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
Ep 84: Baby Name Regret
Rebecca Levey and Andrea Smith are in the studio this week, while Amy Oztan calls in from the Catskills, trying to suck a few more days out of summer.
Ep 83: How To Prepare For Disasters Without Scaring Your Children
Rebecca Levey, Andrea Smith, and Amy Oztan are in the studio today talking with Tanya Weinberg, Director of Media and Communications at Save the Children
Ep 82: Do You Have A Favorite Child?
Rebecca Levey, Andrea Smith, and Amy Oztan are in the studio on this hot, sticky summer week talking about a touchy subject
Ep 81: We Are All Aly Raisman's Parents
Rebecca Levey and Andrea Smith are in the studio today with special guest Avram Piltch, LAPTOP Mag's online editorial director.
Ep 80: The Best Back To School Shopping Tips
Rebecca Levey, Andrea Smith, and Amy Oztan are in the studio talking about back to school
Ep 79: When To Get Your Child A Smartphone
Rebecca Levey, Andrea Smith, and Amy Oztan are talking about when to get your child a smartphone
Ep 78: The Importance of Empathy
Rebecca Levey, Andrea Smith, and Amy Oztan are talking to author Dr. Michele Borba about how incredibly important it is to instill empathy in your children, and how to do it
Ep 77: All About Pokemon Go!
Rebecca Levey, Andrea Smith, and Amy Oztan are in the studio today with a special guest, former Parenting Bytes producer Brian Coursen!
Ep 76: In Defense of Super Early Bedtimes
Rebecca Levey, Andrea Smith, and Amy Oztan are in the studio today talking about early bedtime for kids
Ep 75: Mean Girls: When To Step In?
Rebecca Levey, Andrea Smith, and Amy Oztan are in the studio today talking with Kate Canterbury, from The Guavalicious Life, about an ugly incident her daughter had with some mean girls, and the epic…
Ep 74: Summer STEM Projects from The Maker Mom
Rebecca Levey and Amy Oztan are joined by Kim Moldofsky of The Maker Mom.
Ep 73: Exciting Summer Books for Teens and Tweens!
Andrea Smith, and Amy Oztan are in the studio today talking to Sandie Chen
Ep 72: Online Vigilantes
Andrea Smith and Amy Oztan are in the studio talking with guest Amy Mascott about how to give your kids some fun activities this summer.
Ep 71: Should You Pay Your Kids For Grades?
Rebecca Levey, Andrea Smith, and Amy Oztan, talk about paying students to do well in school
Ep 69: Screenagers
Rebecca Levey and Andrea Smith are talking to journalist Jennifer Jolly about teenage brains and the new movie 'Screenagers.'
Ep. 68: How Not To Raise A Tech Entrepreneur
The entire Parenting Bytes crew is in the studio today with two great topics
Ep. 67: Awaken Summer!
We're all in the studio on this gloomy day, but we're talking about things that can be warm and sunny
Ep. 66: Jeff Kinney Wants Your Kid To Be A Storyteller
We're in the studio today talking about the point of preschool crafts, plus a special interview with Diary of a Wimpy Kid author Jeff Kinney