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Susan chats with Janell Burley Hofmann, author of iRules: What Every Tech-Healthy Family Needs to Know About Selfies, Sexting, Gaming and Growing Up. Susan and Janell talk about how to incorporate technology into family life in ways that preserve connection and encourage engagement with the real, 3D world. Loaded with tips for using technology without being ruled by it. https://susanstiffelman.com/podcast-episode-burley-hofmann/
To what extent should you monitor your child’s life on social media? Should you allow your teen unlimited privacy on Instagram, Snapchat, or Facebook, or must privacy be earned? And if it must be earned, how might that happen? In this episode, author, international speaker, and digital health consultant, Janell Burley Hofmann (alongside Exceptional Parenting Podcast host, Stefanie Boucher), gives parents a crash course on the ins and outs of social media use in adolescence. Tune in now for answers to the above questions, practical tips for raising good digital citizens, and advice for helping kids maintain a healthy self-image in a digital world filled with unrealistic expectations.
To what extent should you monitor your child’s life on social media? Should you allow your teen unlimited privacy on Instagram, Snapchat, or Facebook, or must privacy be earned? And if it must be earned, how might that happen? In this episode, author, international speaker, and digital health consultant, Janell Burley Hofmann (alongside Exceptional Parenting Podcast host, Stefanie Boucher), gives parents a crash course on the ins and outs of social media use in adolescence. Tune in now for answers to the above questions, practical tips for raising good digital citizens, and advice for helping kids maintain a healthy self-image in a digital world filled with unrealistic expectations.
Kids love social media. But many parents dread the (inevitable) day their son or daughter opens up that first Instagram or Facebook account. "Is my tween old enough for Snapchat?" "Will my middle schooler be safe online?" "Is my teen spending too much time 'socializing' on her smart phone?" In this episode, author, international speaker, and digital health consultant, Janell Burley Hofmann (alongside Exceptional Parenting Podcast host, Stefanie Boucher), gives parents a crash course on the ins and outs of social media use in adolescence. Tune in now for answers to the above questions, as well as for practical tips parents can use to ensure that their kids become good digital citizens.
Kids love social media. But many parents dread the (inevitable) day their son or daughter opens up that first Instagram or Facebook account. "Is my tween old enough for Snapchat?" "Will my middle schooler be safe online?" "Is my teen spending too much time 'socializing' on her smart phone?" In this episode, author, international speaker, and digital health consultant, Janell Burley Hofmann (alongside Exceptional Parenting Podcast host, Stefanie Boucher), gives parents a crash course on the ins and outs of social media use in adolescence. Tune in now for answers to the above questions, as well as for practical tips parents can use to ensure that their kids become good digital citizens.
Janell Burley Hofmann is an international speaker, consultant & the author of the book iRules: What Every Tech Healthy Family Needs to Know About Selfies, Sexting, Gaming & Growing Up. Janell is the founder of The Slow Tech Movement & iRules Academy. What you'll learn in this podcast: How to use technology with mindfulness and intention The personal and professional iRules to help build a life of digital well-being How to engage in conversation to build connection and strengthen relationships
Lori recently made the decision to allow her eleven year old to have a smart phone, which has her thinking about kids, family and screen time. To dig into this topic, Lori speaks to Catherine Steiner-Adair author "The Big Disconnect," and Janell Burley Hofmann author of "iRules."
We begin episode 25 with the Mailbag. In the Mailbag, a man named Colin heard my rant on cell phones and sent us this Huffington Post article “To My 13-Year-Old, An iPhone Contract From Your Mom, With Love” by Janell Burley Hofmann. The author provides 18 awesome and loving rules to her child and his first phone. We introduce the Yonanas dessert maker in SuperCharge. For Stuff To Do, the suggestion is to do an obstacle course with your kids. Allow them to participate in creating it and then time them as well as you to go through it. Dr. Ellen talks about the importance of touch in Light Her Fire and Jason talks about the massage class he took. We move into an energy filled Dad's Debate with the topic of “Should you help your children with homework”. This is the research study article we mention. We finish the episode with 2 quotes about homework. The first one is “Homework: because 7 hours of School wasn't enough”. The second one was “”If kids haven't learned the concepts by the time they leave the classroom…the homework is pointless.” SEGMENTS Welcome & Intros (0:00) – Jason & Alan discuss kids going back to school for this episode. Mailbag (5:47) – iPhone contract for your kids. Here is the article we mention SuperCharge (11:13) – Yonanas – the dessert maker Stuff To Do (14:28) – Make an obstacle course Light Her Fire (17:35) – How important touch is Dad's Debate (23:17) – Should you help your children with homework? Quote of the Day (32:25) – 2 Quotes about homework…
We begin episode 25 with the Mailbag. In the Mailbag, a man named Colin heard my rant on cell phones and sent us this Huffington Post article “To My 13-Year-Old, An iPhone Contract From Your Mom, With Love” by Janell Burley Hofmann. The author provides 18 awesome and loving rules to her child and his first phone. We introduce the Yonanas dessert maker in SuperCharge. For Stuff To Do, the suggestion is to do an obstacle course with your kids. Allow them to participate in creating it and then time them as well as you to go through it. Dr. Ellen talks about the importance of touch in Light Her Fire and Jason talks about the massage class he took. We move into an energy filled Dad's Debate with the topic of “Should you help your children with homework”. This is the research study article we mention. We finish the episode with 2 quotes about homework. The first one is “Homework: because 7 hours of School wasn't enough”. The second one was “”If kids haven't learned the concepts by the time they leave the classroom…the homework is pointless.” SEGMENTS Welcome & Intros (0:00) – Jason & Alan discuss kids going back to school for this episode. Mailbag (5:47) – iPhone contract for your kids. Here is the article we mention SuperCharge (11:13) – Yonanas – the dessert maker Stuff To Do (14:28) – Make an obstacle course Light Her Fire (17:35) – How important touch is Dad's Debate (23:17) – Should you help your children with homework? Quote of the Day (32:25) – 2 Quotes about homework…
Janell Burley Hofmann is a parent coach and mother of five who writes about parenting and technology. Her book, iRULES: What Every Tech-Healthy Family Needs to Know About Selfies, Sexting, Gaming and Growing UP, is a funny, accessible guide with tips for raising happy, well-adjusted children in a technological age. In this exclusive interview she explains where the idea for the book originated.