#30: The Lies Our Screens Tell Us

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Josh + Christi Straub

Parenting, Relationships, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture, Kids & Family

4.9 • 653 Ratings

🗓️ 4 October 2017

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

We want to ask an honest question: Are you the master of your screen, or is your screen the master of you? Nobody doubts the pervasiveness of screens in our culture today, especially among kids and teens. But when was the last time you stopped and truly asked yourself, "What, about my screen, do I accept without question?"

Don't misunderstand us, we don't believe screens are all bad. We just want to be honest with ourselves. And after listening to our conversation in this episode, we hope you'll do the same. Because as research is showing, the subtle lies we have come to believe about our screens may be changing us in ways we never expected.

Show Notes:

The Death of Reading is Threatening the Soul by Phillip Yancey

Have Smart Phones Destroyed a Generation by Dr. Jean Twenge

iGen: Why Today's Super-Connected Kids are Growing Up Less Rebellious, More Tolerant, Less Happy--and Completely Unprepared for Adulthood--and What That Means for the Rest of Us by Dr. Jean Twenge

The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to our Brains by Nicholas Carr

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0:00.0	Hello, I'm Josh.
0:10.3	And I'm Christy.
0:11.2	You know, we all have family picture frames, frames that reflect the people who bring us the most joy,
0:17.5	but also the people who can bring us the most frustration.
0:20.5	Yet, no matter what, the people in
0:22.4	those frames have your back, and you have theirs. Regardless of who's in your frame, you're in it
0:28.4	together. They are your legacy. Welcome to the In This Together podcast, where we go behind the scenes
0:35.9	to share stories from our own crooked picture frame.
0:39.3	And interview guests to discover how their stories can give us insight on becoming families
0:45.1	who live, love, and lead well. Because you're not alone. We're all in this together.
0:54.7	This episode of the In This Together podcast is brought to you by Forcefield, the best parental
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1:07.7	me for a free 30-day trial.
1:13.6	Become a digital mentor to your kids.
1:16.4	That's josh.forcefield.me.
1:20.8	Welcome back to the In This Together podcast.
1:24.7	Today we are talking about all things screens and the most recent articles, research that it really is coming out on screens,
1:34.8	and this is something that we've been talking about quite frequently through the last number of
1:39.4	years, and the research is catching up actually quite more quickly than I thought that it would.
1:47.3	As we dive in today, I'm going to share with you a couple of the new research studies that are coming out and make you aware of those.
1:54.7	We're going to post those in the show notes.
1:56.6	And then we're going to also just really walk through some strategies that we can implement
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