Welcome to the 1000 Hours Outside Podcast. I just finished a new book called Disconnected

by Thomas Kirsting and I loved it and so we are here today to talk about his book and lots of other things.

This is how to protect your kids from the harmful effects of device and the tendency.

Tom thinks for being here.

My pleasure.

Thank you for having me.

Yeah, so, okay, we were just talking a little bit about Tom's bio

because I think it's super interesting.

He's a psychotherapist. He used to be a school counselor and a regular

guest expert for Fox News. And then he said this was a while ago, but also co-host of two former A&E network television series

surviving marriage and monster-in-laws. Those actually sound really interesting and

pertinent. Tom appears regularly on popular talk shows and new shows

providing insight and advice about parenting, family, education,

and wellness. I love, I love that broad bio. You've done cool things.

Yeah, it's all you know it kind of comes down for the same thing. It's just you know I'm here I guess on this planet to try to try to help as many people as I can to just you know be the best they can be, live the best life they could be, be the best parents. And, you know, I just I see that we all have this ability. we just need to you know develop the

confidence and and know how to just go out there in the world and and do what we

can do to the best of our ability. Yeah that's great that's awesome I loved your

bio it's super just diverse, but like he said also not, you know. So I loved how this book started out. He started out with the 80s childhood basically. You say I was

helmetless. I think a lot of people will really relate to this. I was

helmetless big wheel riding. I was a helmetless big wheel

riding child of the 1980s. I walked a half mile in the

dark for the bus stop each morning. Face the occasional bully through eggs at

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