meaningful Work and Career Success.
We cast the gritty HBO reboot of the movie with:
Jeff Hiller or Noah Schnapp as PoLaci Mosley as ZhenJohn Cho as LiKaren Gillan as Mr. PingContact us and subscribe to our newsletter at www.myscreentimetoo.com
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