{"podcast":{"title":"ScreenStrong Families","slug":"screenstrong-families-555882","podcast_index_feed_id":555882,"rss_url":"https://rss.buzzsprout.com/1460173.rss","website_url":"https://screenstrong.com/resources/","image_url":"https://storage.buzzsprout.com/i4bkdcati90axmj1el4mcm9o0jfg?.jpg","author":"Melanie Hempe, BSN","episode_count":288,"summary":"After her oldest son, Adam, dropped out of college due to his video game addiction, Melanie Hempe, BSN, put her nursing degree and training from Emory University to good use and founded ScreenStrong. It’s her mission to create educational programs for kids and parents so no one will experience the pain of screen addiction. Her ability to simplify medical science and provide practical solutions for families has allowed her to share her passion and bold screen solutions nationally. ScreenStrong has won the hearts of many families who are preventing and reversing childhood screen conflicts and addiction. Host of the popular weekly ScreenStrong Families Podcast, Melanie has been featured in Psychology Today, Thrive-Global, The Wall Street Journal , A&E Network, CBS, CNN, NPR, the documentary Screened Out , and various news and television outlets. Her ScreenStrong Kids’ Brains and Screens Courses are available for parents and students. Her four books include, “ Kids’ Brains & Screens: A ScreenStrong Student Course ,” “ Will Your Gamer Survive College? ” “ Can Your Teen Survive—and Thrive—Without a Smartphone? ” and “ The ScreenStrong Solution: How to Free Your Child from Addictive Scre…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-02T06:21:02.979759+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/screenstrong-families-555882"},"episode":{"title":"Are Classroom Screens Helping Kids Learn, or Quietly Working Against Their Brains? with Neuroscientist Dr. Jared Cooney Horvath (#257)","slug":"are-classroom-screens-helping-kids-learn-or-quietly-working-against-their-brains-with-neuroscientist-dr-jared-cooney-horvath-257","published_at":"2026-03-05T18:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/screenstrong-families-555882/are-classroom-screens-helping-kids-learn-or-quietly-working-against-their-brains-with-neuroscientist-dr-jared-cooney-horvath-257","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/screenstrong-families-555882","url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/1460173/episodes/18789938-are-classroom-screens-helping-kids-learn-or-quietly-working-against-their-brains-with-neuroscientist-dr-jared-cooney-horvath-257.mp3","audio_url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/1460173/episodes/18789938-are-classroom-screens-helping-kids-learn-or-quietly-working-against-their-brains-with-neuroscientist-dr-jared-cooney-horvath-257.mp3","summary":"Are classroom screens really helping children learn—or quietly working against how their brains develop? In this episode, neuroscientist Dr. Jared Cooney Horvath joins us to discuss his new book The Digital Delusion and what the science actually says about technology in the classroom. For years, schools have been told that more technology means better learning. But many of the ideas that built the EdTech movement—like “multimedia enhances learning,” “kids learn best on their own,” and “AI tut...","meta_description":"Are classroom screens really helping children learn—or quietly working against how their brains develop? In this episode, neuroscientist Dr. Jared Cooney…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3020,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/screenstrong-families-555882/episodes/are-classroom-screens-helping-kids-learn-or-quietly-working-against-their-brains-with-neuroscientist-dr-jared-cooney-horvath-257/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/screenstrong-families-555882/are-classroom-screens-helping-kids-learn-or-quietly-working-against-their-brains-with-neuroscientist-dr-jared-cooney-horvath-257.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}