Podcasts by Their Own Devices
No matter how tech savvy you are, your kids likely have you beat. Digital natives see the world in a fundamentally different way than all previous generations. This makes 21st century parenting an unprecedented challenge. Join Marc Groman, an Obama White House tech and privacy adviser, and David Reitman, an adolescent medical doctor, for candid discussions and helpful tips about screen time, social media, sexting, privacy, online gaming, and other challenges facing parents today. Marc and David aren't just experts — they’re also married, and raising a teenage son of their own.
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Introducing Their Own Devices from 2023-12-12T18:06:40.369986
No matter how tech savvy you are, your kids likely have you beat. Digital natives see the world in a fundamentally different way than all previous generations. This makes 21st century parenting ...
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HOOKED: How Peer Pressure Is Baked Into Social Apps from 2023-12-12T18:06:40.349474
Silicon Valley and Wall Street might call it “engagement.” As parents, we might call it, “getting hooked.” Social media optimizes our kids' conversations for maximum profit. There's an art to it...
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How to Be a Digital Role Model for Your Kids from 2023-12-12T18:06:40.334559
How do our own digital habits affect our kids' relationship with tech? Checking notifications at dinner and going to sleep with your phone may be setting norms you're not even aware of. Marc and...
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What Our Kids Post Online Matters, Maybe Forever from 2023-12-12T18:06:40.315710
Social media and engaging online are part of being a kid today, but just one post, tweet or text can get a student suspended or expelled, ruin friendships, impact future job opportunities, or in...
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How Smartphones and Media Influence Kids’ Behavior from 2023-12-12T18:06:40.301203
Parents today are raising children in a new digital environment and medical research demonstrates that the use of interactive digital technology affects kids’ behavior and development. Parents n...
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Talking About Cyber Hate from 2023-12-12T18:06:40.280379
The Internet didn't create hate speech. But the digital world has transformed its reach, volume and dangerous tone in unprecedented ways. It's only a matter of time before our kids encounter cyb...
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Ready Parent One: Learning Fortnite from 2023-12-12T18:06:40.262904
Your kid is playing a shooter game. You hear the guns, grenades and mindless shouting. But you know the real battle is coming when you call "dinner" or "bedtime!" The best way to understand your...
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It's Complicated: Societal Norms, Teens and Tech from 2023-12-12T18:06:40.256188
On this episode Marc and David bring Their Own Devices to the live stage with guest danah boyd, the world renowned computer scientist and author of “It’s Complicated: The Social Lives of Network...
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Like Adolescence, Season One Ends At 25 from 2019-05-16T07:00:08
From sexting to cyberbullying, Finstas to Rinstas, medical advice to parenting tips, Marc and David explore many of the highlights from season one. They share their favorite moments from the pod...
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Different Homes, Different Devices, Different Rules from 2019-04-25T07:00:29
Have you heard about the magic door our kids use? This isn’t a video game. Kids walk through this door and all of the rules, limits and restrictions parents place on technology disappear. You ma...
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There's No Delete Button on the Internet from 2019-04-18T07:00:08
Parents often warn their kids that everything posted online is permanent and that there's no guarantee that data will remain private. It's good advice but can you actually explain that? What doe...
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Finstas: The "Real" Instagram Account from 2019-04-11T07:00:14
On this episode Marc & David sit down with 4 high school students and get right to the question most parents are wondering: “If we had access to your Finsta or “fake Instagram” account, what wou...
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The Social Media Generation from 2019-03-28T07:00:06
Social media use among teens is increasing year to year. These digital platforms enable adolescents to communicate more, meet new people, build communities, be creative, and express themselves. ...
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The Truth About "Internet Addiction" from 2019-03-21T07:01
Is your teen spending too much time in front of screens? Excessive and compulsive use of digital tech may affect school, relationships and sleep as well as both physical and mental health. The p...
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Calling Parents About Their Kids’ Online Actions from 2019-03-14T07:01
As parents in the digital age, we’re likely to see troubling things online about other children in our community. Your son or daughter may proactively show you another kid’s post, or perhaps you...
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Teen Sexting: A Girl's Perspective from 2019-02-28T08:01
The sharing of explicit photos is becoming a more common practice in teen culture. Digital technology and mobile apps like Snapchat make it fast and easy to instantly send and receive naked pics...
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Teen Dating in the Digital Age from 2019-02-14T08:01
When our kids start dating, it opens up a whole new world of challenges for parents. It always has. But today teen romance comes with a unique set of digital challenges and information-age risks...
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Spying or Parenting - Do We Need to Respect Our Kids’ Digital Privacy? from 2019-01-31T08:01
As parents, we want to give our kids the freedom to explore, grow, make mistakes, and develop resilience. But we also want to keep our kids safe. Today’s children are digital natives and the Int...
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Sandbox v. Xbox: The Role of Digital Play from 2019-01-24T08:00
Digital play makes our kids’ childhood drastically different than our own. Many parents are concerned about the potential impact of today’s high-tech electronic gaming and graphic digital conten...
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Teen Sexting – Flipping Out Is Not the Answer from 2019-01-17T08:00
Teen sexting is happening, whether we like it or not. In some circumstances, this may be innocent behavior between two teens, adolescents just being adolescents. But in other cases, there can be...
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Is sexting a "normal" part of growing up digital? from 2019-01-10T08:00
When it comes to sexting, most parents think, "Not my kid." But multiple studies and anecdotal evidence indicate that's not the case. Handing an Internet-connected camera (a smartphone...
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The Magical Age of 13. from 2018-12-20T08:00
Privacy law in the U.S. has one clear line: Treat everyone 12 and under as kids, and everyone 13 and older as adults -- at least when it comes to the online world. The core privacy law around ki...
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The Real World Consequences of Cyberbullying from 2018-12-13T08:00
Bullying has always been part of growing up, but the 24/7, "always on" digital world has transformed where, when, and how it occurs. Online harassment can follow kids home and infiltra...
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What's Your Tech Parenting Style? from 2018-11-29T08:00
Giving kids the freedom to explore, push boundaries, and make mistakes – while still keeping them safe – is a parenting challenge as old as time. But the stakes get especially high –and complica...
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Screen Time and the Quest for a Healthy Digital Lifestyle from 2018-11-22T08:00
Our kids (and many adults, too) are spending an unprecedented amount of time in front of screens. How much is too much? Is all screen time created equal? Marc and David discuss the addictive pow...
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The Internet Through Our Kids' Eyes from 2018-11-15T08:00
If we want our kids to have a positive relationship with digital technology, we need to understand the teenage mind, and what social media means to adolescents. Kids are wired to push boundaries...
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