The Screen Balance Blog

Thoughts on raising kids in a world of endless scroll — and helping them practice how to play, finish, save, and move on.

Most screen-time advice gives parents tools to restrict, delay, or count screen time. Those tools matter, but they do not solve the moment when a child’s brain is caught in an unfinished loop.

Wanderwing is designed around completion: No endless feeds. No auto-play. No ads. No pressure to keep scrolling.

101 Pitches and I just won
Emily Carter Emily Carter

101 Pitches and I just won

I did a brave thing! I announced myself as a woman in tech, as a female founder, as an entrepreneur at the 101st pitch hosted by the Atlanta Tech Village. With Joe Berklund, Partner at Gunderson Dettmer, Emerging Company, Venture Capital, Growth Equity & M&A Lawyer, and Brice Nguoghia, Partner Engineer at Google | Google Startup & Venture Capital Engagement Manager, Cloud Advisor, Entrepreneur as my judges and James Summer, Managing Director at EY and Goodwill of North Georgia board member in the audience - saying I was terrified was an understatement.

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We’ll never be a “Disney Family”
Emily Carter Emily Carter

We’ll never be a “Disney Family”

TLDR: the world is big and wide, and I could literally take a trip from Atlanta to Europe for the same price that I could take a trip from Atlanta to see fake Europe in Epcot. 

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Wanderwing Started with a Snail
Emily Carter Emily Carter

Wanderwing Started with a Snail

The only difference between a million dollar idea and a million dollar business is forward motion. I have no idea where Wanderwing will go, but I know I’m going to keep building this business. Together we will raise a generation of kids who are tech savvy but never tech dependent.

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