Becoming a Tech-Intentional Family



What does it mean to be a tech intentional family? Now phones, ipads and other forms of technology are in most areas of life. There’s no size that fits all and what works for you and your family will look so different to your next door neighbor and the other parents you meet at the school gate. So where do you begin? In today’s episode Janine speaks to Emily about: - How to get a balance of technology in our homes - How to talk to your child about tech - Mental health and bullying through tech - Talking our life out loud when we’re using our tech - Texting your child at school - Being a role model with how you use tech - The ‘I forgot’ technique - What Emily does to rest and relax

Media Inquiry
Interested in Featuring Emily on Your Podcast?
Emily Cherkin, M.Ed., The Screentime Consultant, offers insightful, judgment-free conversations about navigating our digital world. She's ready to dive deep into topics like mindful screen use, fostering relationships, and practical strategies for families and educators, providing valuable content for your listeners.

Media Inquiry
Interested in Featuring Emily on Your Podcast?
Emily Cherkin, M.Ed., The Screentime Consultant, offers insightful, judgment-free conversations about navigating our digital world. She's ready to dive deep into topics like mindful screen use, fostering relationships, and practical strategies for families and educators, providing valuable content for your listeners.

Media Inquiry
Interested in Featuring Emily on Your Podcast?
Emily Cherkin, M.Ed., The Screentime Consultant, offers insightful, judgment-free conversations about navigating our digital world. She's ready to dive deep into topics like mindful screen use, fostering relationships, and practical strategies for families and educators, providing valuable content for your listeners.
Being tech-intentional™ in schools means only using screen-based technologies that enhance, nurture, and support our teachers, our students, and our community in a way that aligns with our values, mission, pedagogy, and child development, and resisting, delaying, or limiting any type of digital technology use that interferes with healthy mental, physical, cognitive, and emotional development.
Being tech-intentional™ in schools means only using screen-based technologies that enhance, nurture, and support our teachers, our students, and our community in a way that aligns with our values, mission, pedagogy, and child development, and resisting, delaying, or limiting any type of digital technology use that interferes with healthy mental, physical, cognitive, and emotional development.
Being tech-intentional™ in schools means only using screen-based technologies that enhance, nurture, and support our teachers, our students, and our community in a way that aligns with our values, mission, pedagogy, and child development, and resisting, delaying, or limiting any type of digital technology use that interferes with healthy mental, physical, cognitive, and emotional development.
A tech-based childhood is not inevitable. We have a choice, and we must act now.
As a sought-after guest, Emily shares her tech-intentional wisdom on a variety of podcasts. Tune in to hear her discuss mindful screen use, fostering relationships in a digital age, and practical strategies for families and educators. Find her recent appearances below.
Emily's work is featured on:

A tech-based childhood is not inevitable. We have a choice, and we must act now.
As a sought-after guest, Emily shares her tech-intentional wisdom on a variety of podcasts. Tune in to hear her discuss mindful screen use, fostering relationships in a digital age, and practical strategies for families and educators. Find her recent appearances below.
Emily's work is featured on:

A tech-based childhood is not inevitable. We have a choice, and we must act now.
As a sought-after guest, Emily shares her tech-intentional wisdom on a variety of podcasts. Tune in to hear her discuss mindful screen use, fostering relationships in a digital age, and practical strategies for families and educators. Find her recent appearances below.
Emily's work is featured on:
