Episode 48: Screen time, celebrity couple crushes, and what we’re strict about with our kids
Summary: <span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; background-color: rgb(255,255,255);">Emma and Tess are back this episode discussing their usual wide range of parenting topics... this time they touch on screen time rules at home (and whether or not shaming mums for using screens to entertain the kids is anti-feminist); how they discipline their preschoolers and what behaviours they're strict about; plus - importantly - who their celebrity couple idols are. Emma also has a whole cookbook to recommend after so many of you enjoyed her cheesy broccoli tip in </span><a href="http://www.thenewnormalpodcast.com/episodes/episode-42-learning-to-be-an-adult-creative-wellsprings-and-talking-to-kids-about-the-birds-and-the-bees" style="text-decoration: none; font-family: Quicksand; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; color: rgb(36,103,141); background-color: rgb(255,255,255);">Episode 42</a><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; background-color: rgb(255,255,255);">. Show notes as follows!</span><br> <br style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; background-color: rgb(255,255,255);"><br style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; background-color: rgb(255,255,255);"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; background-color: rgb(255,255,255);">Celebrity couple idol: </span><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com.au/28-romantic-photos-of-michelle-and-barack-obama-2015-2?r=US&IR=T#secret-service-agents-avert-their-eyes-as-the-obamas-share-a-private-moment-on-inauguration-day-2009-1" style="text-decoration: none; font-family: Quicksand; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; color: rgb(36,103,141); background-color: rgb(255,255,255);">The Obamas</a><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; background-color: rgb(255,255,255);"> </span><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; background-color: rgb(255,255,255);">Plus </span><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/obama-with-kids-photos-2016-2/?r=AU&IR=T" style="text-decoration: none; font-family: Quicksand; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; color: rgb(36,103,141); background-color: rgb(255,255,255);">Impossibly Cute Photos of Barack Obama With Kids</a><br> <br style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; background-color: rgb(255,255,255);"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; background-color: rgb(255,255,255);">Article: </span><a href="http://www.vox.com/2016/5/11/11607544/screen-time-kids-parents-feminism" style="text-decoration: none; font-family: Quicksand; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; color: rgb(36,103,141); background-color: rgb(255,255,255);">Worrying over kids playing with phones and tablets is just another way to shame mothers</a><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; background-color: rgb(255,255,255);"> by Libby Nelson</span><br> <br style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; background-color: rgb(255,255,255);"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; background-color: rgb(255,255,255);">Book: </span><a href="http://www.jonronson.com/psycho.html" style="text-decoration: none; font-family: Quicksand; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; color: rgb(36,103,141); background-color: rgb(255,255,255);">The Psychopath Test</a><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; background-color: rgb(255,255,255);"> by Jon Ronson</span><br> <br style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; background-color: rgb(255,255,255);"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; background-color: rgb(255,255,255);">App: </span><a href="http://getpocket.com/" style="text-decoration: none; font-family: Quicksand; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; color: rgb(36,103,141); background-color: rgb(255,255,255);">Pocket</a><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; background-color: rgb(255,255,255);"> (for sav</span>
