How to Free Your Child from Addictive Screen Habits
6/8/202628 min
Are “screentime battles” taking over your home? You’re not alone. After her son dropped out of college due to a video game addiction, Melanie Hempe took a deep dive in the science of brain development. She founded ScreenStrong, an organization dedicated to helping parents navigate technology.
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Melanie Hempe· Guest0:26
[upbeat music] It's not that you spend all of your time. You spend time initially setting them up to getting them- Yeah ... used to doing things without a screen, and then you're home free.
Jim Daly· Host0:41
Yeah.
Melanie Hempe· Guest0:42
Right? Because now you don't have to keep monitoring that screen. Your goal is to be able to get your kids to fall in love with real life. The screens are gonna be there forever.
John Fuller· Host0:50
Well, technology is a big topic for parents these days. How much is too much? We have some practical advice for navigating kids and screens today for you on Focus on the Family with Jim Daly.
Jim Daly· Host1:03
You know, John, uh, technology in my mind is rather neutral, but abuse of it, uh, addiction to it, those kinds of things are where we get into trouble, and certainly kids with screen time is a big problem. We were raising our boys right when screens were taking off in the early 2000s.
John Fuller· Host1:21
Mm-hmm.
Jim Daly· Host1:21
And, uh, man, Jean did a fabulous job. If I gave a report card to the two of us, she got the A and I probably got a C in