Baby, Unplugged with Sophie Brickman

Dr. Dan welcomes Sophie Brickman to discuss the timely and provocative topic of parenting and technology. Based on the book Baby, Unplugged:  One Mother’s Search for Balance, Reason, and Sanity in the Digital Age, today’s episode will help first time parents, overwhelmed parents, and tech-phobia parents. Reporter Sophie Brickman and Dr. Dan explore how technology infiltrates every single aspect of raising children today, give parents helpful advice to navigate the digital landscape, and encourage parents to trust their judgment. Sophie is a mom, writer, and editor who has written for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Elle, and other outlets. A Harvard graduate, she lives in New York City with her family. For more information, visit www.SophieBrickman.com. Email your parenting questions to Dr. Dan podcast@drdanpeters.com (we might answer on a future episode) Follow us @parentfootprintpodcast (Instagram, Facebook) and @drdanpeters (Twitter) Listen, subscribe, rate, review on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, or wherever you like to listen For more information www.exactlyrightmedia.com www.drdanpeters.com For podcast merch www.exactlyrightmedia.com/parent-footprint-shop Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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For anyone who has been parented, is a parent or dreams of being a parent, Parent Footprint with Dr. Dan teaches us all how to make the world a more loving, accepting and compassionate place -- one parent, one person and one child at a time. Every episode features a “Sitting Down with Dr. Dan” segment to help listeners discover ways to be the best version of themselves. With more than 25 years of experience as a psychologist, author and father, Dr. Dan Peters understands the key to raising happy and aware kids is for parents to seek the same joy and mindfulness in their own lives. Through diverse and timely discussions, every episode of Parent Footprint explores and explains how (and why) the way we were parented impacts the way we parent. Aimed at any parental figure in a child's life, Dr. Dan helps any caregiver lead with purpose. With over 200 episodes, Dr. Dan has hosted adolescent and child development experts, mental health professionals and of course, parents. Plus, he takes listener questions! Submit yours to podcast@drdanpeters.com and you may get an answer on a future episode. Parent Footprint With Dr. Dan is part of the Exactly Right podcast network that provides a platform for bold, creative voices to bring to life provocative, entertaining and relatable stories for audiences everywhere. The Exactly Right roster of podcasts covers a variety of topics including true crime, comedic interviews, science, pop culture and more. Podcasts on the network include My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark, That's Messed Up: An SVU Podcast, This Podcast Will Kill You, I Said No Gifts! and more.