Connection With Kids About Their Phones
FamilyLife Today®
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4.8 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 24 January 2022
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Kids with phones are a big deal! On FamilyLife Today, Jonathan McKee, author of over 25 books, helps parents understand the value of connection with their kids, concerns about their phones and some tips on how to talk about it all.
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| 0:00.0 | So we raised three boys in a digital world talk about that time when you're standing there trying to get them off the couch |
| 0:08.0 | They'd been playing video games all day. It felt like to me as a mom |
| 0:12.1 | I'm thinking what a waste of time and I come in the room and I'm like, hey guys |
| 0:15.7 | It's time to shut down the game. No, it wasn't hey guys. Well, no, it started. Let me tell you something |
| 0:24.8 | I could hear it from the basement. It was probably more like what a waste of time |
| 0:30.0 | That's probably what it was and I had some things that I wanted them to do so as I'm going off on them |
| 0:34.9 | I noticed that they all have their phones out and they're all looking at them and they're not looking at me at all |
| 0:41.1 | And I'm like, hey, are you guys listening to me? And then they all start to laugh and like what is so funny? |
| 0:47.1 | And one of them says, oh mom, we're just texting back and forth of how crazy you are |
| 1:01.0 | Welcome to Family Life today where we want to help you pursue the relationships that matter most |
| 1:08.0 | I'm Ann Wilson and I'm Dave Wilson and you can find us at FamilyLifeToday.com or on our Family Life app |
| 1:15.0 | This is Family Life today |
| 1:17.0 | There was a time when we had a college student come home and then two boys were in high school and one of them says, oh mom, we're just texting back and forth of how crazy you are |
| 1:37.0 | But that is what a lot of parents are facing |
| 1:41.0 | I mean, that's the world we live in and we've been living in it for quite a while |
| 1:46.0 | So I mean for parents, you know, we need to understand how do we parent a generation that literally lives with their screens right in front of them |
| 1:55.0 | I like that you said, how do we tame the beast? |
| 1:59.0 | Well, it's almost like the phone or the screens in some ways can become this beast that we need to understand as parents, how do we help navigate this world |
| 2:07.0 | So we've got in the studio in Orlando Jonathan McKee who spent your life devoted really to helping parents and kids understand how to navigate the screen, the beast, right? |
| 2:18.0 | Many of you know, Jonathan McKee's written over 25 books |
| 2:23.0 | There we go |
| 2:24.0 | I heard 28 books and in Canada |
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