At 11 years old, Ashlee Ayre discovered pornography.  She shares her journey through the process of addiction and recovery in the hope that it might help others. Ashlee's mission is to help parents understand that screen and pornography addiction can happen to anyone ..read more

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Kailan Carr is a former teacher with a Masters in Literacy,  she founded Quiet Book Queen & Crafts in Between to help parents and grandparents provide screen-free activities for their little ones in an easier, more cost effective way. She loves to encourage independent play, share easy and engaging activities, and help you create memory making moments to connect as a family.    Kailan believes in promoting play in a screen-free way.  Sounds like fun? Listen to this episode to learn how to start today ..read more

For the past 49 years Barbara Coloroso has been speaking, educating and teaching on parenting, creating positive school climates, bullying, explaining nonviolent conflict resolution and more.  She has appeared on the BBC, Oprah and CNN just to name a few.  Her life work of putting kids first and her organization: Kids Are Worth It! is the cornerstone for many in education and early childhood development. In this episode we discuss cyberbullying, it’s far reaching ramifications and what tools our kids need to have to combat this growing problem ..read more

Hilarie Cash is a pioneer in the field of digital addiction and one of the nation’s leading clinical experts in internet and gaming disorders.  As a co-founder and Chief Clinical Officer of ReStart Life, the first of its kind residential treatment facility in the U.S. and Canada, she has been studying technology and its effects upon mental health since the 1990’s. Learn how to recognize problematic behaviors and when to ask for help by listening to this episode ..read more

Cheryl Cardall is a proud mom of 5 and podcast host of the Fight like a Mother podcast. She advocates for those living with mental illness and for parents raising children with mental illness.   In this episode we discuss how screens affect mental health, parenting challenges and breaking the stigma surrounding mental illness. Listen to hear tips on how to navigate parenting with technology and end the power struggle surrounding screen use in your family ..read more

Sandi Schwartz is the founder and director of the Ecohappiness Project; author of the parenting book Finding Ecohappiness: Fun Nature Activities to Help Your Kids Feel Happier and Calmer; and journalist specializing in parenting, environmental, and wellness topics. Her mission is to inspire and educate families to build a nature habit to feel happier and calmer. In this episode we discuss how to create a nature habit and support a healthy balance of screentime and greentime ..read more

Teens are under assault with a constant barrage of digital media, notifications and social stress!  Help your kids learn how to tame their tech and slay their digital dragons by implementing 3 R’s introduced by Dr. Alex J. Packer in today’s episode ..read more

As the founder of Smart Digital Kids, Dr. Beverly Pell  is committed to empowering parents and educators to raise kids who use tech in smart ways, intentionally, responsibly, and creatively.  She also wants to teach how to use tech to promote purpose and wellbeing.  In this episode we talk about her method in which we all learn how to TAME our tech and increase our connection as a team ..read more

Carly Tulloch and Katie Sterbenz are pediatric speech language pathologists and the founders of Wee Talkers, (@WeeTalkers) a developmentally based program for speech and language development.  Through courses, memberships, and social media, they share parent-friendly tips that families can put into use during their daily routines to help their toddlers talk and communicate more. In this episode we explore the role tech plays in the increasing rates of speech therapy referrals as well as what an overuse of screen time can look like with behavioral issues ..read more