Emily gave a great presentation on parenting in the age of screentime. She was so engaging and provided a ton of useful science-backed data in an accessible way. Emily spoke about the realities of screentime without any judgement, which I really appreciated. We’ve even incorporated one of her concrete suggestions into our own family – explaining out loud to our kids what we are doing on our phone when we pick them up.

Emily Cherkin’s presentations sparkle. She is empathetic, knowledgeable, engaging and practical!

What stood out most was Emily’s focus on prevention, especially for parents of younger children. Her advice on building healthy habits early and setting clear boundaries around technology offered parents both clarity and confidence. We are so grateful for her expertise and highly recommend her to any school or organization looking to support families in addressing these critical issues.

Emily Cherkin’s visit to Cascades Academy was an engaging and impactful experience for our community. Her presentation tackled the challenges of raising children in a digital world with humor, research, and practical strategies that resonated deeply with parents. She provided actionable tools to help families navigate screen use while fostering stronger connections at home.

Emily Cherkin gave a talk to our High School and Middle School on 10/28/24. Her insight and advice on how to be more tech intentional with our children was so helpful. I know that everyone went away from the talk with helpful tips to work with our kids in this tech crazy world. Thank you Emily for your helping our caregivers out!!

Emily's training was both engaging and valuable for our team members! Emily provided information in a way that made sense and was backed by data. We truly walked away feeling as if we had more tools to use when working with our families each day.

As a former teacher, Emily applies her knowledge of child development with current research to guide parents as they create their screentime values and boundaries. She understands the complicated role parents play and has great ideas on how to build connections with your child while having tricky conversations about technology.

Emily's passion and energy has inspired my parenting class to reflect on their own screentime use and make changes that are in alignment with their values.

Emily's wisdom and passion empowers parents to look at the values without judgement and make screentime decisions that are in alignment with who they want their kids to become.

“We could not have been happier with Emily and her presentation...It was similar to a TED talk: great visuals and current data, dynamic pacing, thought-provoking, and really funny...Emily is simply a dynamo. She has set a very high bar at our school for parent presentations.”

“Emily Cherkin is an outstanding public speaker on the topic of screentime. Emily is engaging, relatable and realistic. She is an expert on the alarming statistics regarding screentime and our youth and she is equally knowledgeable on real life strategies to handle screentime challenges with children of all ages.”

“The reason we feel compelled to listen to Emily is because she is so authentically herself. She is approachable, serious, and deeply caring. The ripple effect of her efforts will spread because people need to hear the truth.”

“Emily is realistic, approachable, relatable, and, of course, knowledgeable. She is able to get people to listen to her and hear her important message. We need her voice.”

“Emily is a dynamic speaker, engaging and funny. While the information she presents about technology today is sobering, Emily provides reasonable solutions and relevant suggestions to help us navigate the tech-saturated world around us. As a parent of three children who all love technology, I appreciated Emily’s clear vision and advice on how to be more tech-intentional.”