Screen Sanity

Wildlings & Screen Sanity AU | The antidote we already have: Nature

If you ever felt that taking your children outside instantly changes the atmosphere of your home, you are not imagining it. Something shifts. The arguing softens. The screens lose their pull. The…

Michelle Mitchell

On the first Aussie episode of our podcast, Co-Founder of Screen Sanity Australia and host, Mackenzie Forrester sits down with the award-winning speaker, and bestselling parenting author, Michelle…

Cara Bohon

On this episode of Screen Sanity, we begin with Krista Boan sharing a little about our organization’s name change — from START to Screen Sanity. Then, she’s joined by Cara Bohan. Cara is the Vice…

Heath Wilson and Joey Odom

Like so many of us, Heath Wilson and Joey Odom have experienced the challenges of life with screens. Addictive games and clever algorithms keep drawing us back to our smartphones and away from the…

Felicia Wu Song

Chris McKenna

One of the first questions parents ask when they buy their child a smartphone is, “How do I keep them safe? What are the tools? What are the apps? How do I know what they’re getting into?”These…

The Smartphone Plunge | Krista Boan and Adam Reck

At START, we often talk about how this generation of parents is breaking new ground. Smartphones have changed our social and cultural landscape, and they’ve given rise to unprecedented challenges for…

Our Social Dilemma | Max Stossel

Max Stossel is an award-winning poet, filmmaker, and speaker. He is also the Head of Education & Content for the Center for Humane Technology, an organization of former tech insiders and CEOs…

Phone-Free Zones | Angie Daniels

The real goal that lies behind setting boundaries around technology and screen time is much bigger than any one issue. We want kids to flourish and to have thriving relationships and experiences. Our…

Porn + Predators | Rob and Zareen Cope

Few thoughts are as daunting to parents as the potential impact, damage, and prevalence of pornography in the lives of modern kids. While we’d like to think it mostly lives in hard-to-reach corners…

Bring Screens to Life | Brady Smith

Listeners may know Brady Smith and his wife Tiffani Thiessen from their work in film and television. What you may not know is that they’re passionate about helping families reassess their…

Social Media + Girls | Amanda Mozea

What are the unique pressures that come with social media for girls? How can parents help give them a “learners permit” for online life? How do we think about our own relationships with social media…

Screen Healthy Schools | Scott Bacon

Scott Bacon is the principal of Blue Valley High School in Overland Park, Kansas. On this episode of the podcast, Scott sits down with START’s Krista Boan to talk about the impact of screen time and…

Your Brain on Screens | Susan Dunaway

Susan Dunaway is a neurotherapist whose practice has explored the many connections between screens and mental health. On this episode of the podcast, she talks with START co-founder and host Krista…

My Tech-Wise Life | Amy Crouch

On this week’s podcast, host Krista Boan sits down with Amy Crouch to talk about what it was like growing up in a tech-wise family. Amy is a 19-year-old student at Cornell University and the…

Digital Health | Tracy Foster

On the first episode of our podcast, host Krista Boan sits down with Tracy Foster. Krista and Tracy are co-founders of START, which is short for Stand Together And Rethink Technology. On this…