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.

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#3 Hablamos de pantallas?

December 09, 2022 • Fabiana Coll • Season 1

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La tecnología es y será parte importante en la vida de nuestros hijos, no podemos eliminarla de sus vidas, pero si podemos establecer límites muy claros y poner ciertos parámetros en casa, desde el comienzo. En este episodio les cuento nuestra experiencia, con todos los aprendizajes y herramientas que hemos usado, en una búsqueda constante porque las pantallas no sean la primera opción y en crear una buena relación entre ellas y nuestros hijos.

Les dejo el artículo en español que escribí hace un tiempo:
https://www.mamalejosdecasa.com/2021/06/elretomasgrande.html

Y algunos de los artículos relacionados donde pueden conseguir más información sobre el tema:

- 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

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/toddlers-screen-time-linked-slower-speech-development-study-finds

- Associations between screen time and

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