It's My Screen Time Too

We review our first sequel, Zombies 2, after reviewing the original way back in Episode 32. We decide whether punk rock werewolves are a compelling addition to the zombie-ridden, cheerleading obsessed town of Seabrook and whether stellar dance moves can make up for a lackluster plot. We discuss strides in women-led family films in Screen Time in the News and delve more fully into Kristof’s rock ballad moment in Frozen 2.Contact us and subscribe to our newsletter at www.myscreentimetoo.comConnect with us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter or by email at myscreentimetoo@gmail.com

Cooped up inside and looking to see some spaces that aren’t our homes, we journey through some of the many virtual tours recommended to us by well meaning teachers, friends, and online publications. Is the Metropolitan Museum, the National Aquarium, or the International Space Station worth the online trip?Contact us and subscribe to our newsletter at www.myscreentimetoo.comConnect with us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter or by email at myscreentimetoo@gmail.com

We explore whether Mystery Doug’s once weekly, bite-sized science lessons can entertain and educate us during emergency homeschooling. Could Tiffany Haddish or Carrie Bradshaw do it better? We sing the praises of Cosmic Kids Yoga, complain about YouTube Kids, share some COVID-19-necessitated distance learning stories, and - in our Screen Time In the News segment - rejoice that USA Today has confirmed that, thanks to a global pandemic, screen time limits are obsolete.Contact us and subscribe to our newsletter at www.myscreentimetoo.comConnect with us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter or by email at myscreentimetoo@gmail.com

Join us as we explore the Disney+ vault for the first time and watch the 1960 classic, Pollyanna. Will the relentless cheeriness of a plucky orphan combined with the filmmaking of old make us want to play the Glad Game? We discuss Disney’s complicated place in the streaming landscape in Screen Time in the News, and we take time to weigh in on important topics like Weezer covering a song in Frozen 2 and whether or not Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves is still worth a watch.Contact us and subscribe to our newsletter at www.myscreentimetoo.comConnect with us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter or by email at myscreentimetoo@gmail.com

We trust LEGO Batman himself, Will Arnett, to lead us into primetime as we review the new reality competition series, LEGO Masters on Fox. Will bickering builders, tricky challenges, and harsh judging make us fans? In Screen Time in the News, we discuss Sesame Street’s new content for Syrian refugees, and Katie gives a side rant about parents as constant playmates in the otherwise charming Disney Jr. show, Bluey.Contact us and subscribe to our newsletter at www.myscreentimetoo.comConnect with us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter or by email at myscreentimetoo@gmail.com

Classic adventure tale meets high school fish-out-of-water comedy as Dora the Explorer gets the big screen treatment in Dora and the Lost City of Gold. We’re so excited to review a movie that was actually released in theaters (and fairly recently!). We talk CGI monkeys, actors who play perfect dads, and the Brad Pitt Lizzo buddy picture we never knew we always needed. In Screen Time in the News, we get skeptical about a Healthline article warning parents about “secondhand screen time.”Contact us and subscribe to our newsletter at www.myscreentimetoo.comConnect with us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter or by email at myscreentimetoo@gmail.com

We explore the world of preschool shows once again. In Screen Time In the News, we learn about the psychology behind the dreaded teletubbies. In our main segment, we review Netflix’s Puffin Rock, a charming show that sends us drifting on a cloud of relaxation to the sound of Chris O’Dowd’s narration as we learn that seagulls are evil and preschoolers should probably not be trusted to babysit their toddler siblings.Contact us and subscribe to our newsletter at www.myscreentimetoo.comConnect with us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter or by email at myscreentimetoo@gmail.com

Inspired by reports of LGBTQ inclusion, we review Hulu’s The Bravest Knight. We talk trolls, knights, nostalgia for the water cooler TV shows of the nineties and early aughts, Rufus Wainwright style theme songs, and how it’s possible that Deborah doesn’t know who Ian McShane is.Contact us and subscribe to our newsletter at www.myscreentimetoo.comConnect with us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter or by email at myscreentimetoo@gmail.com

The new year is time for new projects, so what better show to start off with than Universal Kids’ home makeover show, Get Out of My Room? We explore whether interior design shows for kids are really any different than our made-for-grown-ups favorites on HGTV; decide which themes would drive us the most crazy when plastered all over our own rooms; and take time to fondly remember when they glued hay on the walls in that infamous episode of Trading Spaces. In Screen Time In the News, we take a look at what’s next for children’s television according to the creator of Blue’s Clues.Contact us and subscribe to our newsletter at www.myscreentimetoo.comConnect with us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter or by email at myscreentimetoo@gmail.com

Last Christmas, we gave our hearts to Netflix’s The Christmas Chronicles. Can the streaming service top it this year with their animated feature, Klaus? Also, we take a peek at Netflix’s other holiday offerings in our Screen Time in the News segment and give quick takes on Disney+ (home of Baby Yoda) and Frozen 2.Contact us and subscribe to our newsletter at www.myscreentimetoo.comConnect with us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter or by email at myscreentimetoo@gmail.com

We find out whether teens can cope with the apocalypse better than Rick Grimes and company in our review of Netflix’s The Last Kids on Earth. We discuss the appeal of gamifying our everyday lives, how to domesticate a monster, and why the girl can’t save the guy every once in a while.Contact us and subscribe to our newsletter at www.myscreentimetoo.comConnect with us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter or by email at myscreentimetoo@gmail.com

Can Tiffany Haddish make mocking children fun? Shirley Temple cosmos in hand, we’ll see as we review the ABC reboot of Kids Say the Darndest Things. How does it stack up against Netflix’s similar A Little Help with Carol Burnett?Contact us and subscribe to our newsletter at www.myscreentimetoo.comConnect with us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter or by email at myscreentimetoo@gmail.com

Is GoNoodle’s collection of online videos enough to get us dancing along with music videos, nerdy raps, and hipster dance numbers? And in our Screen Time In the News segment, we discuss LGBTQ representation in children’s TV.Contact us and subscribe to our newsletter at www.myscreentimetoo.comConnect with us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter or by email at myscreentimetoo@gmail.com

We discuss whether 2011’s puppy-centric romp, Spooky Buddies, deserves a spot with Hocus Pocus and It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown in the Halloween movie canon, or whether it deserves to be pushed into a magic mirror, never to be seen again. Also, Geena Davis’ efforts on behalf of representation in children’s TV, the lifespan of owls, and the unrealistic expectations set by Mom Tiger.Contact us and subscribe to our newsletter at www.myscreentimetoo.comConnect with us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter or by email at myscreentimetoo@gmail.com

It’s been almost 40 years since Jim Henson introduced viewers to the world of Thra with his combination of dense fantasy plotting and intricate puppetry. Is Netflix’s new prequel, Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, a worthy successor to the original? Can a series starring puppets hold its own in today’s CGI world? Are skeksis still terrifying when rendered in HD? All this plus screen time in schools and our utter failure to make time for grown-up fall TV.Contact us and subscribe to our newsletter at www.myscreentimetoo.comConnect with us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter or by email at myscreentimetoo@gmail.com

We celebrate the end of our YouTube-filled summer with PBS Kids’ new Molly of Denali. We talk representation in kids’ programming, whether a search engine is ever an interesting plot device, and whether watching TV about outdoorsy people inspires outdoorsiness in us.Contact us and subscribe to our newsletter at www.myscreentimetoo.comConnect with us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter or by email at myscreentimetoo@gmail.com

We cover slime videos in the final installment of our YouTube for Summer series. We consider videos from Karina Garcia, Slime Explorer, and Will It Slime? Join us as we ponder the true definition of slime; whether slime is just dough; and whether it’s all too messy for us to deal with anyway. In our final segment, we look back on our favorite YouTube videos from the summer. Have our feelings about YouTube changed?Contact us and subscribe to our newsletter at www.myscreentimetoo.comConnect with us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter or by email at myscreentimetoo@gmail.com

Will YouTube’s cooking tutorials give us the inspiration we need to convince our kids to eat vegetables? Guest host (and Katie’s sister), Laura Petter helps us explore this question and more: Is solo travel with our kids ever worth it? Is Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead an underrated classic? Are graham crackers cookies?Contact us and subscribe to our newsletter at www.myscreentimetoo.comConnect with us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter or by email at myscreentimetoo@gmail.com

It’s our first foray into the wonderful world of YouTube art tutorials! With Art for Kids Hub, we perfect our horses, emojis, and Batmen(?) and surmise that we could probably both get into art school now. Plus, we discuss whether teens are a better fit for YouTube stardom than the under five set, and whether there’s anything to love in Disney’s newest Lion King.Contact us and subscribe to our newsletter at www.myscreentimetoo.comConnect with us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter or by email at myscreentimetoo@gmail.com

Not only do we discuss Toddler Fun Learning’s Gecko’s Garage videos, we also cover the strange phenomenon of family screen time coaches; the case for communal living; Disney’s new live action Aladdin; and much, much more.Contact us and subscribe to our newsletter at www.myscreentimetoo.comConnect with us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter or by email at myscreentimetoo@gmail.com