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Mindful Return's March Book Talk: Unwired

About The Webinar

Gaia Bernstein is a Law Professor, Director of the Institute for Privacy Protection and Co-Director of the Gibbons Institute for Law Science and Technology at the Seton Hall University School of Law. She writes, teaches and lectures in the intersection of law, technology, health and privacy. Gaia is also the mother of three children who grew up in a world of smartphones, iPads and social networks. 

Her forthcoming book: Unwired: Gaining Control Over Addictive Technologies shatters the illusion that we can control how much time we spend on our screens by resorting to self-help measures. Unwired shifts the responsibility for a solution from users to the technology industry, which designs its products to addict. The book draws out the legal action that can pressure the technology industry to re-design its products to reduce technology over-use. 

Join Gaia in a conversation with Lori Mihalich-Levin about her book and her motherhood experience.  During the conversation, we'll talk about:

  • The Effectiveness of Self-Help Measures Related to Screens

    Self-help measures such as no-phone policies at meals and bedtime and time-limiting apps have been proven to be especially effective for young children. When self-help measures may fail, parents should know not to blame themselves or their children.

  • Identifying Where Parents Do and Don't Have Control​​​​​​​

    Parents can have an impact on schools and the schools they choose. When your child attends a school that relies less on technology, there will be less at home.  Also, while you can’t postpone phones or social networks forever, you can collaborate with other parents to delay the age when kids start using technology to avoid isolation.

  • Whether Tech Companies Have Any Viable Solutions

    Don’t believe that the “next new thing” from tech companies is a legitimate solution for excessive screen time—whether it’s the self-described “authenticity” of BeReal or digital health measures.

  • Lori Mihalich-Levin

    CEO, Mindful Return

  • Gaia Bernstein

    Author & Law Professor

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