David Eaton: Phones for Teens: How to Deal
FamilyLife Today®
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🗓️ 14 October 2022
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
The drawbacks and dangers of phones for teens can feel intimidating. Author David Eaton offers tips to turn teen's phones from a liability to an asset.
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| 0:40.4 | For all of you first born moms and dads out here who are listening to this right now, |
| 0:44.8 | and you're like, I'm going to keep my kid's phone locked down forever. The last |
| 0:50.2 | thing you want to hear them whisper is, I can't wait to leave home. I can't wait |
| 0:55.2 | until I'm 18. I'm going to get out of this place and do whatever I want. |
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| 1:38.4 | So when we were parents of teenagers, we, we've already said we thought it was awesome. |
| 1:45.4 | Although we were scared to death because every parent told us to look out for the |
| 1:48.5 | teen years. And yet, but here's the thing. When we raised our three boys, there was not a |
| 1:54.3 | thing called the smartphone. It was just about to come out. And I think today it's a whole |
| 2:00.8 | different. I mean, you talk about being scared. I mean, again, the smartphone is a gift from |
| 2:07.7 | God in some ways. It's wonderful. But anything, there's a curse to it as well. And so we need help, |
| 2:14.7 | help in parents, raise kids in a culture that's different than it was in our day. And we've got |
| 2:20.4 | the man, the legend in the studio. David Eaton is back from Axis. And Axis is all about helping |
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