91. Arlene Pellicane: Exploring Digital Well-being for Families

Happiness through Hardship

Do you ever catch yourself spending hours and hours on your phone? Or do you ever catch your child playing nonstop video games? On this week’s episode of "Happiness through Hardship" - The Podcast, Arlene Pellicane discusses the impacts of technology and how to balance screen time. Arlene is an author, podcast host of “The Happy Home”, as well as a speaker and media personality. Arlene shares advice on parenting and ways to balance the digital space in today’s world. SHOW NOTES 2:56 - How technology has impacted the youth 7:07 - How to recognize what is too much screen time 12:02 - Suggestions for parents with older kids 17:40 - Skills Arlene wants to see kids have nowadays 21:39 - Ways to work with your kid 26:30 - The Grateful Game CONNECT with Arlene Website: https://arlenepellicane.com/ Happy Home University classes - https://www.happyhomeuniversity.com/ "Screen Kids - 5 Relational Skills Every Child Needs in a Tech-Driven World" by Gary Chapman and Arlene Pellicane https://amzn.to/46aUz7x "Grandparenting Screen Kids - How to Help, What to Say, and Where to Begin" by Gary Chapman and Arlene Pellicane https://amzn.to/469zZV8 The Happy Home Podcast: https://www.accessmore.com/pd/https/arlenepellicanecom/podcasts/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/arlenepellicane/ CONNECT with us www.CarynSullivan.com/podcast www.Instagram.com/prettywellness www.Facebook.com/PrettyWellness www.Twitter.com/PrettyWellness To Buy the Book: “Happiness through Hardship” - The Book: amzn.to/39PAjuT To Donate a Book to a Cancer Center: www.CarynSullivan.com/book To Donate to Metastatic Breast Cancer (MBC) Research: The Cancer Couch Foundation is a privately funded, non-profit (501c3) organization that has funded $5 million dollars in metastatic breast cancer (MBC) research since our founding in 2016! 100% of donations and event proceeds are ​​​matched and go to fund MBC research at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center! www.thecancercouch.com/donations.html