Season 4 Episode 7: 'Mindful Screen Time Ideas: Childcare and Family Practice Round Table' with Laina Nast & Danielle Richards

Send us Fan Mail Thank you for tuning in for another episode of the Parenting Pickup! This episode we’re hoping to gain a deeper understanding of screen time, its effects on our children, and setting up good boundaries around it. We’ll be joined by Danielle Richards, a School Director at New Horizon Academy in St. Paul, and Laina Nast, a Registered Public Health Nurse who specializes in at-home family care.  Here are some topics we'll touch upon and hope to tackle to give you, your family and your childcare community some practical tools to implement healthier relationships with screens. The ways screen time is affecting the practice of childcare Boundaries around screen usage Imaginative play and boredom High stimulus vs low stimulus screen time Using media technology for language acquisition  Lower-lift alternatives to screen time Below are resources our expert guests recommend for parents, guardians, educators and caretakers:  The Library Project | One Book at a Time Spark & Stitch Institute - Parenting for Courage and Connection Unplugged Activities to Minimize Your Child's Screen Time - New Horizon Academy For another in-depth conversation on screentime and more educational media options, please give a listen to our podcast episode with Momo Hayakawa, the Director of Children's Media and Research at Twin Cities PBS.  Contact New Horizon Academy  Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube and Tik Tok Email us at [email protected] Check out our website to learn more! Thanks for listening!