Limiting Screen Time and Why Boredom Is The Seed of Creativity

From the Heart with Rachel Brathen

Rachel Brathen

Society & Culture

4.7 • 4.9K Ratings

🗓️ 14 June 2024

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Think about the time before iPads, smart phones, and other devices. You came home from school and played outside. You went on a road trip and sang songs with your family. You did arts, crafts and other activities when you were bored. Today’s episode discusses the sensitive topic of smart devices, the internet, and how excessive screen time can affect the health and wellbeing of our children. Have we lost the ability to be bored? Can we still find presence in the moment? Rachel shares stories from her own family life and offers ideas to limit screen time and raise well balanced kids. The internet can offer us so much - can we learn to keep the good and get rid of all the rest? Tune in to find the balance. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	On today's episode of the podcast I talk about screen time and what it does to our kids and to our own mental health.
0:08.0	Have we become absolutely terrified of having our kids feel bored even for just a second and
0:14.8	have we ourselves completely lost the ability to stay bored and just be
0:20.3	present in those moments in between. These are questions I'm posing today as I dive
0:25.6	into the big and sensitive topic of screens and iPads and what it actually does for the health and well-being of our children.
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