Cherkin speaks with the infectious voice of a confident parent and screentime expert. With wisdom gained from working with real families in the trenches on children’s screens, Cherkin provides practical solutions for you and your family. Most of all, she gives you the knowledge and courage you need to raise healthy kids today. Get this book!

Emily's work has changed the trajectory of my family's life. As I told her, she is a bad influence in the best way because I abandoned social media in exchange for my real life. The truth is I stopped numbing myself with social media, stepped into my real life, and realized how much I was missing. What I have learned from Emily has changed everything. Emily's book is real, raw, and relatable.

In an increasingly polarized world, it's refreshing to hear an argument that neither glorifies nor vilifies technology. Cherkin's concept of 'tech intentionality' will be an incredible support for overwhelmed and under-informed parents struggling with the incursion of technology into their family. Engaging, alarming, well-researched, and ultimately incredibly helpful, The Screentime Solution should be handed out to all new (and existing) parents. I could not recommend this book more.

From the moment I opened this book I knew we, as parents, were in clear, sensitive and non-judgmental hands. There are few, if any, decisions we make as parents that will define our family values and shape our children’s brain development and long term social and emotional health, as how we handle screen exposure. I am not ‘anti-screen,’ but I am passionately ‘pro-human connection,’ and in The Screentime Solution, Emily will guide you into taking small, sensible and doable steps to come to your own judgments that will build deep family connections and leave you with a feeling, ‘I can do this.’

Emily Cherkin's THE SCREENTIME SOLUTION is an invaluable practical guide to parenting in the age of screens. As a consultant, teacher, and parent, Cherkin offers down-to-earth advice about the questions that vex parents everywhere, from when and how to introduce kids to smartphones, to how to ensure kids are allowed to flourish in the presence of social media platforms that are designed to ensnare them. A hugely valuable resource.

Books and blogs are flooded with myths and misconceptions about how screens impact our children’s wellbeing. Emily Cherkin is a refreshingly honest and accurate voice in a sea of confusion and denial. The Screentime Solution is an essential book for any parent who is about to give a child a smartphone, or who is already struggling with the consequences.

Articulating the importance of relationships combined with a clear understanding of research, Emily engaged our audience with her candor, humor, knowledge, and passion. She provided valuable strategies and clear concepts that can immediately improve a family's relationship with technology. She is approachable and ready to engage in whatever the moment requires, with great humanity, vast experience, and science-based research.

Your message is different, unique and needed. Yes, parental controls are important to many of us, however you remind us that we can't lose our main focus which should be communicating and connecting with our kids. You are the only tech speaker I am aware of that puts the majority of focus on that. It truly resonates with parents! Please don't stop!

Thank you again sooooo much for coming to Boise and sharing your work and guidance with our community. We can't say enough how well that went and even better than we anticipated. AND to have the administrators rave about your presentation was icing on the cake.

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.

My gratitude for Emily's guidance on creating a tech-intentional plan for my family is immense. She met me where I was at and helped me navigate some big challenges, with understanding, compassion, and optimism. I appreciated her thoughtful follow-up emails after each session summarizing what we talked about and offering more ideas and resources. Each family's relationship to tech is going to look different and Emily understands that. Her program was such a worthy investment!

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.

You gave me hope when I had lost a lot of it lately. Your expertise and the way you were able to break down the knowledge you have and keep a crowd engaged was admirable and priceless. I truly enjoyed myself. Who would have thought I would laugh so much at a parent education presentation?!

"I had no idea just how much I would get out of this one little speech. Not only did Emily give me tools that I was able to implement right away, but also, I left feeling like I have also been doing a lot of things "right". That gave me a newfound feeling of confidence around this ever-changing issue; during these challenging times, that is priceless to me."

“I cannot rave enough about the life-changing nature of working with Emily Cherkin, The Screentime Consultant… One-on-one coaching was well worth the investment, because we customized a way forward that worked for our unique family dynamic.”

“Emily is a true expert in her field. I walked away from her training with information on how to help balance technology at home and steps to put it into practice. Emily presents with first-hand knowledge, well-researched material, humor, and always without judgment.”

“Emily’s training frames the discussion about screentime in shared family values, encourages parents to model what they want their children to do, and emphasizes the importance of having an open line of family communication and connection.”

“Before taking Emily’s workshop, I felt alone, angry, scared, and ill-equipped to navigate my relationship with kids in their relationship to their devices. Emily’s support has been like a glass of water in a parched desert. She is passionate about helping families decrease conflict and increase knowledge to make better decisions around screentime.”

"I joined Emily’s training as a helpless parent who had lost hope. Now, I am confident, armed with all the tools and an awesome support group. I know that I am able to cope and I know I am not alone.”

“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.”

"Emily has helped me look at how I approach tech and parenting… I am grateful for her support and helping my family focus on our values while we become tech-intentional. I highly recommend working with her.”

“I was feeling completely defeated by the way that screentime was taking over my kids' lives. Working with Emily gave me a roadmap and the tools I needed to reduce the role of screens in our family life, while deepening connection with my children.”

"Working with Emily has been such a joy… With her help, we are doing the real work of building a relationship with our daughter outside of screens."

"Emily’s researched and thoughtful approach to our family’s screen use let us understand our children’s perspective and helped them understand the rationale behind our screentime limitations.”

“Emily did a superb job of sharing her expertise and insights with us… Emily’s warmth, skills, and depth of knowledge at navigating these complex issues helped equip parents and families for better work-school-life balance.“

"After Emily’s talk, I did not feel overwhelmed – I felt optimistic and energized. Thank you so much for presenting information and tips in a way that left me ready to take action!”

“Emily was the perfect consultant to help us through this difficult time. … No families felt judged by their choices; instead they felt heard and reaffirmed that we can get through our children’s distance learning together. Thank you for inspiring us!”

“Emily has supported working parents in our client organizations beautifully through her vibrant, attuned facilitation and rich, meaningful learning content. … Emily offers digestible, actionable takeaways that help parents connect with their inner wisdom and navigate the intersections of work and family life.”

“Emily’s presentation wasn’t just super informative but chock-filled with information and data from our schools. You could tell she was super passionate and personable about the topic of screen time in schools, and this truly showed throughout the process. Outstanding all around!!!”

“I thoroughly enjoyed Emily’s workshop and found it to be tremendously helpful. It’s been easier to stick to limits knowing I’m not the only parent doing it. I am grateful for the work Emily does!”

Well-researched, delivered with "intention," and tailored to each audience after surveying both groups, Emily exceeded expectations. Her thoughts about the next steps to take were accessible, balanced, and appropriate as we navigate this digital age together...