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Do your children spend a lot of time looking at their phones or tablets? Do they get upset if you ask them to take a break from their technology? In today's interview, child psychiatrist Dr. Victoria Dunckley introduces us to a new syndrome called Electronic Screen Syndrome, which has profound and far-reaching effects on children's brains. Tune in as she discusses the findings from her book “Reset Your Child's Brain: A Four-Week Plan to End Meltdowns, Raise Grades, and Boost Social Skills by Reversing the Effects of Electronic Screen Time.” She'll talk about the wide variety of psychiatric, neurological, and behavioral disorders exacerbated or created by screen time and also outline how to successfully implement an “electronic fast,” which has had proven to be successful in hundreds of her patients. Dr. Victoria L. Dunckley is an award-winning integrative child, adolescent and adult psychiatrist, author, and speaker with a focus on addressing modern-day environmental factors to optimize mental health and minimize the need for psychotropic medication. In response to an overwhelming need, Dr. Dunckley developed “Save Your Child's Brain” in 2010 to help parents reverse the overstimulating effects of electronics' use on children's mood, attention, sleep, and behavior. This is described in her book, “Reset Your Child's Brain.” As one of only a handful of tech addiction specialists in the US, she's considered a leading expert on the effects of interactive screen-time on brain health and development. Info: www.DrDunckley.com and www.ResetYourChildsBrain.com
If you follow along on Instagram, you may know that limiting screen time is a huge passion of mine. We are living in a technology-driven world, and while there are many great things that come from it, there are also so many dangers - specifically when it comes to how it affects our relationships with ourselves and others. There are simple things that you can change to decrease screen time and increase your ability to be present and connect. Andrea Davis and I have a conversation around our experiences with technology and how we do, or don't, incorporate it into daily life. Andrea guides us through having the tough conversations with your children around limiting time on devices and how that can really pay off in the long run. Andrea Davis is a former secondary ed teacher turned screen-time-navigator. She is the founder of Better Screen Time where she shares family-tested ideas from the (tech) trenches as a mom of five. She is on a mission to help parents worry less about tech, and connect more with their kids. Andrea and her husband, Tyler, live in beautiful Hood River, Oregon where they love spending time outdoors as a family. In this episode we discuss: -The benefits of setting our devices aside -Involving our spouse and kids in creating a tech plan -Practical ways to talk to your kids about technology -Having the skill of self-awareness -What happens when we let our children be bored Resources mentioned: -Creating a Tech Healthy Family, Andrea Davis -Loftie alarm clock -Spaghetti sauce recipe -24/6, Tiffany Shlain -Reset Your Child's Brain, Victoria L. Dunckley -Glow Kids, Nicholas Kardaras -Digital Minimalism, Cal Newport -The Gabb Phone Connect with Andrea: -betterscreentime.com -Andrea's courses -Instagram: @betterscreentime Connect with me on Instagram @motherhoodmeetsmedicine. For full show notes, head to lynzyandco.com/motherhood-meets-medicine-the-podcast/ Join the Motherhood Meets Medicine community at patreon.com/motherhoodmeetsmedicine. Disclaimer: This podcast does not provide medical advice. The information on this podcast is for informational purposes only. No material on this site is intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.
After reading both Reset Your Child's Brain by Victoria L. Dunckley, MD and Glow Kids by Nicholas Kardaras, Ph.D. we discuss the impact of screen time on our own children as well as the concept and the practicality of a 3 week "reset" as recommended by Dr. Dunckley. In our discovery, our kids are being stimulated at a rate unlike any other generation. The gaming industry has put the R&D into keeping our kids hooked on screens. However, gaming isn't the only industry competing for our kids time. Can we pull our kids off? How much time is too much time. A child's dopamine levels are incredibly high when immersed in an active screen. Is this over stimulation sacrificing relationships? Join us as we talk through both books, the over arching concept and perhaps one of the greatest challenges parents have with getting their kids to look up. additional resources are available on finding-moments.com/library
Dana Laake and her special guest Dr. Victoria L. Dunckley will discuss the impact of screen time on mood, focus, sleep and behavior. Victoria L. Dunckley, M.D, is an award-winning integrative child psychiatrist, author, speaker, and activist. She is a nationally-recognized expert on the impact of screen time on brain health and development, and coined the term “Electronic Screen Syndrome” to describe how electronics can overstimulate and detune a child’s nervous system, causing mood, focus, sleep and behavioral issues.
Lori Oberman, MA MFT joins the show for a fun conversation about a serious subject: social media addiction. She offers insights and helpful tools that may benefit both teens and adults. What are the signs that addiction is a problem? Why is this growing trend getting worse and yes, it seems the U.S. is behind on addressing the reality of the situation. In this conversation we talk about limiting screen time, is your device interferring with your sex life and other topics. Not found in this conversation but a reminder: people are actually dropping dead in cyber cafes in other parts of the world. Risking physical health in exchange for that sought after screen time for gaming or social media. The long term affects on our society are still unknown. Some of the books Lori recommends are Glow Kids by Nicholas Kardaras, PhD and Reset Your Child's Brain by Victoria L. Dunckley, M.D. To see Lori and the books she is recommending check Instagram https://instagram.com/p/Bvby5DvnGg1/ Lori can be found at www.lorioberman.com. She works with individuals, couples and families. Despite the downside I continue to believe that social media can be used in a positive way to connect likeminded souls across the world. The key is balance and awareness. Conscious use of social media - let's make it more prevalent. Thank you for listening. Thank you for subscibing, reviewing and sharing this show if you feel others would benefit. Strong Body Strong Soul can be found on Youtube, Instagram, Medium and the website is www.strongbodystrongsoul.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/maria-humphreys/support
Sheila and Maria discuss the use of technology and screen-time in the home including studies on the impact of these behaviors on our developing children and drawing on decades of experience observing and working with families as they have navigated these types of decisions. "So your kids must love the iPad?" I asked Mr. Steve Jobs, trying to change the subject, the company's first tablet was just hitting the shelves. "They haven't used it," he told me "we limit how much technology our kids use at home." - New York Times article, September 2014, by Nick Bilton Revisiting the theme of less-is-more, we believe that the same concept applies when it comes to screen time for our families. The evidence suggests that an increased use of technology is changing the way our children are wired to think, it is affecting their focus and contributing to an increase in emotional and behavioral issues. But it is not just these things that cause us to desire less technology in our families lives, we also have to consider the tradeoffs, what technology is taking away from them: time to play, explore the outdoors, be creative, and be in their bodies, activities which are all vitally important for our children. Resources From This Episode The Pediatric Academic Society Study, 2017: http://www.aappublications.org/news/2017/05/04/PASScreenTime050417 U.S. National Survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation, 2010: https://www.kff.org/other/event/generation-m2-media-in-the-lives-of/ Marie Winn, The Plug-In Drug: https://www.amazon.com/Plug-Drug-Television-Computers-Family/dp/0142001082 Jane M. Healy, Endangered Minds: https://www.amazon.com/Endangered-Minds-Children-Think-About/dp/0684856204 James P. Steyer, The Other Parent: http://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Other-Parent/James-P-Steyer/9780743405836 Victoria L. Dunckley, Reset Your Child's Brain: https://drdunckley.com/reset-your-childs-brain/ Dr. Delaney Ruston, Screenagers: https://www.screenagersmovie.com/ Rachel Macy Stafford, Hands Free Mama: https://www.handsfreemama.com/
#98 — Tech Brain: The Vice Grip of Screens and Lights ** April 20, 2016 Guest // VIctoria Dunckley, MD ** Host // Carla Atherton Has technology grabbed ahold of your kids’ brains, with the vice grip of blue screens and blinking lights? It’s affecting our children socially. It’s messing with brain function and development. It’s causing health problems from fatigue to sleep problems. It’s a catalyst of emotional upset, from tantrums and depression to addictions and even violence. Gulp. Do you have a daughter who’s not responding well to treatment? Do you suspect that you son is being medicated unnecessarily? Could screentime be affecting your child’s grades, happiness, sense of self, relationships, and overall quality of life? Could it be at the root of an ADHD or Oppositional Defiance Disorder diagnosis? Find out during this interview, and learn how you can join host Carla Atherton and Dr. Dunckley for a screenfast challenge. Reverse these tech side effects and develop new, healthy relationships with technology. Victoria L. Dunckley, MD is an award-winning integrative child psychiatrist and a leading expert on the disruptive effects of electronic media on brain health and development. In the past ten years, her Reset Program has helped more than five hundred children, teens, and young adults who failed to respond to conventional treatment alone.She blogs for Psychology Today, and has been a featured expert on the Today show, NBC Nightly News, and the Investigation Discovery Channel. She is the author of a groundbreaking new book, Reset Your Child’s Brain: A Four Week Plan to End Meltdowns, Raise Grades and Boost Social Skills by Reversing the Effects of Electronic Screen-Time. Carla Atherton, MA, Director of the Lotus Health Project, Writer and Editor, Workshop Instructor, Functional Diagnostic Nutrition practitioner, Transformational Nutrition Coach, Yoga Instructor, Health (R)evolutionary, and Children’s Health Advocate. Carla is a trained Functional Diagnostic Nutrition practitioner and Transformational Nutrition Coach, and is a creative and academic writer, lecturer, workshop instructor, acreage-living, unschooling mom of three. She is passionate about health and wellness, which, to her, involves all aspects of health including the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual. Carla created the Lotus Health Project, the Children’s and Teen Health (R)evolution, and its biannual online Children’s and Teen Health Summit in order to further her mandate – to let people know, both young and old, they are not alone in their health challenges or management and that anything can be overcome if you have the right mind and information.
About the book: A no-cost, nonpharmaceutical treatment plan for children with behavioral and mental health challenges. Increasing numbers of parents grapple with children who are acting out without obvious reason. Revved up and irritable, many of these children are diagnosed with ADHD, bipolar illness, autism, or other disorders but don’t respond well to treatment. They are then medicated, often with poor results and unwanted side effects. Based on emerging scientific research and extensive clinical experience, integrative child psychiatrist Dr. Victoria Dunckley has pioneered a four-week program to treat the frequent underlying cause, Electronic Screen Syndrome (ESS). Dr. Dunckley has found that everyday use of interactive screen devices — such as computers, video games, smartphones, and tablets — can easily overstimulate a child’s nervous system, triggering a variety of stubborn symptoms. In contrast, she’s discovered that a strict electronic fast single-handedly improves mood, focus, sleep, and behavior, regardless of the child’s diagnosis. Offered now in this book, this simple intervention can produce a life-changing shift in brain function — all without cost or medication. Dr. Dunckley provides hope for parents who feel that their child has been misdiagnosed or inappropriately medicated, by presenting an alternative explanation for their child’s difficulties and a concrete plan for treating them. About the author: Victoria L. Dunckley, M.D., author of “Reset Your Child’s Brain,” is an award-winning integrative child psychiatrist who specializes in children with complex or treatment-resistant mental health conditions. By combining conventional and complementary methods with lifestyle interventions, she aims to optimize treatment while minimizing the need for psychotropic medication. She consults regularly with schools, multi-disciplinary treatment teams, and the courts, and is a sought-after expert regarding the physiological impact of screen-time on the developing nervous system. A regular speaker for parents’ groups and health clinicians, she is also a frequent media contributor for outlets such as the Today show, NBC National News, and the Investigation Discovery channel. Clinically, she divides her practice between the private and public sectors in Los Angeles. After studying biology at the University of California San Diego, Dr. Dunckley pursued her medical training at Albany Medical College in New York, then returned to the west coast for her psychiatric residency and child & adolescent psychiatry fellowship at U.C. Irvine’s Neuropsychiatric Center. She’s since worked in a variety of community mental health settings including residential treatment centers, clinics catering to adoptive, foster, and transitional age youths, and Regional Centers serving clients with neurodevelopmental disabilities. In her private practice she has extensive experience treating tics & Tourette Syndrome, ADHD, bipolar disorder, attachment disorder, and PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder). Whether in the private or public setting, she’s known for going the extra mile to help each patient achieve his or her maximum potential. Out of an overwhelming need, Dr. Dunckley developed the Save Your Child’s Brain program in 2010 to offer the general public the pioneering program she was using with her patients to address overstimulation from screen-time, a phenomenon she coined “Electronic Screen Syndrome.” Now called the Reset Program, she has utilized this program to help more than 500 children, teens, and young adults who weren’t responding to conventional treatment alone. In recent years Dr. Dunckley began studying the interface between integrative medicine and psychiatry more formally, and in 2012 became board-certified by the American Board of Integrative Holistic Medicine. She has been a diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry for more than thirteen years. The winner of numerous awards from Vitals.com, she was also named one of America’s Top Psychiatrists by the Consumer’s Research Council of America.
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