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Podcast: The 1000 Hours Outside Podcast
Episode: 1KHO 670: It Is Our Job as Parents to Protect Our Childās Brain | Arlene Pellicane, Screen Kids
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Screens donāt just fill time. They also begin to shape what feels normal in a childās brain, body, and relationships. In this episode of The 1000 Hours Outside Podcast, Ginny Yurich sits down with family researcher and bestselling author Arlene Pellicane to talk about what kids lose when devices become the default (attention, affection, conversation, imagination), and what parents can rebuild with simple, steady choices. Youāll hear why ābackground TVā isnāt as harmless as it seems, how early scr...