In today’s episode, Melanie talks with Meghan Owenz, Ph.D., who is a psychologist, author, psychology professor, and mom of two young children. They discuss and break down Meghan’s child development-based S.P.O.I.L. system for prioritizing activities for your child’s day. Meghan emphasizes maintaining positive parental structure and rules that will ultimately help your child develop good habits and a screen-free lifestyle that is full of doing what they love. Melanie and Meghan connect on their shared fascination for research studies that focus on the benefits of parental limits in regards to screen exposure to young children. Meghan identifies the screen-free process as a “Perspective Shift” for parents and encourages parents to say “Yes!” to all the good things that come from reducing screens in your home. Meghan Owenz is the author of Spoiled Right: Delaying Screen Time and Giving Children What They Really Need. Her website Screen-Free Parenting is https://www.screenfreeparenting.com/. It has a blog and other resources that have a ton of screen-alternative activities. ______________________________________________________Please subscribe, rate, and share this podcast to help spread the word. Stay Strong! Become a Connect Member to get access to our exclusive online forum, LIVE webinars with medical experts, and the entire ScreenStrong library of videos, audio clips, interviews, e-books, handouts, and more!Our ScreenStrong Lifestyle Courses are also NOW AVAILABLE! Production Team: Host—Melanie Hempe Producer & Audio Editor—Olivia Kernekin