265: Screens, Toxic Stress & Staying Connected with Dr. Nadine Burke Harris

About this episode

This episode discusses the impact of screens and social media on tweens and teens, featuring insights from Dr. Nadine Burke Harris.

If you're raising a tween or teen in a world of social media, smartphones, and AI, this conversation is for you. How do you protect your kid from the psychological harms of today's digital world (disturbing content, social media, and AI) without pushing them away or damaging the relationship you've worked so hard to build with them? That's the question at the heart of this special episode of Ask Lisa. Live from the Common Sense Summit on Kids and Families, clinical psychologist Dr. Lisa Damour sits down with Dr. Nadine Burke Harris, award-winning physician, researcher, and California's inaugural Surgeon General, for a conversation that will genuinely change how you think about your kid and their devices. Together, they bring decades of clinical expertise and hard-won parenting experience to the questions families are struggling with most right now around tech and their kids. 💡 YOU'LL LEARN - Why what kids see online can rewire their developing nervous systems (and what parents can do about it right now) - The one thing you should say to your tween or teen before they ever go online - How to set a phone contract that's tied to developmental readiness, not just age (and what to…

People in this episode

Host: Dr. Lisa Damour

Guest: Dr. Nadine Burke Harris

Topics covered

• screens
• toxic stress
• parenting
• digital world
• social media
• mental health

Keywords

• tweens
• teens
• social media
• psychological harm
• parenting strategies
• digital safety

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Common Sense Summit, California

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