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As summer break approaches and screentime ramps up, parents worry about follow-through and healthy habits slipping away. Emily Cherkin provides solutions.

As AI infiltrates classrooms, we need to ask: Who really benefits? This discussion will expose the risks of AI-driven education—how it undermines learning.

Listen to Emily Cherkin M.Ed. aka the Screentime Consultant and Denise Champney discuss how EdTech came to be by looking at a timeline of events.

The University of Louisville’s Christina Lee Brown Envirome Institute and the Filson Historical Society. Tech-Intentional™ Schools Are the Future.

Emily and Dr. Farrell discuss how excessive technology in schools impacts learning and share strategies for creating meaningful educational experiences.

In her ARC 2025 speech, Sophie Winkleman lays out a compelling case for the return to an 'analog' upbringing for our children snd young people

In this webinar, Emily and Nicole discuss how stepping into our parental authority can help us become the parents our children need us to be.

Emily and Michael discuss the unique challenges of raising neurodivergent children around screens.

Emily and Lenore discuss how parental screen use can impact their children unintentionally.

Emily details the reasons and the methods of resisting EdTech in schools and returning to developmentally appropriate pedagogy.

Emily interviews Julie Liddell, founding attorney of EdTech Law Center about families' rights regarding screen use in schools.

Emily details how you can opt of edtech at school, and walks attendees through her edtech opt out toolkit.

The start of a new school year is an exciting but overwhelming time for many. Here's what you need to know about EdTech.

Persuasive design is a combination of behavioral psychology and software development that intentionally hooks into our dopamine response loop.

Children learn through modeled behavior which means what we do directly impacts how they will act in years to come. Healthy screentime starts with parents.

Watch Emily Cherkin's free webinar on why we are prioritizing the wrong skills for our children.

A video of Emily Cherkin's testimony before the Vermont House in support of bill S.289.

Listen to The Screentime Consultant explain how values should be the foundation for any family screentime rules.

Scary things are things we worry about but are unlikely. Dangerous things are likely and should be at the forefront.

Setting boundaries is actually something our kids need. But how we do it matters.

Congratulations! Your kid wants a smartphone. Now what?

Ed Tech isn't benign. Here are the reasons why parents should be paying closer attention to the tech in schools.

You've spent the summer battling over screens and now they are being influenced all day long by peers.

After a long year of using laptops all day at school, it can be really difficult to set screentime boundaries at home.