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Dopamine Kids: How to raise happier and healthier kids in a world addicted to processed foods and screens

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The revolutionary new book from the international bestselling author of Hunt, Gather, Parent.

Why do video games include missions?

Why does junk food give us cravings?

Because they tap into dopamine, the neurotransmitter that motivates us to want more.

Companies and developers use knowledge of how dopamine affects our children’s brains to sell them screens, games and ultra-processed foods. In Dopamine Kids, Michaeleen Doucleff, bestselling author of Hunt, Gather, Parent, empowers parents with this same knowledge, but instead shows how to utilize it to reinforce positive habits, activities and lifestyle choices.

Through five simple and science-backed steps, she demonstrates how to identify unhealthy hobbies and re-direct your child’s motivation to build positive ones. Swap binge-watching with reading. Replace the excitement of screens with the thrill of outdoor activities. Substitute ultra-processed foods for the joy of baking.

By understanding and harnessing the power of dopamine, we can help our children build independence, concentration, strong mental health and, above all, thrive in an ever-changing world.

384 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 3, 2026

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Michaeleen Doucleff

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Michaeleen Doucleff is a correspondent for NPR's Science Desk. She reports for the radio and the Web for NPR's global health and development blog, Goats and Soda. She focuses on disease outbreaks, drug development, and trends in global health.

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28 reviews
March 6, 2026
I’m going to come back and update this review once I’ve finished the book, but so far I feel that this book somewhat misses the mark.

The research on dopamine, how phones tap into that circuit amazing 5 stars it’s definitely worth reading the book for that. The details about ultraprocessed foods while plausible feel more like a stretch and a bit of a personal vendetta on the part of the author. The advice on how to get your kids off of screens is sometimes good and sometimes maybe not grounded in great science either. I don’t doubt that it works, but I genuinely wonder if it’s what’s best for kids.

I would recommend reading the book just to see how phones are using us more than we’re using them, but I would also recommend reading the parenting advice with a skeptical eye.
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83 reviews2 followers
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December 24, 2025
Finished ARC 12/23.

Really interesting and immensely readable. Doucleff explains the science behind how devices and UPF hook us in by hijacking our dopamine system. She offers practical advice for how to break the cycle for you and your kids.

One gripe - I’m kind of sick of reading parenting advice by people with only one kid. Multiple kids changes dynamics a lot. So while the general info is applicable to all families, advice like “talk to your kid in the car” and “teach your kid to ride a bike independently” is much easier done when you have one child getting all of your parenting attention.

Doucleff also falls prey to seduction of stuff. To incentivize time away from screens she suggests buying your kids things (new books or craft kits). So if you’re goal for going screen-free is also anti-consumerist, the advice may grate. Again though, the general ideas are still helpful.

And just an FYI, Doucleff treats schooling as a given. Not helpful for families with young kids at home or those of us who homeschool. (Being screen-free for 2 hours after school is one of the goals, which… is not a thing for many kids, and even more during the summer break!)

Easter Egg: she refers to a book (which seems to only be available in Swedish right now) called “Smarter Than Your Phone” by Siri Helle. 👌
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279 reviews24 followers
April 7, 2026
I cannot overstate how helpful Michaeleen’s books have been for my parenting. Her first impacted our home in so many ways, and I can definitely tell you that this one will, too.

I learned SO MUCH about technology and food and how they affect us easily-affected humans. We’re suckers! I nerded out on all of her research, and I love how easily it is presented for those of us who aren’t totally science-minded.

I took ten pages of notes and will be purchasing when the paperback comes out.

There are too many ideas to quote, but I’ll add a few—

“If I examined my daily routine closely, I could see I rarely felt a sense of satisfaction… when that feeling did arrive, it fluttered away in seconds.”

“Neuroscientists and psychologists have found that before you can cut back, or cut out, an activity or food in your life, you first need to identify alternative activities and foods to replace the unwanted ones.”

“I learned to differentiate between wanting and liking.”

I can’t recommend this enough. It’s so insightful and practical. She ends with a 4-week plan for how to limit screens and processed foods and “take back our homes” from the tech companies and food companies. If I sound loony, pick up a copy and see for yourself. 👏
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11 reviews
April 23, 2026
She seems like a nice person, but two things were very clear to me at the end of this book:

1. She only has one child.
2. She has a VERY flexible job.

Look, there are some great points here and even some decent ideas for how to loosen the grip of habit-forming technologies and foods in family life. But there is also a bit of a holier-than-thou attitude that makes it more challenging to swallow, as well as an almost complete lack of recognition of the potential character-building merits of selected screen-based activities.

There is a difference between binging the soapy drama of the week on Netflix and choosing to spend some evenings watching movies by Capra, Coppola, Kubrick, and so on (and introducing children to great movies!).

There is a difference between playing a first person shooter until 2am every night and working your way through a Legend of Zelda adventure over several weeks.

These things are not the same. And shoe-horning our families into extremes of cauliflower snacking, forced family conversation on every commute, and drawing our favorite TV characters instead of ever watching them seems like a recipe that is still lacking a few key ingredients.

But what do I know. Maybe the dopamine made me write this.
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30 reviews1 follower
April 18, 2026
I read this for my Hot Moms Bookclub (shoutout to the Hot Moms) and I'm really glad I did (shoutout to hot mom Cas Bertone for recommending it). Admittedly, my first thoughts when picking this up were: 1. This might feel a bit like homework because non-fiction doesn't normally draw me in the same way fiction does, and 2. I'm not going to learn too much from this, I already know the negatve affects of screen time and ultraprocessed foods and I already plan on parenting in a way that avoids them both as much as possible. But guess what, you'll never believe this, I was wrong. Firstly, this book was super readable. I actually found myself feeling drawn to pick it up more than the fiction book I was reading at the same time. I also want to credit the author for taking a scientific topic and making it very accessible to the layman - I think it takes a really smart person to do that. Secondly, while, yes, I already generally understood prior to reading this book that "dopamine magnets" as the author calls them (screens and ultraprocessed foods) are not condusive to good mental health, confidence, or genuine fulfillment, reading this made me realize just how much they inhibit those things. It also forced me to face that, despite priding myself in being a person (and parent) who spends a lot of time outside, values social connection, and has old-timey hobbies like reading and knitting, I spend a LOT of time on my phone. It's the first thing I look at in the morning, last thing I look at night, I carry it around with me everywhere I go and I check it constantly, whether I'm out on a walk, at the beach, at the grocery store, cooking dinner, or even nursing my baby. I also reflected on how doing this pretty rarely brings me actual joy. I'm glad I read this while my child is still so young so I can be really mindful moving forward of how my husband and I are raising her, and for her sake but, also my own, I'm definitely going to put some of the author's suggestions in place to reduce my own use of "dopamine magnets".
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11 reviews3 followers
May 14, 2026
So many thought provoking points and many tips/ideas to try! Explanations of the science around dopamine/motivation/real rewards was interesting to read about. Would be really helpful/practical for parents of older kids especially ones into video games/social media. Found more useful tips for myself than for parenting at this stage.

Thoughts on food seemed more like a personal choice of the authors and was based almost entirely on her own family’s experiences. A few resources were cited, but many less than were cited on her thoughts on screens/video games/social media. Didn’t take into account the groups that, financially or otherwise, would not be able to implement her ideas. (Buying 10 pints of blueberries a week to replace a processed snack/several grocery trips a week). It was an all-or-nothing mindset around UPF and whole foods and spoke harmfully about common eating disorder prevention practices.

Motivated to implement a few more high-value hobbies 😊
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58 reviews20 followers
April 4, 2026
I skipped the authors book Hunt, Gather, Parent after hearing concerns about her parenting tactics of scaring your children into obedience by telling them there are monster going to get them (?!) and other weird things. But I went into Dopamine Kids open-minded. I do agree with the core idea that many kids today are overstimulated and dopamine dependent from screens, sugar, and constant input. But the book fell short for me. The terminology (“dismounting,” “magnets”) felt overcomplicated and simple direct parenting like saying no and explaining why often seemed replaced with indirect strategies.

There was also no real acknowledgment of low-tech or screen-free families. And when she highlighted using video games “correctly” for educational gain, she completely lost me 😅

The food chapters were the most interesting to me , but still felt lacking. I just kept thinking why not just… not buy processed junk and be honest with your kids about why? Why not just… not let your children watch Lego girls or other “magnetic” shows and just tell them why? And better yet, just raise children who for the most part don’t know what any of these things are and do not care about them at all 😅😂


My children play outside, read books, eat Whole Foods and from scratch treats, no tricks or gymnastic moves required. 🤸
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389 reviews50 followers
May 26, 2026
This was incredible and eye opening. I know screens and social media and everything else like that can be addictive and I’m not anti any of those things but it has made me rethink how we use screens in our home. There’s definitely some tips I’m going to be taking from this as we go into this summer.

5 ⭐️
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140 reviews17 followers
May 1, 2026
Big takeaways:
- Human dopamine circuitry drives us to want things with strong cues even if the activity itself is not strongly rewarding
- Humans are especially driven by quick turnarounds, low near-term costs, and approaching (but not quite meeting) fundamental needs. Essentially this explains why short form video is so addictive.
- Children have fundamental developmental needs that screens are preventing them from achieving.

I’m less convinced by the science on ultraprocessed food (UPF). Not that I wish to defend UPF, I think besides infant formula and other food for specific dietary needs (e.g., PKU, liquid diets), we’d all be better off if it entirely disappeared. But the exact scientific explanation for how it grips us felt unconvincing to me. Nonetheless, I liked Michaeleen’s anecdotal takeaway that removing UPFs reduces food noise and allows for intuitive eating.

I liked this book way more than Anxious Generation. Doucleff gives way more credit to what scientists and doctors already know. (For example, it’s been appreciated for years and years that risky outdoor play reduces anxiety in children.) There is no correlation = causation BS. I wish Doucleff used a bit more technical language instead of dumbing everything down, but she did do a very nice job of making it all understandable and relatable.

This book confirmed a lot of my biases as a parent who
-doesn’t keep sugary food in the house
- who lives next to a giant courtyard that my kids play in all the time independently
- doesn’t allow individual screens for my kids
- doesn’t have social media accounts herself

Despite my kids already living all the habits the book teachers, this book was an inditement of MY technology usage and made me want to stop checking my phone in the car, around my kids, and around bedtime. I realized that I’ve fallen out of the habit of journaling not because I’m too tired at night (which is what I told myself for a long time) but because the cues for my phone are so much stronger at night. I’m now haunted by the phrase “There’s always a reason to check your phone just like there’s always a reason for an alcoholic to have a drink” (or something like that). It’s actually so true, we make up our reasons post deciding what we want.

I am very interested that the media coverage of Doucleff reveals she got rid of her smart phone and homeschools her daughter. Those elements did not come out in the book and I wonder what other elements of her parenting decisions went totally unmentioned. Definitely a woman I would pay a lot of money to talk with over dinner.
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121 reviews3 followers
June 3, 2026
I’m giving this book 3.5 stars because I have mixed feelings about the book.

On the one hand, I think many of the tips here are helpful, regardless if you’re a parent or not. Like some of the tips for reducing electronic use are helpful, and I like that she recommends to replace electronic use with a different activity for your kids instead of just doing nothing instead. I also appreciate that she went out to do interviews for this book and read a few ethnographies.

However, I started questioning the book when she talked about how video games have a gambling aspect to it where you almost get something but you don’t get it, which gets players to continue playing the game, especially kids games. This applies to video game traits such as lootboxes and gacha games. She also claims that video games do little mini celebrations to keep players sucked into the game. I do agree that many video games are like this. However, alongside Fortnite and World of Warcraft, the author brings up Minecraft as one of her examples that she frequently uses throughout the book. Which, out of all the games, Minecraft doesn’t do lootboxes (aside from some servers) and doesn’t do mini celebrations aside from the occasional achievement completion. Beyond that it’s just a sandbox game. I feel like she should have clarified that Minecraft doesn’t share the same traits as the two other video game examples she frequently uses.

I also feel like she doesn’t clarify exceptions to the advice she gives. For example she recommends that since spending time with people in person and having an activity with people in person is more valuable than spending time with people through video games, kids should therefore stop playing video games online with friends. While I do understand not letting your kids talk to strangers online, I also asked “but what if the kid or their friends moved away and this is the the closest they can get to hanging out with each other on a regular basis?” Like sure they could call on the phone or something, but with video games at least they can do something together.

Some smaller critiques: please, enough with the word “pood.”

Overall, I think there are some good tips in this book, and the author has good intentions, but I feel like not all the bases were covered in this book.
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68 reviews2 followers
May 2, 2026
Why do I keep underestimating Michaeleen Doucleff?

The first time I picked up Hunt, Gather, Parent I was skeptical. I suspected that it would be gimmicky and overly idealistic. I was incorrect; though I maintain that it takes a while to get to the really helpful stuff, that book is full of very practical - and it seems to me - very good parenting advice; so much so that I’ve now read it twice and would not be surprised if I find myself consulting it again in the future.

When I heard about Dopamine Kids, I was similarly skeptical. I suspected that Doucleff was trying to capitalize on the popularity of books like The Anxious Generation (which, for the record, I read and highly appreciated) and that this would mostly be rehashed material from Haidt and others in that space, with some questionably relevant commentary on ultra processed foods thrown in to make it seem more original. I was once again incorrect. Ultimately, this book is less about the dangers of too much screen use or social media or processed foods, and more about instilling in our kids (and ourselves!) the importance and value of intentionally pursuing and cultivating real pleasure and engaging with real things and real people. Like Hunt, Gather, Parent it takes a little while to really get going, but it is ultimately remarkably practical and well-researched. Doucleff’s optimism is also highly refreshing and a through-line I’ve appreciated in her work. Next time she puts out a new book I will try to give her the credit she’s earned from the start.
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154 reviews2 followers
April 6, 2026
This one really made me think as a parent. It dives into how kids are constantly overstimulated and how that affects their behavior, attention, and overall happiness. It wasn’t preachy, which I appreciated, but it definitely made me reflect on how I want to raise my kids and what I expose them to. A really eye opening read with some practical takeaways
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2,040 reviews87 followers
May 19, 2026
I am not the target audience for this book: my children are adults. So why bother to read this? I am becoming increasingly annoyed with digital life and I was curious to see 1) what parents of young children were experiencing in terms of life online and 2) could any of her advice be applied to my life.

I was disappointed to learn that this is more a memoir type of book, describing one specific family's issues and not a more broad based book. If you are a married, suburban, upper middle class woman who has a career (not a job) who works from home and has one neurotypical child with no health issues then this is the book for you! Added bonus if you are a functioning alcoholic with borderline disordered eating beliefs. Added added bonus if you aren't a movie fan.

The screen parts of the book I found more interesting and also more relatable. It's safe to say that all of us are on screens too much. Everyone would benefit by spending less time staring at a device instead of existing in the physical world. Some of Doucleff's advice I found helpful and other times I found her suggestions deeply annoying.

The biggest positive takeaway I got from this book is to reframe the screen time situation. Don't just think, I need to be on my phone less. Instead think, what do I want more of in my life? People can focus so much on lessening screen time that they forget they will need to fill that time up with something else. When you don't have a good substitute for that now available time, it's much more likely that you will end up picking up your laptop or your phone again. Instead, spend some time thinking about what is lacking in your life, about what you used to enjoy doing (assuming you are old enough to recall the pre smartphone era). We all will have different answers.

The author's take on movies rubbed me the wrong way. She really is not a fan of good cinema. What sort of shlock has she watched all her life? I don't think you can lump together Alvin & The Chipmunks with Rashomon or The 400 Blows. There is a huge difference between scrolling through two hours of TikTok reels and watching Rear Window or Casablanca. I also was dismayed at her refusal to watch tv with her child. Look, I'm not a big fan of kid movies either but it is extremely important to set the habit up when they are tiny, that you watch a movie with friends and family on a big screen and not alone on an Ipad. At four, your child is dying to spend time with you. If you try to wait until they are fourteen, it's too late. The horse has left the barn. Don't let the door hit you on your way out. As an adult, you do have the power to choose what movies to show your kids. Introduce them to your favorites as a kid! Show them movies and old tv shows you wished you'd discovered as a child. Pair a book and a movie together and then have a discussion about how the movie differed from the book. How was it the same? Which did you prefer and why? I also highly suggest that parents of young kids read Ty Burr's book The Best Old Movies for Families: A Guide to Watching Together. Doucleff should really read it. It's not too late to teach Rosy the joy of a well made film. When Doucleff mentioned making movies less attractive to her kid, I died a little on the inside. UGH.

The sections of the book about eating I also found disturbing at times. Some of the suggestions she made were like textbook 101 how to give your daughter an eating disorder. The good food/bad food dichotomy that she sets up raises all sorts of red flags. How about instead - everything in moderation? Or - eat what makes you feel satiated and content?

Going through and throwing away every item in her kitchen she deemed problematic made me see dollar signs. Tell me you are wealthy without telling me you are wealthy. She could have donated her unopened items to a food pantry and given away her opened food items on Nextdoor. When I moved cross country, I had a lot of opened items in my fridge and pantry that I could not pack and take with me. I posted them as a free giveaway on Nextdoor and neighbors came to take everything. One woman started crying; she said this free food would make her money stretch so much further that month.

Her suggestion to have your kid go free range and ride their bike around the neighborhood assumed so much. What if you don't live in an area where it is safe to do that? What if your kid has physical or mental health limitations? What if you can't afford a bike and helmet? What if you live somewhere where neighbors will call the cops when they see an 8 year old riding a bike without an adult? I immediately thought of news stories where parents are investigated by CPS for doing what she suggests. Remember that mom who worked at a MacDonalds and couldn't afford a babysitter so had her kid play at a nearby playground? That woman was arrested. I'm not agreeing with that - I do think that kids should be more independent like I was as a kid in the 70s. I am pointing out that it is not always an option.

Like I said, this book is really just about one family and a lot of her book cannot be extrapolated to fit with other families. She comes across as a very toot-your-own-horn sort of mom. Her vibe is "Look how great I am parenting and look how easy it was to make these changes." Eh, I would have enjoyed this book more if she had prefaced her comments with qualifications and awareness that what works for her situation is often not universal advice.
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76 reviews
April 7, 2026
I’m giving this five stars because it was very impactful for me, not because it was a perfect book. It offers real, practical advice for changing kids’ routines and habits to get them off of screens and junk food. I read it more to make changes with my husband in my own life to set up the norms we want for our kids, and it made me feel motivated and empowered to do that. (Shout out to my parents for raising me away from screens and ultraprocessed food.)

The advice was certainly tailored for people in the author’s situation though, for example:
• How do you create routines and positive habits from birth? This was my main question and it wasn’t addressed. In reality though, advice on this issue wouldn’t be as helpful as what was provided, and isn’t too hard to extrapolate.
• Lots of advice was centered on middle-class suburbia, ie make different rooms in your house zones for different things, just buy more stuff for new habits and hobbies to replace negative ones, let your kids roam the neighborhood free… Again, a truly committed parent could find workarounds and invest in these changes regardless of family situation, but this aspect isn’t really addressed.
• Go outside… yes, great, what if it rains/snows/is freezing for a third of the year? Probably the answer is “dress for the weather and do it anyway,” but that doesn’t come up. It would be nice to have some alternative non-screen activity ideas specifically to sub in for the “outside after school routine” for the situation of a truly awful weather day as well.

Other questions:
• What about ebooks? Genuinely curious to know the author’s thoughts (especially since I read this on my phone), but it never came up.
• “More on this on my website” - why? Was the book too long? Did you not come up with it in time? Especially considering it’s not all on the website yet (the book came out like a month ago).
• Tips for aligning priorities and making changes with a spouse/partner? She certainly had to do that but doesn’t discuss it.
• What about the anxiety of not having a phone with you at all times for communication? This is more something I need to hash out with myself. It’s probably enough that the book makes it clear that for the average person, this is very possible.

This presents great motivation for making changes with the research it discusses, as well as helpful implementation ideas. It honestly fills in a lot of the gaps that Hunt, Gather, Parent left me with, while… leaving some more gaps. It definitely is motivating me to answer the questions I now have with other books and my own consideration though - and I can’t blame one little book for not addressing EVERYTHING.
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16 reviews
May 29, 2026
This book didn’t just make me think about screens, it made me think about what kind of home I’m actively building.

Because in real life, the issue isn't usually “screens are bad.” The issue is that they become the default form of rest, connection, and distraction without us even noticing. And once that becomes normal, it quietly starts shaping the emotional tone of a home.

What felt most honest to me is the reminder that you don’t change a screen-heavy culture by only removing screens but you change it by replacing it. If I don’t want my kids defaulting to TV or devices, I can’t let my own default stay unexamined either. That tension is where the real work is!

And I had to be honest with myself here because most of this wasn’t new information, but it exposed how easy it is to drift into convenience. Especially as a mom, especially as someone who works online, especially in a culture where phones are always within reach. It’s not always intentional but it just becomes normal.

I also appreciated that the book didn’t flatten everything into “all digital entertainment is harmful.” It actually acknowledged something more nuanced: games, competition, goals, and even certain media formats do create engagement, motivation, and reward. The problem isn’t enjoyment but the problem is when passive consumption becomes the main way we rest, connect, and escape.

Personally I don’t just want to remove noise from our home, I want to build something better in its place like more reading instead of default watching, more shared activity instead of parallel screen time, and more conversation instead of background distraction.

And I also had to look at this personally in how easy it is for phones to become the “in-between habit” of adulthood. Not because anything is wrong, but because efficiency slowly replaces presence if you don’t stay aware of it. The biggest mindshift for me was that we don’t have a screen problem as much as we have a accessible high value activity problem.

This book pushes you to think in systems and patterns, not just moments and rules. And for anyone building a meaningful home life, that distinction matters more than anything.
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49 reviews1 follower
May 5, 2026
2.5 ⭐️ I liked the part about the screens and how dopamine works in the brain.
For the ultra processed food part (or “pood” as she puts it) - it was a miss for me. It was very much an All-or-nothing approach which I have a hard time with, especially having worked with people who have eating disorders.
Also, the author talks a lot about her daughter. It reminded me of Leonard’s mom in the BigBang Therory (iykyk)
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81 reviews
April 20, 2026
Her first (hunt, gather, parent) changed my parenting forever. There’s systems and philosophies from that book I still use 5 years later, this book is no different. I’m so passionate about her work. It’s well researched but never dry. It’s easily digestible and applicable. 5 stars just like her first.
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23 reviews
April 24, 2026
The most helpful and practical book I’ve read in the past few years. Our family will forever be changed by the plan we are creating for our family around dopamine magnets as outlined in this book. This book is FULL of practical step by step instructions on how to move our worlds away from phones and screens and into real life relationships, fun activities, and joy!!
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102 reviews2 followers
April 30, 2026
Kind of hated the author at first (you let your daughter watch iPad every night even though she throws tantrums because you think it’s her hobby?) but in the end a pretty solid book it wouldn’t hurt pay parents to read, the food portion at the end feels a little tacked on but could have been its own book
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6 reviews
May 17, 2026
I gave this book 3.5 stars only because I already knew most of the information. However, for a parent that is stuck in the cycle of too much screen time for their kids, I would give this book 4 stars. It is an easy read that offers alternatives and suggested structure to parents that are overwhelmed with how to combat too much screen time and unhealthy eating.
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352 reviews10 followers
June 8, 2026
Dopamine Kids by Michaleen Doucleff ⭐️⭐️⭐️
This had some really interesting ideas and practical tips for helping kids develop healthier habits and stronger self-control. I appreciated the author’s perspective and found several suggestions that made a lot of sense. Overall, I think it’s worth reading for the insights and food for thought, even if you don’t end up agreeing with or using everything in the book.
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74 reviews1 follower
June 21, 2026
I liked the ideas of ways to create screen-free zones over time and it’s making a difference in our home! And I actually really liked that she focused on food and screens- at first they seem unrelated but I think they are two really big “magnets” in our life and our kids life that it is important to build a positive relationship with.
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182 reviews11 followers
March 24, 2026
Though we are a no/low-tech family, I appreciate the authors thorough research on the effects of media of all forms and what it does to a child’s brain. A must-read for anyone struggling with the question of: “is this tech okay for my child?”
40 reviews
April 28, 2026
Great and contemporary book that explains the science behind the addiction to technology and how to connect its intentional use to values in your life and with your family. Living by your values is not a novel concept, but integrating technology to them is.
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11 reviews
March 12, 2026
4.5 - probably would have liked it more if I were a parent, but still lots of helpful tools
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