Feb 09 2025 39 mins 1
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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Intuitive Journaling Prompts HERE and a somatic meditation (Move through frustration in 15 minutes or less) HERE
Get started on this work with daily practice in a journal (a great intro to mental and emotional wellness) HERE
Work with Crystal 1:1: www.coachcrystal.ca/miracle or in group: www.coachcrystal.ca/creationroom
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