1KHO 562: The Rulebook for a High-Tech World | Dr. Jean Twenge, 10 Rules for Raising Kids in a High-Tech World

The 1000 Hours Outside Podcast

Ginny Yurich

Parenting, Kids & Family

4.9 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 2 September 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

In an era where smartphones slip into children’s hands long before they’re ready, parents are left asking the same desperate question: What should I do about my kids and technology? Dr. Jean Twenge, renowned psychologist, researcher, and author of iGen and Generations, returns to The 1000 Hours Outside Podcast with a lifeline: her brand-new book Ten Rules for Raising Kids in a High-Tech World. Drawing on decades of data and her own experience raising three teens, Dr. Twenge explains why depression among teens doubled between 2011 and 2019, how smartphones rewired childhood almost overnight, and why conversations alone aren’t enough. Rules, she argues, aren’t restrictions—they’re the guardrails that preserve sleep, mental health, independence, and joy. From the rule of “no phones in bedrooms” to “pick an age and stick with it,” Dr. Twenge outlines a blueprint every family can adapt today. She shows how saying “not yet” to screens actually says “yes” to resilience, friendships, reading, play, and confidence. This episode is both sobering and empowering, reminding parents that they’re not powerless in a tech-saturated culture. With clarity and compassion, Dr. Twenge hands us the rulebook we’ve been waiting for. 🔗 Learn more about Dr. Twenge’s new book: Ten Rules for Raising Kids in a High-Tech World Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the 1000 Hours Outside podcast.
0:03.0	I am so excited.
0:04.0	I have been waiting for this one for like weeks and weeks and weeks and weeks.
0:07.0	Jean Twangy is back.
0:09.0	Welcome.
0:10.0	Thank you.
0:12.0	I'm like I'm overly, I don't think I'm overly excited.
0:15.0	I think I'm appropriately excited because you have a new book coming out called 10 Rules for Raising Kids in a High
0:21.1	Tech World and it is absolutely fantastic. It'll be out by the time this podcast goes live.
0:25.9	You were one of the authors way back when I read IGen and I've also read Generations.
0:31.4	I still like desperately wanted to talk with you. And so you said yes, so graciously. And
0:36.1	I refer to you a lot because you said in our first
0:40.5	conversation, you were talking about being a college professor and how so many of these kids come,
0:45.6	I don't know how many, some kids at least come to college these days and you see the change
0:50.7	where they can't make simple decisions without asking their parents.
0:55.0	And that really struck me because no one wants that.
0:57.6	No one really wants that for their child.
1:00.4	You want your child to be able to go off into the world and to be confident and to be
1:04.7	competent and to soar.
1:06.4	And so it stuck with me.
1:07.5	Your books are fantastic in this newest one out, i love the format of it dr twangie 10
1:13.0	rules for raising kids in a high tech world it's very helpful because you just lay it out you
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