Parenting Bytes
From digital dilemmas like managing screen time and the effects of social media, to new apps and devices that can make parenting easier (or at least more fun), family tech expert Rebecca Levey, along with tech reporter Andrea Smith and blogger Amy Oztan, explore the ups and downs of parenting in the digital age. Join them every week on Parenting Bytes where they will discuss the latest tech, gadgets, apps, and issues around raising the digital generation - and maybe learn something even your digital kid didn't know!
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 38 minutes
- Episodes
- 287
- Years Active
- 2015 - 2021
Episode 102: How Robots Can Help Your Child Learn
Are you looking for some robot toys for your kids?
Episode 101: How To Protest, March, Or Rally With Kids
Are you planning to bring your kids to any marches or rallies this weekend?
Episode 100: Our Favorites from CES 2017!
Andrea and Amy are back from Las Vegas with all of their favorites from the Consumer Electronics Show!
Episode 99: Parenting Resolutions
Have you made any parenting resolutions?
Encore Episode: Parent Hacks
We're reposting our Parent Hacks episode from earlier this year.
Episode 98: Why You Should Stop Taking Facebook Quizzes Right Now
How many times a day do you see a quiz go through your Facebook feed?
Episode 97: YouTube's Young Stars
For a growing number of kids YouTube is a money maker that demands a lot of their time.
Episode 96: Santa In The Age Of Google
This week we're talking about how to keep your kids believing in Santa (if you do that) when it's so easy for them to find things out with google.
Episode 95: Media Literacy: We Need To Teach Our Kids How To Tell When News Is Fake
We were thrilled to have Michelle Ciulla Lipkin on the show,
Episode 94: Meditation Instead Of Detention In Schools Really Works!
We’ve got two great topics to go with your Thanksgiving feast this week
Encore Episode: Holiday Food!
We’re reposting our fun Holiday Food episode from last year
Episode 93: Holiday Gift Guide 2016!
It’s that time of year again, when we start making lists and hunting down the best gifts for friends and family.
Episode 92: The American Academy of Pediatrics Finally Gives Up
Rebecca and Andrea welcomed Amy back from a trip to Disney World!
Episode 91: Bake It Happen For Breast Cancer Research!
Shari and Stacy lost their mother Judy to breast cancer eight years ago, and they put their grief into action with Bake It Happen.
Episode 90: The Real Cost Of Using Smartphones Around Kids
It’s a beautiful fall day in NYC!
Ep 89: How To Avoid A Virtual Kidnapping Scam
Rebecca finally remembered the new name of Amy’s blog.
Ep 88: When Should You Interfere In Other People’s Parenting?
When (If Ever) Should You Butt In When It Comes To Parenting?
Ep 87: Black Dolls Matter, with Ozi Okaro of Ikuzi Dolls
We're talking with Ozi Okaro, founder of Ikuzi Dolls, a line of 18" dolls of color that are available with different skin shades and hair textures.
Ep 86: Should We Get Rid Of Middle Schools?
First we talk about how awful middle school is, and what can be done about it.
Ep 85: Is Sexting The New Flirting In Middle School?
Middle schoolers are sexting up a storm