019: Raising your Child in a Digital World: Interview with Dr. Kristy Goodwin - a podcast by Jen Lumanlan

 
Did your child receive a digital device as a gift over the holidays? Have you been able to prise it out of his/her hands yet?
Regular listeners might recall that we did an episode recently called https://yourparentingmojo.com/screen-time/ (“Really, how bad is screen time for my child?”) where we went into the American Academy of Pediatrics’ guidelines on screen time for very young children, so if you haven’t listened to that one yet you might want to go and do it before you listen to this episode, because this one really builds on that one.Yes, we know we’re not supposed to give our babies under 18 months old access to screens. But at some point our children are going to start using screens – and we as parents need tools to manage that process, whether we’ve limited screens until now or whether we’ve been using them as a bit of a crutch. (If you’re in a third category of parents who is totally happy with the amount and type of screen time your children are getting and feel confident about managing this in the future then click along to the next episode, because there’s nothing for you here!) So all of this is what today’s guest is going to help us to figure out.
Dr Kristy Goodwin is one of Australia’s leading digital parenting experts (and mum who also has to deal with her kids’ techno-tantrums!). She’s the author of the brand new book http://amzn.to/2GYgWRe (Raising Your Child in a Digital World) (Affiliate link).  Dr Kristy arms parents, educators and health professionals with research-based information about what today’s young, digital kids really need to thrive online and offline. Kristy takes the guesswork and guilt out of raising kids in the digital age by arming parents and educators with facts, not fears about how screens are impacting on children’s health, wellbeing and development.


ReferencesBrewer, J. (2016). Digital Nutrition (website/blog). Retrieved from: http://www.digitalnutrition.com.au/blog
Christakis, D., Zimmerman, F.J., DiGuiseppe, D.L.,& McCarty, C.A. (2004). Early television exposure and subsequent attentional problems in children. Pediatrics 113(4), 708-713.Common Sense Media website: www.commonsensemedia.org (Also check your app store for their app)
Goodwin, K. (2016). http://amzn.to/2GYgWRe (Raising your child in a digital world: What you need to know!). Warriewood, NSW: Finch. (Affiliate link)Kindertown website: http://www.kindertown.com/ (Also check your app store for their app) 
Read Full TranscriptTranscriptJen:                                     https://www.temi.com/editor/t/pue0xa-ciciFT-8XYIvmtIhMrHtcyu2lVaGt3YATh4ISMzlOb34oPw_Q0Nhbqy9NRfU85l7hw6hcLHXyqc3JDGF2HZ4?loadFrom=DocumentDeeplink&ts=30.23 ([00:30])                  Hello and welcome to today’s episode of Your Parenting Mojo, which is called Raising Your Child in a Digital World. Now, regular listeners might recall that we did an episode recently called really how bad his screen time for my child and we went into the American Academy of Pediatrics’ guidelines on screen time for very young children. So if you haven’t listened to that one already, you might want to go back and do that before you listen to this episode because this one really builds on that one. So we all know that we’re not supposed to give her a babies under 18 months old access to screens, but at some point our children are going to start using screens and we as parents need tools to manage that process, whether we have limited screens until now or whether we’ve been using them as a bit of a crutch....

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