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FamilyLife Today®

Kids and Addiction to Social Media

FamilyLife Today®

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4.81.7K Ratings

🗓️ 25 January 2022

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Do your kids have an addiction to social media? Author, Jonathan McKee addresses the dangers and how to engage your kids.

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0:00.5

The whole world changed in 2007, January of 2007,

0:05.1

a guy wearing jeans and sneakers walked out in a stage

0:07.7

and he made an announcement that changed the world.

0:10.6

I'm talking about Steve Jobs

0:11.7

and he said, today's the day we reinvent the phone.

0:14.7

And on that January 2007 date,

0:17.2

he introduced this device that also pre-that date,

0:22.9

everything was, okay, I've got an entertainment device,

0:25.8

I've got a game console,

0:27.7

I've got social media plugged into a wall,

0:29.8

and then I've got my phone there like four devices

0:32.2

and also now it was one device and it's in their back pocket.

0:36.3

By 2012, in just five years,

0:39.5

America crossed that 50% mark

0:41.5

and now the majority of young people

0:44.4

had social media in their pocket

0:46.8

and it just changed communication,

0:49.0

changed entertainment, changed everything

0:51.5

and parenting also got a lot more difficult

0:54.6

as we're trying to navigate this world of, okay,

0:57.8

what's healthy with this,

0:59.0

how can I become screen wise?

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