[ENCORE] Ep. 159: "The Social Dilemma" with Jean Rogers

<p><a href= "https://sunshine-parenting.com/ep-159-the-social-dilemma-jean-rogers"> <strong> SHOW NOTES</strong></a></p> <p><span style="color: #000000;"><strong><a href= "https://sunshine-parenting.com/subscribe/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener noreferrer">Join Audrey's email subscriber community</a></strong> for resources and ideas for happier, more connected families. </span></p> <p>Jean Rogers is the Director of the Children’s Screen Time Action Network, where she leads a coalition of practitioners, educators, advocates, and parents who collaborate on practical methods to reduce children’s time on screens and digital devices, mitigate the dangers, and preserve childhood in the digital age. Jean is the host of Action Network Live!, a webcast bringing experts to parents on how screens impact all aspects of child development. She writes a weekly blog and speaks widely to parents, teachers and activists, empowering them to implement simple solutions to a complex 21st century parenting challenge.</p> <p>Jean earned Masters’ degrees in Education and Parenting Education at Wheelock College, where she took up the mantel of Susan Linn and Diane Levin, trailblazers in media literacy, play-based learning, and avoiding a commercialized childhood. Prior to working at the Action Network, Jean was a freelance marketing writer, illuminating products and services for nonprofit and business clients. She was also a music teacher, director of a large church school, and a college writing center consultant. Her greatest role is mother to 5 children.</p> <h3 style="color: #009dc8 !important;"><span style= "color: #1176bc;">BIG IDEAS</span></h3> <p>• <em>The Social Dilemma</em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">is fantastic because it helps you understand that social media apps were designed for profit for the companies that designed, not for the benefit of the users (a good term because of the addictive nature of the apps).</span></p> <p>• <span style="font-weight: 400;">If you have preteens or teens, we encourage you to have them wa