Hosted by Patricia Cangas · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 29 episodes
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Pixel Parenting is your monthly guide to raising tech-savvy, balanced kids. Hosted by Patricia Cangas Rumeu, a mum and a seasoned expert in digital literacy and educational technology, this podcast aims to empower parents to guide their kids’ tech use confidently and thoughtfully. From screen time to educational apps, join us to explore tools and insights that help kids—and parents—build healthy digital habits.Listen to our trailer and subscribe to stay updated!
Patricia Cangas hosts Pixel Parenting, a kids show with 29 episodes published.
Have you ever wondered what happens when a child starts talking to an AI like it's a friend? In this episode I sit down with Dr. Mathilde Cerioli, a cognitive neuroscientist and Chief Scientific Officer at the nonprofit
What actually happens in your child's brain when they hand an assignment to AI — and is it really as harmless as it seems? Patricia Cangas sits down with Missy Widmann — doctor of education, co-founder of Neural Educatio
How many hours a week are you mentally running through the family calendar, and what could you do with that time instead? Patricia Cangas sits down with Amy Briggs, founder and CEO of Aviva and a licensed speech-language
Do you know how to tell if an AI tool has proper safeguards for kids? 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 and her team bu
What would a machine be able to really be a friend? This episode is a kids' philosophy conversation with Dr. Iris Oved (Paradox Lab) about friendship, robots, and anthropomorphism, the way our brains read emotion and int
When was the last time you explained to grandparents why broadcasting your kids' photos to their friends is risky? Patricia Cangas talks with cybersecurity professionals Kae David and Chad Rychlewski, co-authors of Cyber
Which parental mediation strategy does research say works best—and why? Patricia Cangas sits down with Kaitlin Tiches, a research librarian at Boston Children's Hospital and the Digital Wellness Lab, who translates the l
Could reframing one conversation turn your teen from defensive to collaborative about screen time? Host Patricia Cangas talks with Dino Ambrosi, founder of Project Reboot, who turned his college struggle with phone addic
What do Minecraft, D&D, and Fortnite actually teach your child's developing brain? Dr. Kelli Dunlap, a licensed clinical psychologist with a master's in game design and executive director of Take This, joins us to explor
"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." - Dr. Rachel Kowert Host Patricia Can
Episode Summary 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 social-emotional
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. Julianna has a background in sports medicine and
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 address me
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 manag
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 his
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. You’ve seen the
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, why pr
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 her work at the
In this episode we explore the evolving role of AI in education through the eyes of Valentin, a tech-savvy seventh grader. Valentin recounts his early encounters with AI - starting with tools like DALL-E and ChatGPT - an
In Part 2, I focus on practical strategies for introducing and managing video games at home. I explain how creating a simple gaming contract and using parental controls can help set clear, balanced schedules for play, ho
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