You've had Blue's Clues, Daniel Tiger, and Super Why on repeat. But have you ever stopped to think about who's behind those shows, and what your kids are actually absorbing while they watch?

This week Angie sits down with Angela Santomero, the creator behind those beloved programs and a Peabody and Emmy Award winner with a master's in child development from Columbia. Angela has built her career on one radical idea: what kids watch can teach them how to handle big feelings, not just keep them busy.

Together they get honest about the screen time guilt almost every mom carries, and Angela offers a freeing reframe: think of media like a healthy diet, full of variety, that still has to taste good. She shares the "pause" technique baked into her shows, why what's mentionable is manageable when it comes to kids' fears, and how to use imagination and play to walk children through worry. They also dig into resilience, the trap of snowplow parenting, and why letting kids stumble in a safe place is one of the kindest things we can do.

You'll walk away with practical tools you can use tonight, plus a lot less guilt about the tablet.

Connect with Angela Santomero:
Website: angelasclues.com
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LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/angelasantomero
YouTube: youtube.com/@AngelasClues
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New: Princess Penelope's Purse of Preposterous Things (YouTube series + book series; first two books out now, next two in November)

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