Healthy Screen Habits Podcast Hillary Wilkinson

Autumn McKay is a childhood educator, author, parent,  and founder of The Best Mom Ideas!  She has navigated the challenges of screen time management with her own kids and faced the very familiar scenario of dealing with tech tantrums and the “10 more minutes” meltdowns. In short, she's one of us!  She's in the trenches.
In this episode we talk about steps to take in early child development to foster lifelong success.
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Michael Jacobus figured out how to combine digital wellness with his experiences as a camp director for over 40 years. In the summer of 2018, he started the world's first clinical summer camp program for teens and adolescents suffering from unhealthy screen time, social media use, and gaming addiction. 
Reset Summer Camp is a camp for digital detox and life skills. Michael’s book: UnHappy Campers is a great read and a fantastic resource for families who want to implement more structure around tech in their home.  In this episode we discuss the book, the camp and the ReSet app.      
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On March 28th of this year, Children and Screens, Institute of Digital Media and Child Development announced the release of a landmark report unveiling the significant impacts of the UK's Age Appropriate Design Code (AADC) on digital platforms. 
The Institute's review identified an unprecedented wave of 91 changes made across leading social media and digital platforms.  Find out what they are when you listen to this episode 
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Tessa Stuckey, AKA:The Mom Therapist, works with families navigating the digital, tech-filled world that our kids are growing up in. Tessa takes on today’s negative cultural effects on our kids’ mental health from the perspective of a therapist but with the heart of a caring mother. 
In this episode we talk about creating a healthier and positive lifestyle for the whole family through anxiety management, understanding online harms, necessary limits of screen use, and the need for healthy connection.  Listen now!
 

After her oldest son dropped out of college due to his video game addiction, Melanie Hempe  put her nursing degree to good use and founded Screen Strong, a nonprofit that empowers families to prevent screen problems and reclaim their kids from toxic screens.
Listen to this episode and learn how your family can stop fighting over screens, kids can gain more life skills and everyone can benefit!
 

Healthy Screen Habits was founded by a group of 4 moms who find it imperative to practice what we teach! Next week,  the podcast will take a break as we enjoy Spring Break with our own families.
During Spring Break, take some time to do some digital spring cleaning!  Delete unused apps and revisit memories of the past year by organizing photos. The act of revisiting memories brings about reminiscence which it turns out is one of the best ways to increase language with younger kids and strengthen memory.
Enjoy all of these memories and create new ones this Spring Break.