Featured Work

Together, Jill Anderson of Mindful Tech Lessons and Dr. Yair Lev, cardiologist and co-founder of Pencils Over Pixels, discuss what it means to raise healthy children in the real world.

Bringing perspectives from the classroom and the clinic, we talk with authors, researchers, educators, physicians and parents about parenting, education, health, technology, play, and the everyday choices that help kids thrive.

Available on Spotify (audio and video) and Apple Podcasts.

Pulling our children away from screens at home can feel impossible, but these parents found a way.

Hear their stories and how stepping back from tech made a positive difference for their families.

PRINT EDITION An iPad in Kindergarten Class? Timeout, Say Worried Parents.|March 11, 2026, Page A1 

Video Clip: Teachers Dialing Back Screen Time in the Early Grades

Step inside some real elmentary classrooms doing this work. 

iPads in kindergarten, Youtube videos at snack time: Parents are pushing back on screens in the early grades

Learn more about the growing movement to curb excessive screen time and technology use among elementary students. Jackie Mader, senior early education reporter for The Hechinger Report, will lead a discussion featuring Miriam Kendall, the head of Screen Sense Evanston, and Jill Anderson, a third grade teacher in New York. 

We share an interview with Jill Anderson, a mom, an educator, the founder of Mindful Tech Lessons, and, to many in her community, “the book lady.” Jill is a veteran teacher, and when she is not in the classroom with her third graders, she is often leading workshops that help parents and educators navigate the digital world with young people. Jill tells us about her journey through teaching and theater towards a degree in Educational Psychology and into her advocacy for healthy habits around tech

Small Town ABC's: An Ambitious Act of Bringing Back Books with the Croton Community Collective