465: Screen Time Disagreements In Marriage
Now That We're A Family
Elisha and Katie Voetberg
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🗓️ 29 January 2026
⏱️ 44 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Well, as most of you know, Katie and I have been heads down working on a project regarding |
| 0:05.5 | screens, how we're interacting with screens with our children, how we use screens and |
| 0:10.6 | utilize them for ourselves. You know, we've been smartphone free. I mean, I guess I've been |
| 0:15.7 | without a smartphone for five years now. And then you got rid of your smartphone three and a half |
| 0:20.0 | years ago because I think you were a three and a half years ago because i think |
| 0:21.2 | you were a year and a half after me and um yeah we're down to my laptop computer and then our family |
| 0:27.8 | desktop computer in our home so those are the two screens and uh yeah we've just been going deep into |
| 0:33.3 | how do we best utilize screens because we want to be screen maximizers, right? |
| 0:39.1 | We want to be able to utilize these in a way. |
| 0:42.3 | And technology, that's how I want to view all technology, |
| 0:45.2 | is I want to be able to optimize technology for the end goal that we have for our family, right? |
| 0:51.9 | That the Lord has placed on our heart, the things he's called us to |
| 0:54.6 | generally as Christians, and then more specifically within families and, you know, our own |
| 1:01.2 | unique, our each own unique calling. And so that's really the mindset that we have with technology |
| 1:07.9 | and with screens. And so it's been really fun, But it's raised the question because this comes up a lot. |
| 1:15.2 | And we see it in our research. |
| 1:16.8 | We see it in the conversations we're having with people. |
| 1:19.6 | And that is when the husband and the wife are not on the same page around technology, |
| 1:24.7 | it's becoming a real issue in marriages. Technology, phones in |
| 1:30.7 | specific, but screens, you know, like these are, this is becoming more and more referenced in |
| 1:36.4 | marriage counseling sessions, right? In, in divorce cases, you probably, if you start listening, we'll start hearing it amongst your friends. |
| 1:46.3 | Maybe you can relate to this being an issue in your own home. |
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