Parenting in the Screen Age - The Screenagers Podcast
By Delaney Ruston, MD
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Join Delaney Ruston, MD — a leading authority on parenting in the screen age and the filmmaker behind the award-winning Screenagers movies — as she explores the challenges parents face raising kids in today's digital world: think smartphones, social media, video games, and more.
Through interviews with experts, thought leaders, and young people themselves, Parenting in the Screen Age delivers the latest science, practical tips, and key insights that parents will want to implement — and share — with their kids and teens.
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From Sports Betting to Porn: Parental Conversations Boys Need
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Oct 06, 2025 |
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Talking To Your Boys: Masculinity, Gaming, and Their Online Lives
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Sep 22, 2025 |
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How to Fight Back Against the Youth Sleep Crisis
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Sep 08, 2025 |
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Acing Screen Time Conflicts with Lisa Damour (Encore)
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Sep 01, 2025 |
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New Science On Sleep, Our Kids, And What To Do (Encore)
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Aug 18, 2025 |
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How Students Are Really Using AI & ChatGPT
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Aug 04, 2025 |
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Social Media’s Influence on Eating Disorders: Insights from Dr. G
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Jul 21, 2025 |
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Eating Disorders and Social Media: Isabelle’s Story
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Jul 07, 2025 |
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When Co-Parents Clash Over Screen Rules
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Jun 23, 2025 |
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Are AirPods Ruining Our Kids’ Hearing?
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Jun 09, 2025 |
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Boredom In, Boredom Out: How Teens Experience Social Media
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May 26, 2025 |
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Screen Time, Teens and Therapy: What Parents Need to Know
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May 12, 2025 |
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How Screens Trap Teens In Depression — Jean Twenge Explains the Trap
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Apr 28, 2025 |
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Tradwives, the Manosphere, and Online Sexism: What Can Parents Do?
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Apr 15, 2025 |
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Inside a Middle School’s Fight Against Smartphone-Fueled Cruelty and Bullying
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Mar 31, 2025 |
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Raising Independent Kids: The Issue of Phone Trackers with America’s ‘Worst’ Mom
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Mar 17, 2025 |
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How One School’s Bold Move to Lock Away Phones Transformed Learning
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Mar 03, 2025 |
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What Does “Hookup Culture” Actually Mean? Answers for Parents and Teens
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Feb 17, 2025 |
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Is It Okay for Kids and Teens to Be Angry With Their Parents?
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Feb 10, 2025 |
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How Smartwatches Are Subverting School No-Phone Policies
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Feb 03, 2025 |
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Teens, Roblox, and Real Money: A Parents Guide to In-Game Purchases
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Jan 27, 2025 |
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Talking to Your Teen About Sex: Advice for Parents
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Jan 13, 2025 |
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Managing Meltdowns and Easing Sibling Screen Time Conflicts
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Dec 30, 2024 |
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Jonathan Haidt Explains the Youth Mental Health Crisis (Encore)
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Dec 16, 2024 |
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How to Motivate Our Kids Without Nagging Them!
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Dec 02, 2024 |
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Why School Safety Experts Want Phone Bans
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Nov 18, 2024 |
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Kids Using AI Chatbots: The Risks Parents Can’t Ignore
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Nov 04, 2024 |
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The Sleep Crisis: Addressing Melatonin and Tech as Sleep Aids
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Oct 21, 2024 |
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Tackling Problematic Social Media Use
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Oct 08, 2024 |
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How to Delay Social Media and Smartphone Use With Wait Until 8th
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Oct 01, 2024 |
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Instagram Unfiltered: Teens Tell All (Encore)
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Sep 23, 2024 |
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Parenting Tips from Screenagers: Elementary School Age Edition
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Sep 09, 2024 |
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How ZYN's Social Media Strategy is Driving Teen Nicotine Addiction
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Aug 26, 2024 |
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How Smartphones Are Pushing Schools to Breaking Point
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Aug 12, 2024 |
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How A Teen Run Instagram Account Shook a School (Encore)
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Aug 05, 2024 |
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Instagram Unfiltered: Teens Tell All
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Jul 22, 2024 |
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From Junk Food to Social Media: How Teens Get Manipulated
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Jul 08, 2024 |
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How Our Own Trauma Impacts Our Parenting
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Jun 24, 2024 |
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Jonathan Haidt Explains the Youth Mental Health Crisis
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Jun 10, 2024 |
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How Media Is Fueling A Risky Sexual Practice Among Teens
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May 27, 2024 |
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Screen Time Parenting With Positive Discipline
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May 13, 2024 |
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Mean Behind The Screens
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Apr 29, 2024 |
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Absolute Yes To Fighting Less (Rerun)
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Apr 15, 2024 |
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Acing Screen Time Conflicts with Lisa Damour
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Apr 01, 2024 |
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Snapchat Uncovered - Teens Discuss Pitfalls of this Popular App
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Mar 18, 2024 |
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Is Social Media Addiction A Real Thing?
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Mar 04, 2024 |
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How Self-Compassion Can Make Parenting Easier
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Feb 19, 2024 |
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How to Address the Hardest Screen Time Parenting Dilemmas
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Feb 05, 2024 |
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Decoding Adolescent Decision Making on Screens and Off
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Jan 22, 2024 |
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How Does Our Digital Age Impact Teen Weed Use?
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Jan 08, 2024 |
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How Much Do We Really Know About Teen Vaping?
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Dec 11, 2023 |
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A Teen Run Instagram Account Shook a School and the Lessons Learned
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Nov 29, 2023 |
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When Screen Time Rules Are Broken
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Jul 11, 2023 |
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Love Ambush
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Jun 24, 2023 |
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Teen Love, Hookups And How To Talk About It All
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Jun 19, 2023 |
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Podcast Recommendations for the Whole Family This Summer
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Jun 13, 2023 |
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Summer Reset — Online and Offline
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Jun 06, 2023 |
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One Girl's Experience With Online Gaming And Strangers
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Dec 21, 2021 |
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Why Care About Social And Emotional Learning?
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Aug 28, 2021 |
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Two Moms, Two Experiments In Less Screen Time
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Jul 27, 2021 |
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Parents In Conflict Over Screen Time
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Jul 12, 2021 |
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One Family’s Weekly Unplugging Ritual
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Jun 03, 2021 |
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Calling All Kids And Adults: Let’s Rethink Cyberbullying
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May 15, 2021 |
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School's In And So Is Anxiety
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May 03, 2021 |
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Recovered Gaming Addict Shares His Story And Advice
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Feb 09, 2021 |
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Violence In Video Games And Shows, Why Should We Care?
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Jan 25, 2021 |
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Tips From A Therapist Of Teens With Problematic Tech Use
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Dec 26, 2020 |
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Inoculating Youth With The Truth About Vaccines
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Nov 13, 2020 |
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How To Spot And Stop The Spread of Disinformation
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Oct 08, 2020 |
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New Science On Sleep, Our Kids, And What To Do
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Aug 28, 2020 |
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Absolute Yes To Fighting Less
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Aug 10, 2020 |
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How Influencers Make All Their Money, And Why It’s Important
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Jul 30, 2020 |
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TikTok's Allure (and How Two Teens Cut Back)
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Jul 10, 2020 |
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Brain Biology and Preventing Excessive Video Gaming
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Jul 01, 2020 |