09. Anne Collier on Screen Time & Parenting During the Pandemic

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Anne Collier is a world expert with regards to digital safety for children. Anne is a writer and a youth advocate that has been chronicling the public discussion about youth and digital media since 1997. In addition, she is the founder and the executive director of the The Net Safety Collaborative (TNSC), a non profit organization that, among other initiatives, created the social media helpline for U.S. schools

This was a very timely conversation conducted while the world is under lockdown and our kids’ screen time is skyrocketing. I wanted an expert advice on screen time: is it good or bad and how can we as parents help our kids navigate their newly found internet freedom, without being too controlling.