You're listening to Burnt Toast! I'm Virginia Sole-Smith, and today my conversation is with Ash Brandin of Screen Time Strategies, also know as The Gamer Educator on Instagram.

Ash is also the author of the book, Power On: Managing Screen Time to Benefit the Whole Family. Ash helps caregivers navigate screen time boundaries, to ensure it benefits the whole family. I turn to Ash’s work whenever I am feeling panicked about our family’s relationship with screen time — which happens every summer around this time, so it seems like a good moment to revisit this conversation!

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If you're listening, Indulgence Gospel starts at the timestamp 50:24. You can read the transcript from Katie Sturino's original episode here. You can also find an AI-generated transcript if you’re following us on Apple or Spotify!

BUTTER & LINKS

Virginia's Butter: A floof

Ash's Butter: A Mamachari bicycle

One last thing! You'll want to read Power On: Managing Screen Time to Benefit the Whole Family after hearing this conversation. If you order it from my local independent bookstore, Split Rock Books, you can take 10% off if you have also ordered a copy of my book Fat Talk from them. Go to Split Rock Books and use the code "FATTALK" at checkout.

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EPISODE CREDITS

Co-hosts: Virginia Sole-Smith and Corinne Fay.

Producer: Kim Baldwin.

Logo design: Deanna Lowe.

Theme Song: Farideh.

Video Editor: Elizabeth Ayiku

Audio Engineer: Tommy Harron

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