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Now That We're A Family

478: Preparing Low-Tech Kids For A High-Tech World

Now That We're A Family

Elisha and Katie Voetberg

Religion & Spirituality, Kids & Family, Christianity

4.91.8K Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2026

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Mentioned during podcast:  

- Episode 359: "High Self-Esteem Is Destroying Your Kid's Future" - https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com/podcasts/now-that-we-re-a-family-10/episodes/2148962824

 - "The Collapse of Parenting" by Dr. Leonard Sax - https://amzn.to/4cm4SLk

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0:00.0

Are kids going to thrive if they are raised low tech entering a high tech world?

0:06.1

And that's a question that we have asked ourselves.

0:08.0

That's the question we have gotten asked from listeners is, okay, that sounds great.

0:12.5

You guys know our story.

0:13.9

Being low tech for us looks like having, you know, no smartphones now for almost six years

0:18.9

or over that for Elisha.

0:21.9

And but still utilizing technology to run a business online for our children that

0:28.0

looks like no solo screen time, but a family movie night every couple months and utilizing

0:36.0

Boatberg Music Academy, which is online so like online

0:39.3

educational resources that are very specific but in this world of AI you know everyone's talking about

0:46.3

AI is going to change the world and grunk and grunk and all these grunk huh you think that's emperor's new

0:53.5

groove cronk wrong think that's Emperor's new groove.

0:55.3

Cronk.

0:56.9

I think Cronk's better.

0:58.7

Emperor's new grew.

1:04.3

Anyways, you know, there's all these fears, I guess, like, okay, great.

1:07.5

So my child learns embroidery this summer.

1:12.0

How's that going to help them as an adult adult where clearly this is the name of the game?

1:13.1

It's technology.

1:15.3

So anyways, we're going to talk about that today.

1:16.2

Yeah.

1:21.7

And even as you mentioned, you know, educational apps, we've probably gone into this too much. But it's worth mentioning not all educational apps or learning platforms are created equally and have the same impact on our children.

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