Ep 1197 | How ‘CoComelon’ Hooks Your Kids & Fries Their Brains | Guest: Clare Morell

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News, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, News Commentary

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🗓️ 29 May 2025

⏱️ 61 minutes

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In today's episode, we sit down with Clare Morell, author and fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, to discuss the overwhelming negative effects that screens are having on our children. Clare explains the difference between passive and active screens, and how while one is worse than the other, neither can really be called "good" for children. She even goes so far as to argue that the proper amount of screen time for children is none at all! And while we know “CoComelon” is frying babies' brains, is it actually worse than we thought? Buy Clare's book, "The Tech Exit: A Practical Guide to Freeing Kids and Teens from Smartphones": https://a.co/d/bsW4DLn Share the Arrows 2025 is on October 11 in Dallas, Texas! Go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠sharethearrows.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for tickets now! Buy Allie's new book, "Toxic Empathy: How Progressives Exploit Christian Compassion": ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://a.co/d/4COtBxy⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ --- Timecodes: (00:41) Clare Morell introduction (01:21) “The Tech Exit” (02:53) Why young kids should not have screen time (15:07) Screens in schools? (17:42) How to stop screen time at home? (34:12) No screen time at all? (36:30) CoComelon is frying kids’ brains (40:05) Teenagers and screens (43:40) Apple is against online child safety? (54:09) Legislation --- Today's Sponsors: Seven Weeks — Experience the best coffee while supporting the pro-life movement with Seven Weeks Coffee; use code ALLIE at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.sevenweekscoffee.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to save up to 25% off your first order, plus your free gift! Good Ranchers — Go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠GoodRanchers.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and subscribe to any of their boxes (but preferably the Allie Beth Stuckey Box) to get free Waygu burgers, hot dogs, bacon, or chicken wings in every box for life. Plus, you’ll get $40 off when you use code ALLIE at checkout. Fellowship Home Loans — Fellowship Home Loans is a mortgage lending company that offers home financing solutions while integrating Christian values such as honesty, integrity, and stewardship. Go to ⁠⁠⁠fellowshiphomeloans.com/allie⁠⁠⁠ to get up to $500 credit towards closing costs when you finance with Fellowship Home Loans. A Faith Under Siege — Watch the explosive new film "A Faith Under Siege: Russia's Hidden War on Ukraine Christians," detailing the persecution of believers under Russia's expanding occupation. Go to faithundersiege.com to watch today. --- Related Episodes: Ep 1162 | SkinnyTok, the iPad Pacifier & Paula White’s New Scam https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-1162-skinnytok-the-ipad-pacifier-paula-whites-new-scam/id1359249098?i=1000701152306 Ep 803 | The Science Behind the Dangers of Screen Time | Guest: Dr. Nicholas Kardaras | Part 2 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-803-the-science-behind-screen-addiction-guest-dr/id1359249098?i=1000612546999 --- Buy Allie's book, You're Not Enough (& That's Okay): Escaping the Toxic Culture of Self-Love: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://alliebethstuckey.com/book⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Relatable merchandise – use promo code 'ALLIE10' for a discount: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://shop.blazemedia.com/collections/allie-stuckey Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Cocoa Mellon might be frying your kids' brains. It is time to take tablets away from toddlers and smartphones
0:08.7	away from teens, and it is absolutely possible. We've got Claire Morrell here. She is the author
0:15.1	of the tech exit, a practical guide to freeing kids and teens from smartphones. Her guidance today, her advice, the facts that she brings, they are so fascinating and helpful.
0:25.7	This episode is brought to you by our friends at Good Ranchers.
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0:29.1	Use Code Alley at checkout.
0:30.2	That's good ranchers.com.
0:31.6	Code Allie.
0:46.3	Thank you. Claire, thanks so much for taking the time to join us. If you could tell everyone who you are and what you do.
0:55.2	Yes, so I'm first and foremost of a mom. I have three children, and I'm also a pastor's wife. I'm married to my husband Caleb. He's in pastoral ministry.
1:01.5	And then my professional work is that I work as a public policy expert, specifically focused on policy solutions, helping our lawmakers pass laws to protect our kids online from the harms of
1:07.9	smartphones, social media, and online pornography.
1:11.5	That's what I've done.
1:12.0	Yes.
1:17.7	And you wrote this book, The Tech Exit, a practical guide to freeing kids and teens from smartphones.
1:19.0	What I love about this is that this seems to target parents of kids who already have
1:24.3	the smartphone because I think a lot of parents think if I didn't start by not giving
1:29.3	them a phone when they were 11, then, you know, I just messed up and that's all it is and I'm just
1:35.8	going to have to hope for the best. But you're saying that's not true. You don't just have to give up
1:40.8	now. That's exactly right. No, this book is really actually meant to give
1:44.5	parents a lot of hope that it's never too late to reverse course. And in fact, the younger,
1:49.4	the better that children's brains can be reset. That is possible to actually detox from screens,
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