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Conversations with Dr. Jennifer

Teens and Screens

Conversations with Dr. Jennifer

Dr. Jennifer Finlayson-Fife

Self-improvement, Education, Mental Health, Sexuality, Health & Fitness

4.4978 Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2024

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Meaningful connection with others is what gives us an important network of support and sustenance throughout our lives; however, creating and maintaining this type of connection isn't always easy. And these days it is easier than ever to avoid the work of connection by distracting ourselves with screens. Access to the entire world in the palms of our hands has tremendous benefits, of course, but all too often we use technology as a way to escape our lives and relationships. As nice as it sounds to not face difficult realities head-on, when we avoid, we limit our growth and ability to connect with others. It’s very challenging to find the middle ground—to use technology to enrich and expand our lives, but to not be indulgent with it. And, as difficult as it is to manage this balance for ourselves, it is even more challenging to help our teens achieve a balanced, informed, and beneficial relationship with screens. In this NEW episode, Dr. Finlayson-Fife discusses with Crystal (@theparenting coach) how parents can help their children navigate the complicated online world. She discusses the key to empowering teens to make wise decisions lies in facilitating our children’s self-authoring – of thinking about the lives they want to create and assessing whether their actions are in line with the person they hope to become. Listen to the full episode to learn more about: * The impact of pornography, social media, and screen use on the developing brain, relationships, and self-esteem * The importance of normalizing sexual development (especially the draw of sexual imagery) *  Tools for creating and maintaining healthy screen habits (for teens and parents!) * How parental coddling limits development * Tips for approaching difficult conversations without fear and shame. * Discussing healthy sexuality with teens  in a shame-free and productive way For a deeper dive on this topic on self-authoring and healthy sexuality, consider enrolling in Dr. Finlayson-Fife’s How to Talk to Your Kids About Sex Course! This powerful course helps parents know how to foster their child’s ability to self-author throughout every age and stage of development!

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0:00.0

Welcome to Conversations with Dr. Jennifer, a collection of interviews on the topics of relationships, sexuality, and more, all featuring Dr Finlason Fife.

0:22.0

Hey everyone, to celebrate Mother's Day this year we're having a one day sale on

0:26.2

Thursday May night where you can save 30% on any one of my online courses it's the

0:32.3

perfect time to pick up a course for yourself

0:34.5

or as a gift for someone else. The sale will continue through Mother's Day but at a

0:38.7

lower discount so be sure to take advantage of this 30% off coupon on Thursday, May 9th.

0:45.1

Thanks everyone and happy Mother's Day.

0:50.3

Hi everyone and welcome to the parenting coach podcast with Crystal. I am excited to bring you kind of a part two. We already brought you another whole entire different conversation and at the very end of that conversation we talked a little bit about teens and screens.

1:03.0

This is something that I know so many people struggle with and find challenging.

1:08.0

And I get a lot of questions asked about this.

1:10.0

I have a lot of questions, my own self.

1:12.0

And so this is what I really a lot of questions my own self and so this is what I really

1:14.1

wanted to talk about so we welcome back to the podcast Dr. Jennifer Finless and Fife

1:17.8

thank you for being here again with us. Thanks for having me. Yeah thanks for having me.

1:22.0

I would like to have a conversation about teens. Thanks for having me. Yeah, thanks for having me.

1:23.0

I would like to have a conversation about teens and screens

1:25.8

and also pornography, which I know is kind of a separate issue,

1:28.3

but also kind of connected.

1:30.8

And so I think to delve into it first would be what is happening in our kids brains when they spend time on screen, or maybe a lot of times on screens on social media in all the ways.

1:45.0

Well, I mean, to just start, I'm no expert on this.

1:49.0

Meaning, I think about it a lot, and I think, you know, I have something to offer to this conversation but there's a lot that we don't yet know because of how rapidly technology is advancing and

2:02.3

how much the culture of what it is to be an adolescent has shifted far

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