Edit Your Life Episode 19: The Upside of Electronics
We hear a lot about the dark side of screens and electronics; how they’re contributing to social isolation, childhood obesity, cyberbullying, or just sucking the joy out of family time. And it’s true, managing electronics is tricky. But in Episode 19 of Edit Your Life, Asha and I discuss the upside of electronics. Electronics are increasingly a part of our kids’ lives: school, homework, entertainment, communication, and social lives. Given that they are here to stay, we wanted to lend some balance to the doom-and-gloom around screens.
It's super easy to listen right through this blog post (press the play button in the podcast player below) or via an app on your device (e.g., the Podcasts app for iPhone or Stitcher, Podcast Addict, or Pocket Casts for Android).
If you're not seeing the Soundcloud player, you can listen to Episode 19 directly on Soundcloud.
And here are links to things/people/resources we mentioned during the podcast:
- Minimalist Parenting
- Edit Your Life Episode 5: The Device Divide
- Four Moments When Videogames are Good For Kids (NYT Motherlode blog)
- The Unexpected Upside of “Too Much Screen Time” (at Parent Hacks)
- Christy Matte of Quirky Fusion
- Phone contract for kids (Boston Mamas)
- Brother’s Brew in Rockport (the very first usage of the phone to extend the leash)
- YouTube (awesome for tutorials...LaurDIY is one of Laurel’s favorites)
- Mirabai’s been rocking digital art using DeviantArt + Speedpaint tutorials on YouTube
- Quandary (ethical gaming)
- Microsoft’s YouthSpark + Imagine Cup (inspiring kids to be awesome through coding)
- TEALS (a program that pairs volunteers with an engineering background with high schools teachers to bring CS classes to schools)
- DigiGirlz (a set of online tools and in-person camps to get girls coding)
We want to hear from you!
Share how electronics have impacted your family in a positive way via your favorite social profile with the hashtag #EditYourLifeShow and let us give you a fist bump, or possibly a unicorn. You can also find us on the Edit Your Life Facebook page, or e-mail us at edityourlifeshow@gmail.com. If you found our show helpful, we’d be so grateful if you’d leave a review on iTunes!
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Image credits: thumbnail via Pixabay; Edit Your Life graphics by Christine Koh