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Are you having daily power struggles with your kids over their screen time consumption? Are you having a daily war in yourself, between the part of you that worries that your kid is online too much... and the other that is glad they're occupied?
There's so much conflict for parents of young kids around this exact issue, and so much drama, I decided to call in the big guns: Rob LoCassio, who's been in this space since it started to get his insights on the reality, the research, and some new ideas to manage this with love and skill.
What You'll Learn In This Episode
The exact moment a tech founder realized he was losing his own kids to the screens he built, and why it changed everything for him
Why senior YouTube executives quietly don’t let their own kids use YouTube, and what they know that you don’t
The reframe that turns the daily iPad battle from a parenting failure into a systems problem
Why your kid asks for the iPad when she’s upset, and what is actually happening in her nervous system in that moment
The 25-million-person creator economy your kid is being fed by, and why "just set limits" stopped working in 2020
What healthier tech for kids could actually look like, and what to ask before you hand any device to a four-year-old
If you know another parent who has been crying in the bathroom over the iPad fight (and you probably have someone in mind right now), please share this episode with them. They will feel less alone, and that matters more than you know.
