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From “The Gamer Educator”, an openminded guide to parenting alongsidescreens and gaming, offering practical solutions to managing your family’sscreen time.

Parents are feeling mounting pressure to minimize screen time, but arestruggling to do so in our technologically driven world. In contrast to thefear and pressure parents are facing, Ash Brandin’sPower Onoffersa calm and reassuring message that keeps the wellbeing of the whole family inmind.Power Onpowerfully reframesour current dialoguearound technology, beginning with the morality placed on screen time andleisure, and the systemic factors contributing to it. Brandin replaces fearwith empowerment, giving caregivers tools and strategies for safelyincorporating tech into their children’s lives, guiding children to having ahealthy relationship with screens, with easy to implement approaches such as:

The ABCs of the Screentime Management Elements Access,Behavior, Content
The Managing Online Safety S.T.A.R. Settings, Time, Ads/AppStore, Restriction
The N.I.C.E. Screentime Boundaries Needs, Input, Consistent,Enforceable
And several other sets of steps, tools, and strategies tounderstand, manage, and effectively utilize tech in parenting.

With today’s parenting advice being awash with unhelpful negative judgements onscreens and little realistic actionable advice, Ash Brandin provides timely,realistic direction that will empower readers to find a balance with screentime that works for the entire family.

About the Author

Ash Brandin, EdSis an innovative public schoolteacher who uses their educational expertise and technological knowledge toempower families around the world.

Since beginning their public school career in 2011, Ash hasfound innovative ways of using student interests- including video games- toincrease engagement and create student-centered, immersive experiences.

Ash has a wide variety of experience in teaching, includingendorsements in K-12 Music, Secondary Math, Secondary Language Arts,Administration, and currently works as an endorsed K-12 Teacher Librarian.Since February 2021, their Instagram page- TheGamerEducator- has helped tens ofthousands of families understand the appeal of video games and screens, and howthey can be a part of a childs life without being the center of their life.

Ash lives in the Colorado front range; in their free time,they love to hike, bake, play video games, and spend time with theirfamily.