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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.

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 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!!

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.

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."

“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...