The Screen Guardians Podcast
When a kindergartener walks into their classroom, the space is built for them. The chairs are small. The crayons are thick. The books are softbound and full of pictures. Slowly, over the years, their world expands—more words, more tools, more responsibility as their...
The Screen Guardians Podcast
This heartfelt post explores how school-issued devices can quietly expose children to harmful content—and what parents can do to stay informed and involved. Sometimes parenting in a digital world feels less like walking a line—and more like walking a tightrope. No...
The Screen Guardians Podcast
There are conversations I wish we didn’t have to have. But here we are—because ignoring hard truths doesn’t protect our children. And pretending the digital world isn’t changing at an alarming pace only leaves families more vulnerable. That’s why we created the Screen...
The Screen Guardians Podcast
There are some conversations that feel too big to begin. Talking about the digital world and our kids—what they’re exposed to, what they’re carrying, how their brains and hearts are shaped by screens—that’s one of those conversations. It’s big. It’s overwhelming. And...
The Screen Guardians Podcast, Educational Technology Insights
There are moments in parenting when something small nudges at your attention—and then, without warning, that “small” thing becomes a defining shift. That’s what happened to Gretchen Shanahan in 2018. She remembers it clearly—the way the questions started stacking up...
The Screen Guardians Podcast
What happens when protecting children takes a back seat to bureaucracy, miscommunication, or worse—inaction? In one of the most emotionally charged and urgent episodes of the Screen Guardians Podcast, host Katie Longhauser and co-host Detective...
