TPP 095: Anya Kamenetz Talks About Her Book "The Art of Screen Time"
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Full-Tilt Parenting: Strategies, Insights, and Connection for Parents Raising Neurodivergent Children
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Why did Anya Kamenetz decide to write a book about screen time?
Screentime was an issue that I had so many conversations about and just realized that it was top of mind for most of the parents that I knew. And yet there wasn't that one book that people had, you know, to say like, oh, you have to read this and this will help you figure it out the way there might be for sleep or food or other issues that parents are grappling with. So I really set out to write that book. I set out to write the guide that I wish I'd had that was, you know, reassuring and calm and based on the evidence, but also had a lot of firsthand on the ground detail about what parents are really doing.
Welcome to the Tilt Parenting Podcast, a podcast featuring interviews and conversations aimed at inspiring, informing and supporting parents raising differently wired kids. I'm your host, Debbie Reber, and today's episode is about a topic that is oh so relevant to parents like us, and that is the topic of screen time. My guest is Anya Kamenetz, a mother of two, writer and digital education correspondent for NPR, National Public Radio, and author of the brand new book, The Art of Screen Time, How Your Family Can Balance Digital Media and Real Life. Anya's book looks at the most recent and sometimes inconclusive research regarding screen time and features insight gleaned from surveys of hundreds of fellow parents on their practices and ideas.
In our conversation, Anya shares what she learned about kids and screen time, as well as her takeaways on the latest research surrounding screen time and differently wired kids. I can't promise that this episode will end screen time struggles in your home if you have them, but it will give you some food for thought regarding how much is too much, what problematic screen usage looks like, and more. And as a short FYI, if you're curious to know more about how my husband and I handle screen time with Asher, Asher and I recorded two episodes on that topic. One specifically about our guidelines surrounding screen time and one where Asher shares his thoughts on extreme parenting policies and the idea of banning screens or certain games.
To listen to those, visit the podcast page on Tilt Parenting and click on the Asher Specials button. You'll find both of them in there. And before I get to our chat, a quick reminder to grab the new parenting SOS cheat sheet I put together on Tilt Parenting. I went back through all 50 of my podcast episodes from 2017 and I pulled the 10 most powerful parenting strategies I learned from them and created a downloadable PDF with those strategies that you can print out and stick on your fridge, on your office wall, anywhere you can see it regularly. The mini poster features advice from Dr. Ross Green, author Jessica Leahy, executive functioning coach, Seth Perler, and more. And it's designed to offer you quick, helpful strategies to download that go to tilt parenting.com slash cheat sheet.
And now without further ado, here's my conversation with Anya. I hope you enjoy it. Hey, Anya, welcome to the podcast. Hey, Debbie, thanks for having me. Well, of course, I'm really intrigued about your book and excited to share it with our listeners because screen time is a part of I know it's a huge part of the world for pretty much everyone in the tilt parenting community. I know it's part of every kid's life, but it seems like for differently wired kids, it is perhaps a more prominent part of our life where sometimes the struggles can be more intense for us. So I'm excited to just share your findings and the comprehensive book that you've put together. So before we get into that, just to kind of set the stage for who you are and your background, could you tell us a little bit about your work as an education writer and how you came to write this book?
Sure. So I have a longstanding interest in education and technology. I've written, this is my fourth book, and I've written about different aspects of education and particularly how it's evolved. I also was a fast company staff writer for five years, and that's where I really kind of covered the cutting edge of innovation and all kinds of technology.
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Chapters
7 chapters
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Why did Anya Kamenetz decide to write a book about screen time?
0:00–8:04
2
What is the purpose and main message of *The Art of Screen Time*?
8:04–13:24
3
How does Anya define different types of screen media and their impacts?
13:24–18:10
4
What screening policies does Anya use for her own children?
18:10–24:17
5
How can parents model healthy screen habits and use transparent phone use?
24:17–28:42
6
What does research say about ‘orchid’ vs. ‘dandelion’ children and screen susceptibility?
28:42–33:26
7
How can families identify and address problematic screen use or addiction?
33:26–33:37
Speakers
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