When Millennials Become Moms
When Millennials Become Moms
Dr. Organic Mommy
Kids, Screens and Mental Health: What Parents Need to Know
38 minutes Posted Dec 16, 2025 at 8:01 am.
– Welcome
– The link between social media and depression
– Mental health impacts and the connection to fragmented attention
– Kids getting devices earlier and schools providing devices
– Everything is becoming social media (Spotify, Roblox, etc.)
– What parents need to know about the dangers of Roblox
– What if you allow these platforms so your child doesn’t feel excluded?
– The dangers of Snapchat for kids
– Two things parents can do to avoid common pitfalls
– Playing games with your child and what to do if something isn’t appropriate
– Discord: what it is and what parents need to know
– Age gating and GCO
– Facial scanning and how it relates to age gating
– Going backwards: how to help kids reduce tech use
– Creating a family tech contract
– Teaching kids phone etiquette
– The dangers of laptops in schools
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In this episode, we sit down with Nicki Petrossi from Scrolling 2 Death to unpack the growing mental health concerns tied to kids’ technology use. We explore how social media, gaming platforms, and school-issued devices impact attention, emotional health, and development. Nicki breaks down what parents need to know about platforms like Roblox, Snapchat, and Discord and offers practical steps families can take to set healthy boundaries around tech without shame or fear. 
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Links:
10 rules for raising a kid in a high tech world - https://amzn.to/3KNemnV
how to make your smart phone a dumb phone - https://www.drorganicmommy.com/blog/how-we-turned-our-sons-smartphone-into-a-dumb-phone-and-how-you-can-too-natasha-beck
Tin Can https://tincan.kids
New York times - laptops in schools - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/opinion/laptop-classroom-test-scores.html
Tech Safe learning - https://www.techsafelearning.org
Good Pictures Bad pictures book -https://amzn.to/4pXMs7q