Power On, Ash Brandin
Power On, Ash Brandin
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Power On
Managing Screen Time to Benefit the Whole Family

Author: Ash Brandin

Narrator: Ash Brandin

Unabridged: 6 hr 19 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Balance

Published: 08/26/2025


Synopsis

From "The Gamer Educator", an openminded guide to parenting alongside screens and gaming, offering practical solutions to managing your family's screen time.​

Parents are feeling mounting pressure to minimize screen time, but are struggling to do so in our technologically driven world. In contrast to the fear and pressure parents are facing, Ash Brandin's Power On offers a calm and reassuring message that keeps the wellbeing of the whole family in mind. Power On powerfully reframes our current dialogue around technology, beginning with the morality placed on screen time and leisure, and the systemic factors contributing to it. Brandin replaces fear with empowerment, giving caregivers tools and strategies for safely incorporating tech into their children's lives, guiding children to having a healthy 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/App Store, Restriction
   ·The N.I.C.E. Screentime Boundaries – Needs, Input, Consistent, Enforceable
   ·And several other sets of steps, tools, and strategies to understand, manage, and effectively utilize tech in parenting.

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

Reviews

Goodreads review by Laura on August 19, 2025

I really loved this! I appreciate the way the author destigmatizes the use of screens by adding context and helping the reader understand what's really going on when we engage with and/or disconnect from technology. We know abstinence doesn't work, and Brandin's book gives helpful guidance in taking......more

Goodreads review by Erin on July 01, 2025

Thank you for the advance copy! I've finished the first chapter so far. This book is already full of new concepts! Many themes and concepts are resonating with me. I love highlighters and pens/pencils and generally mark my books up. This one already has lots of color, highlighting things I don't wan......more