TPP 342a: Dr. Devorah Heitner on Parenting Kids Who Are Growing Up in Public
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Full-Tilt Parenting: Strategies, Insights, and Connection for Parents Raising Neurodivergent Children
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Hey, it's Debbie. For the month of October, I'll be sharing some of my favorite past episodes relating to all things tech and screens. So every Friday this month, you'll find an episode on your full tilt parenting feed on topics like gaming, internet rabbit holes, and navigating screen time. So if your child's relationship with technology is something you're grappling with, these are for you. I'm Debbie Reber, and welcome to Tild Parenting, a podcast featuring interviews and conversations aimed at inspiring, informing, and supporting parents raising differently wired kids. I'm so excited to be bringing back to the show my friend, colleague, and my most trusted mentor when it comes to all things kids and tech and screens, Dr.
Devorah Heitner. If Devorah's name's familiar to you, she has joined me a few times before to talk about priorities. Prioritizing mentoring over monitoring when it comes to screen time, and what to do when our kids go down a potentially unsafe internet rabbit hole. But today we're going to be talking about such a pressing consideration for anyone raising a kid these days. What it means for today's generation of kids to grow up with very public lives and coming of age in a digital world where so many aspects of their lives are online and of available for public consumption, not to mention that much of their important work of identity formation is being shaped by the media and technology that they're interacting with.
Devore gets into all of this in her brand new and I think essential book for any parent: Growing Up in Public Coming of Age in a Digital World. Devore is also the author of Screenwise Helping Kids Thrive and Survive in Their Digital World. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, and CNN Opinion. She has a PhD in media technology and society from Northwestern University. and is taught at DePaul and North Western, A fair warning, this is a longer episode than usual, but it's all such important food for thought for any parent raising a child in today's digital age. So here is my conversation with Deborah. Hey Deborah, welcome back to the podcast. I'm so glad
to be here.
Well, I just wanna say also this is your third time back of the show. That pretty much ranks you as one of the most frequent guests of the show. I don't know if that is uh something you should be getting an award for or if congratulations are or in order, but just wanted to point that out.
I feel like I won an award for short now. It's its own reward and the show has been such an inspiration to me and it's one of the podcasts that I love to listen to the most. So it feels like really great to be in the conversation with the folks that you've been having.
That's awesome. Well, thank you. And listeners, by the way, before I even dive in, I do want to share that I will have links to those past visits with Dvor in the show notes page. They were both very interesting conversations. And then we actually did a mental health screen back to school survival event last summer year ago, which is also available. So I'll have links to all of that stuff in the show notes. But We are pivoting today to talk about your new book. It is called Growing Up in Public, Coming of Age in a Digital World, and it is such an important book. for what we are all experiencing as a society, as parents, raising kids in this complex time. And I have known about this book since it was the seed of an idea.
And I'd love if you could start by telling us why you felt so driven to get this book out into the world.
Well, I had been thinking about kids in tech for a long time and when I wrote Screenwise, I got to be in a lot of conversations at schools and in other communities.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the main focus of the episode and who is the guest?
0:00–6:36
2
Why did Dr. Devorah Heitner write *Growing Up in Public* and what problem does it address?
6:36–12:19
3
How can parents transition from monitoring their child’s texts to respecting their privacy?
12:19–19:21
4
What should parents track or monitor when a child is dealing with anxiety, depression, or other mental‑health challenges?
19:21–27:28
5
How does social‑media use intensify self‑esteem issues for kids who already feel like they don’t fit in?
27:28–34:39
6
What is “sharenting,” and how can parents clean up past shares and set future permissions?
34:39–42:44
7
Why is ClassDojo especially challenging for neurodivergent students and their families?
42:44–50:45
8
How do grading apps like Canvas undermine executive‑function development and increase stress for parents?
50:45–54:57
Speakers
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