What Modern Life Is Really Doing to Your Child's Brain

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Screens, poor sleep, processed food, and stress may be shaping your child's brain. In episode 909 of the Savage Perspective Podcast, host Robert Sikes sits down with brain health clinician Stephanie Rimka to explore how screens, poor sleep, processed food, stress, and an overloaded home affect focus, mood, and behavior. Stephanie shares how she uses brain mapping, neurofeedback, nutrition, and family routines to look beyond labels like ADHD and anxiety. They also discuss autism care, screen-free parenting, homeschooling, nervous system regulation, keto for brain health, and why helping one child may require the whole family to change.

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Chapters

0:00 - Stephanie's Approach to Nervous System Health

1:12 - Why Stephanie Chose Mental Health

3:39 - How Autism Changed Her Mission

7:18 - Why COVID Changed the Vaccine Conversation

11:01 - What Families Report After Vaccination

15:09 - What Brain Mapping Can Reveal

19:28 - How Auditory Processing Shapes Behavior

22:05 - The Whole-Body Approach to Brain Health

24:26 - Can Kids Thrive on Keto and Real Food?

25:52 - How Food Becomes Love and Comfort

29:31 - Why Overloaded Families Need to Simplify

31:34 - What Screen Time Does to a Developing Brain

35:27 - Is Neurodivergence Always a Gift?

38:41 - Autism Rates, Self-Diagnosis, and Severe Cases

43:48 - Is It ADHD or Too Little Sleep?

48:56 - Daycare vs. Homeschool Brain Development

55:12 - Why Parents Must Regulate Themselves First

59:28 - Can a Stronger Marriage Support a Child?

1:02:54 - Why High Achievers Burn Out

1:04:42 - Can Ketosis Support an Aging Brain?

1:07:24 - Diet, Statins, and Cognitive Decline

1:10:39 - Stephanie's Programs and Sabbatical