241. Give Your Family What Technology Can’t | Erin Loechner, Author of The Opt-Out Family

Simple Farmhouse Life

Lisa Bass

Home & Garden, Leisure

4.9 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 11 June 2024

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

In our highly-connected digital world, many voices have come along to warn of the dangers of overindulgence in technology. While many encourage boundaries and moderation, Erin argues that opting out completely is a better way. Have you felt the pull to change your family’s relationship with technology? Before you think, “I could never do that,” give this episode a listen! Erin gently challenges us to craft the kind of family culture where technology cannot compare to the joy of real life. In this episode, we cover: The decision-making process that led Erin to her current philosophy on screen usage Digging into some of the practicals of living a less connected life The surprising way your relationships may be impacted by leaving social media Taking an honest look at the moderation mindset around the online world Giving your family something to reach for, not just something to run away from Navigating a screen-free life with your kids How the cultural landscape is changing in regards to technology Will restricting your kids’ screen usage cause them to overindulge in the future? How parents’ desire to keep tabs on their kids may not be healthy Thank you for supporting the sponsors that make this show possible! Toups and Co Organics | Use code FOB15 at ToupsandCo.com View full show notes on the blog + watch this episode on YouTube. ABOUT ERIN Founder of global tech-free movement The Opt-Out Family, Erin Loechner is a former social media influencer who walked away from a million fans to live a low-tech lifestyle—and is now teaching others how to do the same. Her cutting-edge work has been praised in the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, and the Huffington Post, as well as on the Today Show. When she’s not scrawling on her trusty steno pad, Erin, her husband, and their three kids spend their days chasing alpenglow, reading Kipling, and biking to town for more tortillas. RESOURCES Video tutorial on how to turn your smart phone into a dumb phone The Opt-Out Family by Erin Loechner More free resources for the opt-out family CONNECT Erin Loechner | Website Lisa Bass of Farmhouse on Boone | Blog | YouTube | Instagram | TikTok | Facebook | Pinterest Do you have a question you’d like me to answer on the podcast? A guest you’d like me to interview? Submit your questions and ideas here: bit.ly/SFLquestions.

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0:00.0	One of the biggest eye open news for us as a family was just recognizing that it's not about what you're removing and what you're walking away from but casting a vision for what you want to walk toward which is really true for everything and so for me that looks a lot like
0:16.0	taking those same addictive tricks and tips and strategies that Silicon Valley uses it to
0:21.6	keep you addicted to your device and putting them into play in real life.
0:25.7	My name is Lisa, mother of eight and creator of the blog and YouTube channel Farmhouse on Boone.
0:32.0	Join me as I share with you my love for creating a handmade home, from scratch cooking,
0:36.4	and a little mom and entrepreneur life along the way. Welcome back to the Simple Farm House Life Podcast. I just got done talking to
0:49.2	Aaron Lochner from Opt Out Family and I could have talked to her for a lot longer about this topic.
0:55.6	It was a good one and I think she brings up a lot of points that I had not considered
1:01.0	when it comes to social media and screens. I know a lot of us struggle
1:05.3	with this, especially when trying to live the simple life, the apps and distractions, can
1:11.3	be just about the biggest inhibitor of that. So I think you all are going to absolutely love this conversation.
1:17.0	Aaron, welcome to the Simple Farmhouse Live Podcast. I'm so happy to have you. This is a conversation that a lot of people are having
1:25.3	right now and need a lot of advice on because tech and screens are so necessary to our lives actually like in a lot of ways they are necessary
1:35.6	so it's not like we can just completely give them up it's like when you're
1:38.4	you know needing to go on a diet you can't give up food so it's it's one of those
1:42.4	I know it's not that crucial, okay? But it's close as far as functioning in today's society. So tell us a little bit about yourself and your mission.
1:50.8	Absolutely, my name is Aaron Lochner.
1:54.0	I am a former influencer, so I definitely understand.
1:56.4	We're speaking the same language about how vital it does feel like it is.
2:00.0	Certainly to people's employment, job opportunities, even in schools now.
2:04.8	And I truly began kind of reassessing my relationship with technology as an
2:11.6	influencer when my kids were born.
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