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You see it all around. There are children in strollers now, hearing phones and tablets, and they're learning

screens at a very young age. So let's talk about that. Let's talk about phones and screens.

I'm John Fuller, along with Dr. Danny Werta, who leads our parenting team. And Danny,

you and Heather took a decidedly countercultural approach to screens with your kids.

It seems more and more parents are taking this route now, and that is to not have our kids

be influenced by the demands of a smartphone until the age of 16 or later. I've heard some

parents now putting the boundary at 18 because of the

demand that comes through that smartphone. Now, there are companies like Gab Wireless and others that

provide a phone that looks like a smartphone, but only has access to texting and calling.

And then you have a few apps like a calculator or a stopwatch or something that is

functional for day-to-day use. Yeah, but no internet in terms of browsing the web. Right. And so

our daughter did get to use that because they came out around that time at around 14-ish as an

emergency phone.

And then our son, he got his close to his 16th birthday along with driving.

And so it's right around the 16.

And they don't hate you for that?

They don't.

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