About this episode

Angela Santomero discusses the positive impact of child psychology in kids media and how it can benefit children's development.

Angela Santomero, co-creator of Blues Blues, creator of Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood, Super Why!, and the new Princess Penelope's Purse of Preposterous Things, joins us on The Mom Room this week to talk all about kids media. With a masters in child development, Angela has been a key player in bringing child psychology to kids shows by asking herself the question, 'what if you could put the very best curriculum on TV?' She has applied her "view and do" method to create some of the most highly regarded kids shows, where every moment has something in it that can help influence, inspire, and add to a child's curiosity. Despite the dangers that come with unsupervised media, including misinformation, Angela explains how to approach media so that kids will be intrinsically motivated to watch content that holds valuable learning lessons. Hopefully this episode can help show parents that screen time can be beneficial to a child's understanding of kindness, empathy, self-esteem, and motivate and inspire them to create in the real world. Check out more about Angela down below, including her books and YouTube series! FOLLOW ANGELA @angelasclues Princess Penelope THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS…

People in this episode

Host: Renee Reina

Guest: Angela Santomero

Topics covered

• child psychology
• kids media
• parenting
• screen time
• education
• empathy
• self-esteem

Keywords

• child psychology
• kids media
• parenting
• screen time
• empathy
• self-esteem
• learning

Sponsors

Quince, Wayfair, BioOptimizers

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Blues Clues, Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood, Super Why!

Products: Princess Penelope's Purse of Preposterous Things

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