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Connection First
Each episode is available in both English and Español. Fabi is on a mission to promote connection-based relationships with our children. She believes that by healing and nurturing our inner well-being, we can become the parents we aspire to be—parents who truly meet our children’s needs.
As an immigrant mom from Venezuela, Fabi has spent the last 15 years living between Sydney and London. She is an author and a passionate advocate for Conscious Parenting, with a particular focus on the impact of screens on kids.
Connect with Fabi on social media @connection_first or reach out via email at connectionfirst@fabianacoll.com.
Connection First
#3 Can we talk about screen time?
This is a fascinating topic to me, and not mainly because I like it, but because of the impact that it has on our kids. Screen time is a battle that I have decided to fight. When I say fight, I mean I've decided not to be passive about it but to try and establish clear boundaries and small things at home, with the hope of creating a "healthy" relationship between my kids and screens.
Here I share my learning and experiences along the way, with practical things that have worked for us.
But hey, this is a log road; this is just the beginning.
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Here are some of the articles mentioned in the episode:
- Screen time and children
https://www.aacap.org/AACAP/Families_and_Youth/Facts_for_Families/FFF-Guide/Children-And-Watching-TV-054.aspx
- Children uniquely vulnerable to sleep disruption from electronic screens
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/11/171101130549.htm
- Don't Text While Parenting — It Will Make You Cranky
https://time.com/14953/parents-who-use-smartphones-in-front-of-their-kids-are-crankier/
- The Electronic Pacifier: No TV under two!
https://shapingyouth.org/the-electronic-pacifier-no-tv-under-two/
- Too Much Screen Time Can Have Lasting Consequences for Young Children’s Brains
https://time.com/5514539/screen-time-children-brain/
- Raising Self-Reliant Kids in the Digital Age - Webinar
https://susanstiffelman.com/screen-time-webinar-january-2018/
- Background TV: Children Exposed to Four Hours a Day
https://healthland.time.com/2012/10/02/background-tv-children-exposed-to-four-hours-a-day/
- There’s Worrying New Research About Kids’ Screen Time and Their Mental Health
https://time.com/5437607/smartphones-teens-mental-health/
- Background TV can be bad for kids
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/07/140724104113.htm
- Too Much Screen Time for the Kids? Grandparents May Also Be Complicit
https://www.rutgers.edu/news/too-much-screen-time-kids-grandparents-may-also-be-complicit
- I tried not to blame myself for my son's screen habit
https://www.sbs.com.au/topics/voices/family/article/2021/03/30/i-tried-not-blame-myself-my-sons-screen-habit?fbclid=IwAR3znyECjazXqRMFMt4hawOuouaR6G_7ipUthThA2vu655JFQ-DbI8fS8jQ
- Toddlers’ screen time linked to slower speech development, study finds
- Associations between screen time and lower psychological well-being among children and adol