Pixel Parenting

<p>Do you know how to tell if an AI tool has proper safeguards for kids?<br /><br />I welcome Vivian Chong, co-founder and CEO of apgard.ai, a youth AI safety startup working to make AI tools safer for children. Vivian...

<p>What would a machine be able to really be a friend?</p> <p>This episode is a kids' philosophy conversation with Dr. Iris Oved (Paradox Lab) about friendship, robots, and anthropomorphism, the way our brains read...

<p>When was the last time you explained to grandparents why broadcasting your kids' photos to their friends is risky?<br /><br />Patricia Cangas talks with cybersecurity professionals Kae David and Chad Rychlewski...

<p>Which parental mediation strategy does research say works best—and why?<br /><br />Patricia Cangas sits down with Kaitlin Tiches, a research librarian at Boston Children's Hospital and the Digital Wellness Lab, who...

<p>Could reframing one conversation turn your teen from defensive to collaborative about screen time?<br /><br />Host Patricia Cangas talks with Dino Ambrosi, founder of Project Reboot, who turned his college struggle...

<p>What do Minecraft, D&D, and Fortnite actually teach your child's developing brain?<br /><br />Dr. Kelli Dunlap, a licensed clinical psychologist with a master's in game design and executive director of Take This...

<p>"Parents can be worried about all the other million things that we're worried about for our kids. But violent video games in and of themselves should not be at the top of that list." <br />- Dr. Rachel Kowert <br />...

<h2>Episode Summary</h2> <p >Pediatric speech-language pathologist Denise Santos Ford, M.S., CCC-SLP joins Pixel Parenting to demystify what SLPs actually do (far beyond “fixing R’s”), how screen time intersects with...

<p>In this episode of Pixel Parenting, I talk with Julianna Lorenzen, co-founder of Healthy Screen Habits, about how screens shape kids’ brains, and what we can do about it.</p> <p >Julianna has a background in sports...

<p>In this conversation, Dr. Celeste Sangiorgio discusses the intersection of video games and mental health, exploring how gaming can be utilized as a therapeutic tool. She shares insights on designing games that...

<p>In this conversation, Allie shares her journey through the world of gaming, discussing her educational background in game design and neuroscience, the impact of video games on her life, and how they have helped her...

<p>In Part 2 of our special series with Dr. Nick Ballou, postdoctoral researcher at the Oxford Internet Institute, we dive into what research actually says about the effects of video games on mental health. Drawing from...

<p>In this first part of a two-part series, I sit down with Dr. Nick Ballou, a postdoctoral researcher at the Oxford Internet Institute, to pull back the curtain on how video game research is actually done.</p> <p...

<p>In this episode of Pixel Parenting, we dive into the critical early years of child development with Rebecca Walsh, founder of Early Childhood Matters. Rebecca shares how the first five years shape a child’s brain...

<p> </p> <p >In this episode I’m excited to welcome Abby Vollmer—a legal and policy expert in the tech industry with a wealth of experience from GitHub, Strava, and now Cloudflare. In our conversation, Abby dives into...