Dr. Katie Davis on Digital Media’s Role in Growing Up Today
I had such a great discussion with Dr. Katie Davis for this episode. This week we tackle a thorny parenting topic: screens. The pandemic period of online school, work, play dates, happy hours, fitness classes, therapy sessions, music lessons, and so much more has taught us that asking whether screens and screen time are “good” or “bad” are not necessarily the right questions anymore. Technology has become too central to our lives. Katie is a researcher at the University of Washington who directs the UW Digital Youth Lab and has a new book for parents called “Technology’s Child: Digital Media’s Role in the Ages and Stages of Growing Up.” Plus, she answers that question everyone with young kids wants to know: if young kids aren’t supposed to have screen time, what about Facetime with grandparents who live 3,000 miles away?
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Technology's Child: Digital Media’s Role in the Ages and Stages of Growing Up, by Dr. Katie Davis
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