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 121: Teens and Facebook: Secret Isn't Really Secret
Harvard has rescinded its acceptances for a small group of students who participated in a secret Facebook group full of racist, sexist, homophobic, and downright disgusting memes.
Ep 120: Father's Day Gifts for Gamer Dads
Andrea Smith and Amy Oztan talk with journalist Chris Morris
Ep 119: Great Books For Your Teens And Tweens
Rebecca and Amy were so excited to talk once again with Sandie Angulo Chen of Common Sense Media, who always has such great book recommendations.
Ep 118: Why Are Clothes For Tween Girls So Trashy?
Rebecca Levey and Andrea Smith are talking today with Kelly Wallace from CNN about the problem of girls' clothing
Ep 117: Mommy Poppins' Meal Kit Smackdown!
Amy and Rebecca are joined in the studio this week by Anna Fader
Ep 116: Public Proclamations of Mother's Day
If Mother's Day didn't happen on Facebook did it really happen?
Ep 115: Families Who Vlog: The Dark Side of You Tube
Rachel Dunphy joins us in the studio to talk about two articles she wrote for New York Magazine about families who have gone into the business of vlogging
Ep 114: How To Stop Those Annoying Robocalls
Hi, this is Heather from account services
Ep 113: Everything New at Disney World and Disneyland This Summer!
There is so much new in store for both Disney parks this summer it's crazy!
Ep 112: Does Your Kid Have An X-Plan For Emergencies?
This week we talk about a genius plan for giving your kids an "out" when they're in a bad situation
EP 111: Why Steve Jobs Didn't Let His Kids Use An iPad
What do tech inventors and CEOs and other Silicon Valley types know that the rest of us don't?
EP 110: Randi Zuckerberg's Mission for Girls and Tech
This is a fun episode with an important discussion
Ep. 109: So, like, do your kids, like, talk like this?
Audrey Mann Cronin is on a mission
Episode 108: When Working From Home Goes Hilariously Wrong
Working from home has lots of hazards.
Episode 107: How To Stop Nagging Your Teens And Tweens About Chores
Rebecca Levey, Andrea Smith, and Amy Oztan tackle an annoying problem
Episode 106: So How About Those Oscars?
Andrea Smith and Amy Oztan are joined by celebrity editor Abby West to talk about the Oscars
Encore Episode: A Mother Responds
We're reposting our Mother Responds episode from 2015.
Episode 104: An Interview with 'The Big Letdown' Author Kimberly Seals Allers
We need to demand better of the structures that are around us when it comes to breastfeeding.
Episode 103: Kids in the Kitchen with Jennifer Perillo
Jennifer Perillo is a food blogger and cookbook author who has some great tips for getting kids interested in cooking!