1KHO 540: Take Away the Screens and Go Outside | Mike McLeod, GrowNOW ADHD

The 1000 Hours Outside Podcast

Ginny Yurich

Parenting, Kids & Family

4.9 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 4 August 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

What if the youth mental health crisis isn't a mystery—but a measurable, screen-driven epidemic we can reverse? In one of the most urgent and affirming conversations we’ve ever had, Mike McLeod, executive function specialist and founder of GrowNOW ADHD, returns for his fourth appearance on The 1000 Hours Outside Podcast. With clarity, conviction, and deep compassion for families, Mike explains why executive functioning—not grades—is the greatest predictor of life success, and how screen overuse is directly delaying the very skills kids need most: self-awareness, self-regulation, self-motivation, and self-evaluation. The solution? Simpler than you think—and available to every family. You’ll leave this episode empowered to act, not overwhelmed. We talk about why schools are broken, how parents have unintentionally become permissive, and why taking away screens isn’t extreme—it’s essential. Mike’s new book The Executive Functioning Playbook (coming January 9) and his podcast, The ADHD Parenting Podcast, are must-follow resources. But this episode? It might just be the wake-up call that changes everything. 📚 Preorder Mike’s new book and workbook 🔗 More from Mike at GrowNOWADHD.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the 1000 Hours Outside podcast. My name is Ginny Uridge. I'm the founder of 1000 Hours Outside.
0:04.6	And one of your favorite guests is back today. I'm so excited. You have just been a mainstay here.
0:10.5	And people love your episodes. Mike McLeod from Grow Now ADHD is here. Welcome back, Mike.
0:16.3	Thank you so much for having me. I'm so excited. The fourth episode together, I've been looking forward to this absolutely all week.
0:23.5	I am so excited because this is the message that everyone needs to hear.
0:27.7	A thousand hours outside is the cure to this horrible youth mental health crisis.
0:33.8	And this podcast, these episodes, this message is exactly what we need to hear.
0:38.9	All of these parenting gurus and parenting messages and all the parents, their algorithms
0:44.0	being filled with parenting information, it's really this message here.
0:48.6	We're an information overload.
0:50.6	It is the elimination of screens and getting outside that is the cure.
0:55.0	Everything else is nonsense.
0:57.0	We have to keep our eyes on the prize.
0:59.0	And what a message of hope, right, Mike?
1:01.0	Like, that's kind of a simple thing.
1:03.0	Eliminate the screens.
1:05.0	I mean, I don't know, I guess, and to some people, it seems like that's monumental,
1:08.0	but this is how life used to be.
1:10.0	You know, they set boundaries, society had boundaries. Just limit the screens. Go outside. And it just might be as simple as that. It might change everything. It changed everything for us. All of these sort of modern day parenting problems and problems in schools, they might just dissipate. Give it a try. There's really no downside to trying.
1:29.1	That's for sure. You don't have to spend any money. You just give it a go and see what happens.
1:33.9	So you are doing incredible things with grown out ADHD. One thing that I'm so excited about
1:39.0	is you have a book coming out in January. Tell us about it. Sure. So I have a book that goes right alongside with a
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