Are today’s children less healthy than before?

As a society, we like to believe that each generation will be better off than the last. That optimism keeps us moving forward. But if we pause for a moment, do a few things feel less reassuring than we’d like them to be?

Take the rise in allergies among children. Is it simply better diagnosis and greater awareness, or are kids genuinely being exposed to more irritants than ever before? And what about mental health? When millennials say “in our time,” is it nostalgia speaking or are today’s children facing pressures that are fundamentally different? Is this generation becoming softer, or are they navigating a world that’s objectively more complex?

These questions stayed with us.Who better to turn to than Dr. Sivaranjani Santosh. Dr Santosh is a pediatrician and a social activist who has taken up the cause of authenticity and transparency in child care extremely strongly. The host team is led by Sakshi Verma, a media veteran and a concerned parent, and joined by Kinshuk Mishra, cofounder, awenest and a father of a new born.

Today Sakshi and I meet Falguni, the founder of OliveNutrition24 who breaks down this complicated and emotional topic of feeding kids and babies. What is the right way to introduce your baby to new food? Screen time during eating, yay or nay? How does our food behaviour impact your child? (Do you now need to fake-like karela?) All this and a lot more - in sharp 30 min covering some extremely interesting and relevant questions.

awenest Parent Podcast is brought to you by awenest baby, the 100% plant-based baby care brand.

Kinshuk and Sakshi kick off the show with Nidhi Sudhan, a responsible tech & media advocate. Nidhi cofounded Citizen Digital Foundation in 2021 to foster Information Literacy and Responsible Innovation.

Screentime for kids is something that every parent universally worries about - how much, from what age, what type? Answers to all these questions are provided by Nidhi in today's episode! A must-listen for every parent!

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Resources for parents and children recommended by our guest Nidhi Sudhan:

Guidelines On Physical Activity, Sedentary Behaviour And Sleep For Children Under 5 Years Of Age - WHO

https://iris.who.int/bitstream/handle/10665/311664/9789241550536-eng.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y

The Anxious Generation (book by Jonathan Haidt):

https://www.anxiousgeneration.com

The Sapien Labs ‘Age of First Smartphone Use and MHQ’ study:
https://sapienlabs.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Sapien-Labs-Age-of-First-Smartphone-and-Mental-Wellbeing-Outcomes.pdf

Remove explicit images online

https://takeitdown.ncmec.org

Know the nutrition level of popular social apps

https://technutrition.org

Common Sense Media (most recommended globally for parents)

https://www.commonsensemedia.org

Children and Screens

https://www.childrenandscreens.com

CDF toolkits and resources for parents and students (several resources for parents’ various requirements)

https://citizendigitalfoundation.org/publications/

Understanding Sextortion: No escape room – NCMEC

https://noescaperoom.org

Toolkit to fight sextortion by Social Media Matters - India

https://www.socialmediamatters.in/online-safety-hub/toolkit-against-sextortion

Google Interland - Game for children to become smarter online

https://beinternetawesome.withgoogle.com/en_us/interland/

How to be a good digital parent toolkit & videos

https://www.fosi.org/how-to-be-good-digital-parent#toolkit-form

Making news and reading fun for children (paid)

https://www.newsahoot.com

On all CDF paid content, use code CDFGTS to get 15% off.

In this episode, Tania and Kinshuk meet Swapnil Shrivastav. He is the founder and CEO of Uravu labs, a company working on extracting water from air.

Water from thin air - wouldn't that be something? Swapnil explains in meticulous detail the technology, its benefits and applications.

Today the Sustainably Yours team speaks to Nikit on the usage of satellite data for making the world a sustainable place.
Nikit is the founder of Tathya.Earth - a start up focusing on the real time monitoring of global supply chain and its impact on the environment.

What will you learn from this episode?

How is satellite data important and what are the potential applications?
How is Tathya.Earth using the data to make accurate observations?
What more is happening in the satellite data space in India?
.. and a lot more!

What is the toughest thing to recycle? MLP or Multi-layered plastic. Who is recycling it today in India - no one that we knew of. It is largely getting burnt for energy recovery - producing harmful fumes and what not. Only may be 2-3% of the entire volume is potentially going for pyrolysis.

Anish Malpani and his team at Ashaya are recycling what no one recycles - Multi layered plastic (those tetra pack milk bottles and chips packets). And to demonstrate use case of the recycled plastic, they made the coolest products - sunglasses - that don't break.

Today the Sustainably Yours team members, Tania and Kinshuk, meet Anish to understand all about Ashaya - and what he is trying to achieve. It is a very interesting story - told in an extremely engaging manner. Don't miss it.

Today the Green Shoots team understands how to live zero-waste. We meet Soumya, a sustainability advocate and practitioner. She is extremely popular on Instagram as
greenfeetcleanfeet
There are several reels and posts by her on how to live sustainably and you must check them out for recipes and hacks.

In today's episode, you can learn the following:
- How to start your waste-free life?
- What are the DIY solutions to go zero-waste?
- How can you inspire others to live waste free?
- How can you show kids the meaning of sustainability?
- and a lot more..
with Kinshuk Mishra

For any questions or feedback, reach out to us at GreenShootsEarth@gmail.com

If you are interested in more content around the Sustainability Space along with the podcast, you must visit awenest.in

Today the Green Shoots team dives into the management of wet waste. The fruit peels and the food leftovers that we throw away are potentially massive sources of energy and can enrich our soil too!
Learn how Rahul Khera, through his brainchild Balancing Bits is solving the large problem of wet waste recycling. This episode is the first in a 2 part series and focuses solely on the challenges, opportunities, and the surprisingly positive by-products of wet waste.
What will you learn in this episode?
- How is waste from an Indian household different from any other waste in the world?
- How do you identify wet waste from dry waste?
- Challenges with wet waste recycling
- The story of Balancing Bits & its founder, Rahul Khera
- and a lot more..
with Tania Saha and Kinshuk Mishra

For any questions or feedback, reach out to us at GreenShootsEarth@gmail.com

If you are interested in more content around the Sustainability Space along with the podcast, you must visit awenest.in