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It"s My Screen Time Too

It"s My Screen Time Too

We review the programming the other critics ignore: stuff made for kids. Find out what to watch for family movie night, what to avoid altogether, and what you’ll want to watch alone, voluntarily.

tv & film

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21:57

Screen Time Sanctimony from Peter Thiel & Screen Time...

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2024/08/14

Peter Thiel and the San Diego Zoo gorillas help guide our conversation about our families’ back-to-school screen time policies.Previous Episodes We Mention:Are Dumb Phones a Smart Choice for Kids? Gorillas at San Diego's zoo are getting too much screen time Tech billionaire Peter Thiel says he only allows his children 1.5 hours of screen time a week The Contrarian by Max ChafkinPeter Thiel’s War on Gawker: A TimelineZoos’ New Dilemma: Gorillas and Screen Time We mistakenly...

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28:22

Time-Traveling Nerdery for the Whole Family: Time...

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2024/08/07

We have a great time reviewing Apple TV’s nerdy time-traveling adventure series Time Bandits, which manages to make ancient history look realistic while still being fun.Previous episodes we mention:Pretzel and the Puppies Harriet the Spy Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock The Snoopy Show Jane Ghostwriter Better Nate Than Ever As of our taping, the original Time Bandits movie was available to steam on Max. Time Bandits made us think of these movies and shows...

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18:11

You’re Welcome, Hollywood: Parents Save the Summer...

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2024/07/31

The box office numbers are in, and parents’ taking their kids to see movies like Inside Out 2 and Despicable Me 4 are saving an otherwise disappointing season in Hollywood. We pat ourselves on the back for rescuing the entertainment industry and discuss what such a multiplex-heavy summer means for movies in general and our families specifically. As usual, we take time to catch up on what we’re watching with our kids and during grown up screen time.Kids’ Movies Are Saving the Summer Box Office...

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26:26

Brandy is the Movie Star We Needed This Summer:...

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2024/07/24

We review the latest installment in Disney’s juggernaut tween Descendants franchise: The Rise of Red. Can Aurodon survive the replacement of its core cast? Does the soundtrack live up to previous installments? Most importantly, how happy are we to see Brandy as Cinderella again? Spoiler alert: very happy.Previous episodes we mention:Teen Beach Movie Zombies Zombies 2 Zombies 3 Sneakerella Check out Katie’s magnum opus on Cinderella adaptations featuring the Brandy ver...

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21:18

Are Dumb Phones a Smart Choice for Kids?

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2024/07/17

We talk about the trend of people dumping their smartphones for so-called dumb phones and whether this could be a smart strategy for our kids. We reminisce about our favorite flip phones and catch up on what we’re watching with our kids and what’s on our grown-up screen time watch lists.Previous episodes we mention:Despicable Me 4 Americans are ditching smartphones for 'dumb' devices that only call and text to avoid 'zombie mode' by Rob Waugh, June 30, 2024, in The Daily MailVice’s round...

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26:24

Despicable Me 4 Review: Mindless Minion Madness or a...

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2024/07/10

We review the most anticipated release of the summer: Despicable Me 4! Did we need a sixth movie about Gru and his little yellow henchmen? Maybe not, but we did appreciate the opportunity to re-familiarize ourselves with the works of Culture Club and Franz Kafka.Things we mentioned in this episode:The classic of high school English classes: Kafka’s The Metamorphosis Previous episodes we mention:Kung Fu Panda 4 Inside Out 2 IF Garfield Despicable Me 4 made us think of ...

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26:02

Calorie Counting and Blue Light Banning: Are All Our...

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2024/06/26

We discuss two short articles about screen time: one from Time that says it’s totally fine to talk about screen time using the language of diet culture as long as we don’t count minutes like we count calories and one from the Wall Street Journal that refutes our closely held beliefs about the harm caused by screens before bed. We also catch up on what we’re watching with our kids and what’s on our grown up watch lists.Previous Episodes We Mention:Screens and Diet Culture Stop Counting Sc...

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23:16

Pixar Grows Up Without Leaving Kids Behind: Inside...

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2024/06/19

In our review of Inside Out 2, we pick our faves from Riley’s new emotions and get into the puberty of it all by comparing Inside Out 2 to another similarly themed Pixar title, Turning Red.Previous episodes we mention:Turning Red Elemental Lightyear Soul This series of puberty books by Robie H. Harris:It’s So Amazing It’s Not the Stork It’s Perfectly Normal The Screenwriting Life Podcast Inside Out 2 made us think of these movies and shows for grown ups...

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25:13

Letting Go and Letting Screen: Our Summer Multiplex...

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2024/06/12

We discuss summer movies--the films we want to watch with our kids and a few we’re planning to watch for date night. We cover our hopes for all the new installments of our favorite franchises including Inside Out 2, Despicable Me 4, Descendants Rise of Red, Twisters, and even Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. Plus, Katie taunts Deborah about the impending release of Ryan’s World the Movie: Titan Universe Adventure.Things we mention in this episode:23 Summer Movies to Watch, Vanity FairSummer Movie Gui...

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28:30

A Beloved Indoor Cat Falters in the Outside World:...

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2024/06/05

In our review of The Garfield Movie, Deborah mourns the absence of the fundamental pathos of the Garfield comic strip in this zany animated take on everyone’s favorite lazy tabby. Katie betrays her co-viewing values and dares to suggest this would make a good solo watch for kids. We talk product placement and adapting dated but beloved material for a modern audience.Previous episodes we mention:Kung Fu Panda 4 The Super Mario Bros Movie Garfield made us think of these movies and sho...

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19:50

Game Blame: Legal Battles Over Video Games and Mental...

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2024/05/29

We discuss lawsuits filed by parents against video game companies for allegedly causing psychiatric disorders in children. Are lawsuits really the way forward in managing our anxieties about screens? We also catch up on what we’re watching during our grown up screen time.Things we mention in this episode:Kids Hooked on Video Games Prompt a Flurry of Lawsuits by Rachel Graf in Bloomberg Businessweek Instead of watching TV or movies with our kids this week, we’ve been:Listening to Phineas ...

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28:49

Ryan Reynolds Really Means It This Time: IF Review

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2024/05/22

We review the recently released movie IF. This might be the first kids movie of the summer season, but we question whether this Ryan Reynolds vehicle is really a kids movie at all. Is it just a sneaky way for us to confront our anxieties about parenthood while distracting our kids with goofy images of anthropomorphized marshmallows?Previous episodes we mention:Animal Crackers Spirited Duck Tales Goldie Hawn bemoaning her role as the mother in First Wives Club IF made us t...

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16:00

Blue Heeler Blues: Parents Mourn the End of Bluey

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2024/05/15

There have been think pieces galore this past month about the approaching end of the beloved preschool series Bluey. We talk about the intense parental love for the series and how to move forward after the end of something we love. We also catch up on what we’re watching with our kids and in our grown-up screen time.Things we mention in this episode:Everything ends. Even Bluey by Bryan Walsh in Vox Raising Raffi by Keith Gessen What we’ve been watching with our kids:Phineas and Fer...

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24:25

Swiping at a Classic: Dora Reboot Review

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2024/05/08

We review the reboot of Dora on Paramount Plus. Did this classic bilingual heroine really need a new look?Things we mentioned in this episode:McSweeney’s article “A Court-ordered Letter from Dora the Explorer’s Mother” How AI Is Already Transforming Moviemaking Previous episodes we mention: Dora and the Lost City of Gold Ms Rachel’s Songs for Littles Puffin Rock Snoopy Show Fraggle Rock Back to the Rock Creature Cases Dora made us think of these sh...

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15:31

Burning Questions: Chromebook Scare and Screens in...

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2024/05/01

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25:05

Lioness, She-Wolf, Girlboss: Queens Review

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2024/04/24

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19:09

The Pitfalls and Pinnacles of Passing Down Childhood...

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2024/04/17

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22:33

Scottish Shenanigans: The Loud House Movie Review

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2024/04/10

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17:46

Parents, Teens, and Screens: A Pew Report Review

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2024/04/03

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24:39

Panda Retirement Planning: A Review of Kung Fu Panda 4

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2024/03/27

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