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. 27: Camp Mom!
This week Rebecca Levey, Amy Oztan, and Andrea Smith are in the studio with Babette Roberts from Camp Mom
Ep. 26: Teen Lit Rocks!
This week hosts Rebecca Levey, Amy Oztan, and Andrea Smith are speaking with blogger, Senior Movie Reviewer for Common Sense Media, and creator of Teen Lit Rocks, Sandie Angulo Chen. Sandie shares so…
Ep. 25: Does Music Make Your Kid Smarter?
This week hosts Rebecca Levey, Amy Oztan, and Nancy Friedman are in the studio with cellist, composer, and now game inventor Philip Sheppard.
Ep. 24: The New Stage Moms
Hosts Rebecca Levey, Nancy Friedman, and Amy Oztan talk to writer Michelle Ruiz about the Internet's latest star, six-year-old Cece Price
Episode 23: Father's Day Smackdown
This week on the podcast Rebecca, Amy and guest co-host Nancy Friedman are joined in the studio by three time World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion and Human Podcast Machine host, Taz. How does a big …
Episode 22: School's Out! (Almost)
This week on Parenting Bytes Rebecca, Amy and Andrea discuss school shaming - from school lunch to carnivals that leave out kids, why are school administrators shaming students from lower income home…
Episode 21: Class of 2015 - you're screwed!
This week Rebecca, Amy and Andrea discuss Robert de Niro's tough love graduation speech and what makes a great commencement address, plus gifts for grads. Then we tackle the impossible task of packin…
Episode 20: Internet Etiquette
This week Rebecca, Amy and Nancy discuss how to mind your online p's and q's. When is it OK to send a digital thank you card? Should you have a no-phone policy at your kid's birthday party? Then we d…
Episode 18: Girls gone Minecraft.
This week Rebecca, Amy and Andrea discuss the 12 year old girl who shamed the gaming industry into including free girl characters as their default avatars. Then we discuss calendar madness, tips and …
Episode 17: Who Likes Mother's Day?
On this week's podcast Meagan Francis of TheHappiestHome.com joins Rebecca, Amy and Nancy to talk about what makes a happy home, how she manages her kids who range in age from 6-17, and how moms can …
Episode 16: The webcam in your teen's bedroom
This week Dan Tynan of Yahoo! Tech qualify as spying?
Episode 15: The Lowdown on Teens and Social Media
This week Rebecca, Amy and Nancy are joined by Abby West, Executive Editor of Essence.com. We talk to Amanda Lenhart, author of the new Pew Research Study all about teens and social media - what are …
Episode 14: Apologizing for your kid
This week Andrea and Rebecca are joined by Nancy Friedman to talk about apologizing for your kid's terrible behavior
Episode 13: Quality v. Quantity
This week Rebecca, Amy and Andrea talk about a new study showing quality rules over quantity when comes to time parents spend with their kids.
Episode 12: Snarky Parents and Mean Boys
This week Amy is in the studio with Eric Messinger of New York Family Magazine while Rebecca and Andrea join in from Sandbox Summit in Cambridge, MA.
Episode 11: Let's ban homework!
This week on the podcast, Rebecca, Andrea and Amy talk about the pros and cons of homework and whether it's necessary at all
Episode 10: Working moms and too-gifted kids.
This week on the podcast Rebecca is joined by Andrea Smith and Nancy Friedman as they discuss Katharine Zaleski's working mom apology in Fortune Magazine, and Vodafone's new generous maternity leave …
Episode 9: YouTube for Kids - yay or nay?
This week on the podcast Rebecca is joined by Amy Oztan and Nancy Friedman to talk about the new YouTube for Kids app
Episode 8: There's a Dad in the house!
Lance Somerfeld, Co-Founder of the City Dads Group joins the podcast to talk about modern fatherhood, stay at home dads, and the changing image of what it means to be a dad, and the Dad 2.0 Summit (a…