What can we ALL do to reduce device time? (Parents too!) Strategies to reduce phone pickups via using Do Not Disturb and using gamification (kids v parents) to see who can use their devices for the least amount of time. We also debate the usefulness of Apple Watches (Big Mama is NOT convinced).
In today’s episode, I’m going to help the Squid Squad teach their parents why you cannot, in fact, pause a live game. Explaining to parents how live games work, (because they’re LIVE). Helping parents imagine how it feels to be yanked out of their world – like by a Magic Claw. Jesse “Big Mama” Weinberger is an Internet Safety Speaker & the host of the Internet Safety Podcast: Big Mama’s House Podcast- A Podcast for Teens
Hey Squids!
Sick of your parents asking you to pause a live game???
Well, then you’re in the right place.
Step One
Listen to Big Mama’s House Podcast – Season 2 Episode 3: No Mom, You Can’t Pause a Live Game. And once you’ve heard it, make your parents listen to it! Better yet, sit next to your mom, and when you hear Big Mama say *exactly* what YOU are always saying – just smile and say “You see???”
Step Two
Grab a copy of the digital flowchart for parents of gamers. It’s a literal step-by-step decision flowchart for parents to decide whether or not they should talk to you while you’re gaming.
- FREE – We’ll email you a black & white 8.5″ x 11″ copy of the poster that you can print out at home. (use the form below)
- BUY – Want a gorgeous, shiny, larger (so mom can’t miss it!) 11″ x 17″ copy of the poster? Order one here and we’ll mail it to you!
Just enter an email address below and you’ll immediately receive the black and white version of the download for Season 2 Episode 3: You Can’t Pause a Live Game: It’s the “Decision Flowchart for Parents of Gamers: Should I Ask My Squid to Pause a Video Game?”
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If you’re sick of getting yelled at about your phone use, but your parents are doing the same things, this episode will give you some strategies in how you can confront your parents (in a good way) about your THEIR device overuse. Also: download the Teen Family Contract to give to your parents.
Too many parents either don’t engage or don’t believe that their teens are suffering. That’s why Season 2 will be focused directly to teenagers. If we’re going to make even the slightest dent in digital safety we need help from a population who doesn’t need to be “convinced” that there’s a problem in the first place.