Big Mama's House Podcast
Three easy tech tips for digital parenting during Coronavirus
Episode Summary
The CoronaVirus stay at home order has effectively removed most of the structure from our lives. That lack of structure impacts the entire family including how much tech is being consumed. This episode is a quick review of the three simplest things you can do right now to try and bring a little more control over tech usage in your home. These tips are easy to implement, are easy to police, and yield benefits larger than the sum of its parts.
Episode Notes
Resources -
- If you’re a member of the Big Mama’s House Fan Club, go to the channel to download the PDF Cheat Sheet specifically for this episode which includes: a checklist, full transcript, sources, and more
- To learn more about Internet Safety, go to the START HERE document where you can watch videos, download resources and more.
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Sources
Student survey responses data
Routine and well-being
- Read more about Donald Winnicott, psychoanalyst with some excellent advice for parents. “The road to a better society begins in the nursery.”
- (Kaufman Citation) - Williams, Alice. “By Age 7 the Foundations for Your Child's Adult Brain Are Pretty Much Set.” NewsComAu, News.com.au, 29 Oct. 2016
- Larsen, Kristy L., "Organized Chaos: Daily Routines as a Potential Mechanism Linking Household Chaos and Child Behavior Problems" (2019). Master's Theses. 627.
- Fiese, Barbara H., et al. “A Review of 50 Years of Research on Naturally Occurring Family Routines and Rituals: Cause for Celebration?”Journal of Family Psychology, vol. 16, no. 4, 2002, pp. 381–390., doi:10.1037/0893-3200.16.4.381.
Adolescents and sleep
- Weinberger, Jesse The Boogeyman Exists: And He’s In Your Child’s Back Pocket, 2nd ed.OvernightGeek, 2019
- Telzer, Eva H., Andrew J. Fuligni, Matthew D. Lieberman, and Adriana Galvan, “The effects of poor quality sleep on brain function and risk taking in adolescence.” NeuroImage 71 (2013): 275-283.
- Meldrum, Ryan.C, J.C. Barnes, and Carter Hay. “Sleep Deprivation, Low Self-Control, and Delinquency: A Test of the Strength Model of Self-Control.” Journal of Youth and Adolescence 44.2 (2013): 465-77.
- Tarokh, Leila, Jared M. Saletin, and Mary A. Carskadon. “Sleep in adolescence: Physiology, cognition and mental health.” Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews 70 (2016): 182-88.
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Episode Highlights
- 00:57 Why two episodes this week?
- 01:34 Stopping the bleeding – aka parental triage
- 03:07 Humans need structure
- 05:09 Why children in particular require structure, daily routines, and ritual
- 07:05 Why limits matter
- 07:36 What 1,040 students want parents to know about tech use
- 09:00 What all effective digital parenting strategies and tips have in common
- 10:50 Tip 1: Parent Heal Thyself
- 13:00 Tip 2: Geographic Restriction
- 14:10 Tip 3: Drop Dead Device Deadline
- 15:16 Verizon Smart Family App – as an example
- 16:19 Setting limits on gaming time
- 17:56 Poor sleep= damage to adolescents