About Emily
About Emily
Emily Cherkin, MEd., The Screentime Consultant, empowers parents to understand and balance family screentime by inspiring a movement around becoming tech-intentional.
As a mother of two (12 & 15) and former teacher, she is intimately familiar with the daunting challenges facing families in today’s highly digitized world.
Emily’s book, The Screentime Solution: A Judgment-Free Guide to Becoming a Tech-Intentional Family, was published in January 2024 by Greenleaf Book Group.
Emily Cherkin, MEd., The Screentime Consultant, empowers parents to understand and balance family screentime by inspiring a movement around becoming tech-intentional.
As a mother of two (12 & 15) and former teacher, she is intimately familiar with the daunting challenges facing families in today’s highly digitized world.
Emily’s book, The Screentime Solution: A Judgment-Free Guide to Becoming a Tech-Intentional Family, was published in January 2024 by Greenleaf Book Group.
Emily Cherkin, MEd., The Screentime Consultant, empowers parents to understand and balance family screentime by inspiring a movement around becoming tech-intentional.
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As a mother of two (12 & 15) and former teacher, she is intimately familiar with the daunting challenges facing families in today’s highly digitized world.
Emily’s book, The Screentime Solution: A Judgment-Free Guide to Becoming a Tech-Intentional Family, will be published in January 2024 by Greenleaf Book Group.
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The Screentime Problem
The Screentime Problem
What Emily Believes
What Emily Believes
- Real-world connection to our children is key to our success in setting and sticking to screentime limits.
- A little screentime is okay, and a lot is too much. It’s about balance. Not all screentime is the same.
- Nuance is key. What works for one family may not work for another. That’s okay.
- Children learn best through hands-on, 3-D, tactile experiences in the context of human relationships. How parents use screens directly impacts how children use screens. Our adult behavior matters.
- We must replace judgment with curiosity. This is hard.
- When we know better, we do better, and we are constantly growing and learning. And that is a powerful example to set for our children.
- Real-world connection to our children is key to our success in setting and sticking to screentime limits.
- A little screentime is okay, and a lot is too much. It’s about balance. Not all screentime is the same.
- Nuance is key. What works for one family may not work for another. That’s okay.
- Children learn best through hands-on, 3-D, tactile experiences in the context of human relationships. How parents use screens directly impacts how children use screens. Our adult behavior matters.
- We must replace judgment with curiosity. This is hard.
- When we know better, we do better, and we are constantly growing and learning. And that is a powerful example to set for our children.
The Screentime Solution: A Judgment-Free Guide to Becoming a Tech-Intentional Family
The Screentime Solution: A Judgment-Free Guide to Becoming a Tech-Intentional Family
Author Emily Cherkin―aka The Screentime Consultant―has created a compelling guide for parents struggling with screentime. She combines research, humor, and experience as a coach and teacher to provide a tried and true method for creating screentime balance.
Author Emily Cherkin―aka The Screentime Consultant―has created a compelling guide for parents struggling with screentime. She combines research, humor, and experience as a coach and teacher to provide a tried and true method for creating screentime balance.
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Emily's Activism
Emily's Activism
Why work with Emily?
Emily's mission is to empower parents to better understand and balance family screentime by building a Tech-Intentional™ movement.
Relationships
Before we can change anything else, we have to start with relationships. Relationships before screens, always.
Research
There is a lot of tech-funded "research" about the benefits of technology. My recommendations are rooted in the science of childhood development from independent researchers.
Balance
It’s not practical to ban technology. It is critical to find a sustainable balance that keeps our children safe and reinforces our core values.
Courage
I believe deeply in what I teach. It's why I am not afraid to speak up and fight for what is best for children, not companies.
Why work with Emily?
Emily's mission is to empower parents to better understand and balance family screentime by building a Tech-Intentional™ movement.
Relationships
Before we can change anything else, we have to start with relationships. Relationships before screens, always.
Research
There is a lot of tech-funded "research" about the benefits of technology. My recommendations are rooted in the science of childhood development from independent researchers.
Balance
It’s not practical to ban technology. It is critical to find a sustainable balance that keeps our children safe and reinforces our core values.
Courage
I believe deeply in what I teach. It's why I am not afraid to speak up and fight for what is best for children, not companies.
Why work with Emily?
Emily's mission is to empower parents to better understand and balance family screentime by building a Tech-Intentional™ movement.
Relationships
Before we can change anything else, we have to start with relationships. Relationships before screens, always.
Research
There is a lot of tech-funded "research" about the benefits of technology.
My recommendations are rooted in the science of childhood development from independent researchers.
Balance
It’s not practical to ban technology. It is critical to find a sustainable balance that keeps our children safe and reinforces our core values.
Courage
I believe deeply in what I teach. It's why I am not afraid to speak up and fight for what is best for children, not companies.
Are you interested in featuring Emily?
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Are you interested in featuring Emily?
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Are you interested in featuring Emily?
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“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.”
Barry Wright
Head of School at The Perkins School
“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.”
Brenna McCown
Parent Map Events Manager
“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.”
Slocumb L.
Father
“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.”
Rhonda M.
Mother
“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.”
Michelle C.
Mother of Three
“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.”
Barry Wright
Head of School at The Perkins School
“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.”
Brenna McCown
Parent Map Events Manager
“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.”
Slocumb L.
Father
“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.”
Rhonda M.
Mother
“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.”
Michelle C.
Mother of Three
Are you ready to be Tech-Intentional™?
Click below to contact Emily and see if a Tech-intentional™ approach is right for you!
Are you ready to be Tech-Intentional™?
Click below to contact Emily and see if a Tech-intentional™ approach is right for you!
Are you ready to be Tech-Intentional™?
Click below to contact Emily and see if a Tech-intentional™ approach is right for you!