I originally anticipated only spending one week on No Screen November, but after all the feedback we've received and the concerns that parents have shared with us, we have a lot more to talk about that we hope will be helpful to you in beginning and sustaining a screen fast, and then continuing many of those habits for years to come. We spent a lot of last week talking about the negative impacts of screens, but this week, we focus on painting a picture of the amazing things you can expect by taking control of screen usage in your families and getting each member more fully engaged in the real world.
Outline:
0:15 - Intro: More on No Screen November
4:02 - Information correction from last week's episode
5:00 - Concern #1: medium vs content
8:18 - Concern #2: How can my kids have a "normal" social life without screens
11:24 - Concern #3: Teenage textersations
15:26 - Concern #4: Preparing kids early to live in a screen-filled world
19:48 - Concern #5: "But the Church is using screens for missionary work"
20:53 - Concern $6: Using shame and fear to motivate the screen fast
25:49 - What to have in place before beginning the screen fast
30:20 - What a brain needs to develop normally
34:47 - What benefits you should see during No Screen November
40:03 - Case study #1 - Billy's social blossoming
44:04 - Case study #2 - James' slow decline
45:22 - Case study #3 - Liam overcomes some enormous challenges
47:35 - Likely cause of IQ decline in recent years
49:02 - We can reverse course in our families and our community!!