How to Encourage Digital Wellness for Your Children in a Split-Household

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In this podcast episode, we sit down with Digital Wellness Coach and Mindfulness Educator, Gwenyth Jackaway, Ph.D., to discuss how technology has changed parenting tactics over the years, and key steps that parents can take today to model and teach healthy digital habits. In this interview, Gwenyth covers the following:

·        Ways that parenting changed with the advent of social media and the internet.

·        How does how media impact childhood and what are the effects of digital media on childhood development?

·        What are the problems with Screentime contracts?

·        Why it is necessary for coparents to have a unified stance on their kid’s screen time.

·        Non-judgmental conversations with coparent about your kid’s technology use and screen time

·        Socialization and group activities vs. isolation and individual activities

·        Traditional parental controls do not address the root of the problem. 

·        Why imposing blind time limits can trigger reactance and negative behavior when children are ordered around. 

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