The Cost of Screen Time on Our Kids - Building a Healthy Relationship With Screens

In this episode, we sit down with Hannah Hagon, founder and author of Unplugged Tots, to talk about something every parent is navigating - screen time. We explore what screen use is actually displacing in our children's development, why not all screen time is the same, and how the real goal isn't banning screens but building an intentional relationship with them. Hannah shares the stats, the research, and the story of how a Raspberry Pi festival with her two- and four-year-old daughters led to a book that's changing how families think about play, tech and childhood. Chapters: 00:00 — Welcome and introduction 01:59 — Hannah's story: from corporate tech to Unplugged Tots 05:12 — Teaching tech concepts through play 06:08 — The chance encounter that led to the book 09:55 — The evidence: what screen use is displacing 12:08 — Real-world impact on children's development 16:17 — Three types of screen time 20:20 — The healthy diet analogy for screen use 23:13 — Skills of the future and what we're losing 29:16 — Curiosity, resilience and the tree-climbing story 31:28 — Safe kids vs. strong kids 35:04 — The Australia social media ban 39:37 — Cut yourself some slack 41:34 — Where to find Hannah and Unplugged Tots Resources mentioned: Unplugged Tots by Hannah Hagon - https://www.unpluggedtots.com Unplugged Tots on Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/Unplugged-Tots... Raspberry Pi Foundation - https://www.raspberrypi.org/ Scratch (block coding platform, MIT) — https://scratch.mit.edu/ Dr Fiona Aubrey-Smith — three types of screen time framework Kindred Squared — School Readiness Report — https://kindredsquared.org.uk/school-... World Economic Forum — Future of Jobs Report 2025 — https://www.weforum.org/publications/... #ScreenTime #UnpluggedTots #Parenting #PostnatalHealth #PlayBasedLearning #ChildDevelopment #TheMotherhoodClinic