S10|05 - Better Screen Time, a Slow-tech Conversation with Andrea Davis

How do you balance kids’ natural curiosity and imaginative play with the constantly evolving tech and screens? When is too early, or too late to give your teen or tween a smartphone? We dig into this important and necessary conversation today on the podcast with Andrea Davis from Better Screen Time. 

Andrea is a former secondary ed teacher turned screen-time-navigator. She is the founder of Better Screen Time where she shares family-tested ideas from the (tech) trenches as a mom of five. She is on a mission to help parents take the slow tech road.

In this episode: 

• Teaching smart screen use to your teens and tweens in a healthy way, without shame or fear
• How modelling our own tech use makes a difference in theirs 
• Using your intuition when it comes to slow tech in your home, your plan doesn’t have to look like others 
• How to know if your tweens or teens are ready for a smartphone 
• Building your child’s internal filter, so you don’t have to rely so heavily on external ones. 

Links to connect with Andrea: 

IG: @betterscreentime
Am I ready? Self-evaluation HERE
Better screentime goal templates HERE
www.betterscreentime.com

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