How Going Device Free Builds Real Resilience in Kids
Celebrate Kids Podcast with Dr. Kathy

How Going Device Free Builds Real Resilience in Kids

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 6, 202616 min

When was the last time you looked around a room full of kids and saw every face lit—not by screens—but by conversation and curiosity? Across the country, more schools are going device-free, and something amazing is happening: kids are becoming more attentive, more engaged, and more confident. In this episode of the Celebrate Kids Podcast, Dr. Kathy and Wayne Stender unpack what's really going on when we unplug. Dr. Kathy explains that technology, while useful, can condition children to expect life to be easy—and when challenges come, they give up too soon. True resilience, she sa...

Play episode

Opens the player: the full transcript, every word clickable, with translation and flashcards.

Try it: tap any word

Real sentences from the start of this episode. Every word is marked with its level.

Sentence 1 of 12 · 0:00

.

And i teach teaching devices tonight and this the lack of devices in the room has given back the freedom to our teachers to plan lessons to teach to make eye contact.

Hear this sentence

Tap a word to see its meaning in your language.

Do you know these words?

8 harder words from this episode. Tap one to see what it means, then mark it.

  • C11:15
  • C12:43
  • B25:07
  • B27:35
  • C19:17
  • B210:51
  • B213:47
  • C115:08

Mark a few words and we'll tell you how this episode fits your level.

Is this episode right for you?

B2

B2 · Upper-intermediate

Comfortable if you already follow TV news

A1 18%A2 31%B1 25%B2 22%C1 3%
  • 75% of the words are B1 or easier.
  • 193 words a minute: natural, fairly fast speech.
  • 83 harder words (B2 and up) in the whole episode.

Transcript

The opening of the episode. The whole transcript is in the player.

0:00

I will go on record to say as long as i live the teachers teach books tonight. And i teach teaching devices tonight and this the lack of devices in the room has given back the freedom to our teachers to plan lessons to teach to make eye contact. To develop healthy discussions and i think we're gonna prove that i think it will prove in the long run benefits in many many ways. Don't be afraid of the dark, be careful with stars.

0:26

Not every light is gonna guide you, baby. Not every light is gonna guide you. So, Dr. Kathy, today on the Celebrate Kids podcast, in this daily segment, Face in the Dark,

0:37

there's something that's unique that I wanna unpack a little bit. Across the United States this fall, many schools have really traded in their connected programs. The programs that had, you know, them providing laptops

That was the opening. The rest of the episode (16 min) is in the player: every word clickable, with translation, saved words and flashcards.

Continue in the player

Automatically generated from the audio. May contain errors. Audio belongs to its publisher and is played from their feed. Rights holders can request removal — copyright & takedown policy