Description: Supercharged childhood...one screen-free day at a time
Supercharged childhood…one screen-free day at a time
A few weeks ago, I was at a local burger/fries restaurant waiting in line with my 7-year-old (Seven). It was a busy Saturday and the place was as busy as Covid regulation would allow which meant there were several indoor tables occupied and several more people waiting for to-go bags of food like us. While Seven and I stood there, neither of us could take our eyes off of a table of four high school boys nearby. All four boys sitting at the booth had their heads down, and were engaging, intently, with their p
Surely you have witnessed a scene like this — it is happening everywhere and I know I’m not alone when I view it and feel terribly sad, not to mention scared for the future (and present) of our youth. I know many parents like me see what has happened to adolescence — the way it has been hijacked by video games and social media and how middle childhood and early childhood are right behind it. Our children have replaced real life with the virtual world and are hurting deeply as a result. Whether our children