Parenting in the Screen Age - The Screenagers Podcast

Now more than ever, it is crucial to have the ability to spot disinformation on the internet. How skillful are our kids at spotting disinformation? In this episode of The Screenagers Podcast, we meet the director of the Stanford History Education Group, Joel Breakstone, PhD, who has researched this topic — and it is not pretty. His team has analyzed how college students, historians, and fact-checkers evaluate websites in order to create effective strategies for spotting disinformation. We learn why the C.R.A.P. Test is outdated, and we hear from teens about how they decide not to reshare a post on social media.

With back to school starting, and with all the online and offline stressors our kids are facing, The Screenagers Podcast is about improving their well-being by focusing on healthy sleep. Have your kids and teens listen to this show with you! Hear fascinating insights from Dr. Judy Owens, the Director of Sleep Medicine at Boston Children's Hospital, and a neurology professor at Harvard Medical School. Explore the latest brain research with neuroscientist Adriana Galvan from UCLA and hear ideas from parents and a teen. Learn new ideas around increasing your child's chance of getting brain-nourishing sleep now — during these incredibly challenging times — and into the future.

Arguments in the home about screen time are common and more so when school is in session, so what to do? What is a parenting strategy that can promote healthy screen use, and other positive behaviors, while at the same time decrease fighting? In this episode of The Screenagers Podcast, Dr. Delaney Ruston talks with one of her favorite parenting experts, Dr. Tammy Fisher Huson, about a strategy has made a real difference in Dr. Ruston's own home. *And one quick note, past episodes were intentionally created for parents to listen to with their kids but this one is more geared for parents. That said, if you do share it with your kids or teens it may spark a helpful conversation about how your communication is going.

It is a brand new world where regular people of all ages can become stars on the internet overnight. But how do young influencers become brand marketers? Is it different for female and male influencers? Kids and teens feel connected and trust YouTubers they follow, but are they aware they are being marketed to? And how is this type of marketing affecting our kids' self-esteem? Today's episode of The Screenagers Podcast features a talent manager for influencers who gives a behind-the-scenes look at these questions, along with teens who share their personal experiences.

Time on TikTok has been skyrocketing. Why is it attracting such huge numbers of teens? What positives can happen on the app, and what are some of the risks? The sheer amount of time it consumes is what most young people say is TikTok's biggest downside. On today's episdoe of The Screenagers Podcast, Dr. Delaney Ruston speaks with two teenagers, Marie and Manisha, who answer these questions and others. Dr. Ruston puts on her metaphorical doctor's coat when both girls share that they want to change their behavior on TikTok. She helps them decide a plan of action, and then we flash forward to hear how they did with their goals.

Why do some kids and teens get overly frustrated and bored when it's time to turn off their video games? How to know when game playing has become excessive? What are tips that all families should know for ensuring healthy video game play? In today's episode of The Screenagers Podcast, Dr. Delaney Ruston explores these issues along with a new model of brain biology to help explain irritability and boredom associated with video gaming. We hear from teens along with psychiatrist Dr. Clifford Sussman who specializes in helping young people regain tech balance. We also hear from Andrew Fulton who was in the film, Screenagers, when he was getting treatment at an internet rehab center, and is now working at the same center helping others recover from videogame overuse.