It's My Screen Time Too
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Two moms review the TV and movies made for their kids.
It's My Screen Time Too is a podcast co-hosted by Katie Curler and Deborah Copperud, who review the best and worst in children's programming, from Netflix reboots and YouTube shorts to Disney classics and Pixar blockbusters.
It's My Screen Time Too
18h ago
Things we mentioned in this episode:
Today’s Screen Time in the News article: Sharing childhood faves with my kids has its ups and downs – but I know it takes them places Netflix or Disney won’t by Myke Bartlett from The Guardian on March 18, 2024
Past episodes we mention:
Pollyanna
For more on our journeys into watching old movies with our kids, check out these newsletter posts:
Tron
Beetlejuice
Free Willy
The Neverending Story
The Karate Kid
And just to prove what flip-floppers we are on this issue, here’s a post about replacing childhood faves with more modern pi ..read more
It's My Screen Time Too
18h ago
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It's My Screen Time Too
1w ago
Things we mentioned in this episode:
Previous episodes we mention:
Kung Fu Panda 4
2 music videos for you:
The truly terrible music video for Vanilla Ice’s rap in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2
The much better music video to the Phineas and Ferb song “There’s a Platypus Controlling Me”
The Loud House Movie made us think of these movies and shows for grown ups:
Irish Wish
Leap Year
Happy Shiny People
Just the Ten of Us
Big Love
We cast the gritty HBO reboot of the movie with:
Tatiana Maslany as all ten Loud sisters
Kal Penn as Dad
Chloe Sevigny as Mom
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It's My Screen Time Too
2w ago
Things we mentioned in this episode:
Parents have a problem with screen time, too, teens say by Heather Kelly
Link to the Pew Research Center report
Zigazoo, the bizarre social media app for kids
What we’ve been watching with our kids:
Young Sheldon
The Eternals
What we’re watching (though not always enjoying) during grown-up screen time:
Constellations on Apple TV+
Masters of the Air on Apple TV+
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It's My Screen Time Too
3w ago
Things we mentioned in this episode:
Old episodes we mention:
Raya and the Last Dragon
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Animal Crackers
The Watch podcast from The Ringer
We compared this movie to the grown-up book What Color is Your Parchute?: Your Guide to a Lifetime of Meaningful Work and Career Success.
We cast the gritty HBO reboot of the movie with:
Jeff Hiller or Noah Schnapp as Po
Laci Mosley as Zhen
John Cho as Li
Karen Gillan as Mr. Ping
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It's My Screen Time Too
1M ago
We talk about women in STEM in movies and on TV. Is the Geena Davis Institute’s slogan of “if she can see it, she can be it” borne out by their latest report? We also catch up on what our kids are watching and what’s on our grown-up screen time watch lists.
Past episodes we mention:
American Girl: Corinne Tan Review
Lyla in the Loop Review
Spooky Buddies Review, which is where we talked about the Geena Davis Institute for the first time
Wonka Review
Portray Her 2.0: An Analysis of 15 Years of Women in STEM On-Screen, 2007–2022
The Town episode: The Harsh Data Behind ..read more
It's My Screen Time Too
1M ago
We revisit the American Girl universe for the first time in years to watch American Girl: Corinne Tan The Movie. We may have struggled to find things to love in this short movie aimed at tweens, but you’d better believe we found a spot for podcast fave John Cho in our reimagined HBO casting.
Previous episodes we mention
Maryellen: Extraordinary Christmas Review
American Born Chinese Review
Harriet the Spy Review
Inventing the Perfect College Applicant from New York Magazine on January 29th
The Other Two available on Max
They do still make American Girl books! Corinne to th ..read more
It's My Screen Time Too
1M ago
In this Screen Time in the News episode, we discuss a recent Burnt Toast podcast episode where diet culture critic Virginia Sole Smith interviews Ash Brandin, The Gamer Educator. We’ve never connected our screen time discussions with anti-fat bias before!
We also catch up on our family watch lists and what we’re watching once the kids go to bed.
The podcast episode we discuss in today's episode is: Are Screens the New Sugar?
Other things we mention in this episode:
The Gamer Educator
Wired’s Screen Time Food Pyramid
What we’ve been watching with our kids:
Hazbin Hotel on Amazon Prime ..read more
It's My Screen Time Too
1M ago
We review Pokemon Concierge on Netflix. Katie gushes over the stop motion animation, and Deborah wishes she could name more than two pokemon. They agree that fuzzy, three-dimensional pokemon are superior to their traditionally animated counterparts in hugability.
Pokemon Concierge made us think of these shows or movies for grown ups:
White Lotus
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
In our gritty reboot casting, we would like to see:
Emma Stone or Anna Kendrick as Haru
Tracy Morgan, Wanda Sykes, Nate Bargatze, Jennifer Coolidge, and Kate Burlant as the pokemon
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It's My Screen Time Too
2M ago
We continue our conversation about kids and AI in this Screen Time in the News episode. We discuss an MIT Technology Review article about talking to our kids about AI and catch up on our family watch lists and what we’re watching once the kids go to bed.
The article we discuss in this episode is “You need to talk to your kid about AI. Here are 6 things you should say” from the MIT Technology Review. It was published on September 5th and written by Rhiannon Williams and Melissa Heikkilä.
Other It’s My Screen Time Too episodes we mention:
Episode 168 Harriet the Spy
Episode 173 Lyla in t ..read more