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Focus on the Family Parenting Podcast

Long-Term Screen-Plan

Focus on the Family Parenting Podcast

Focus on the Family

Kids & Family, Parenting

4.41.1K Ratings

🗓️ 5 March 2026

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

Does it feel like your screens have taken over your schedules? Danny and John address how a lot of parents need to be more aware of their screen-time usage. You'll also hear from Jim Daly and Molly DeFrank about creating a gameplan for getting off of screens and focusing instead on real-life.

 

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slash impossible. I think most of us would admit this cell phone I have, I need a little better relationship with it.

0:38.9

I might need some boundaries.

0:40.7

And if you're struggling, how about your kids?

0:43.3

I'm John Fuller, along with our vice president of parenting here at the ministry, Dr. Danny Wirta.

0:47.9

And Danny, do you think it's any better today than it was maybe five or ten years ago with parents and phones,

0:57.0

little young kids and phones?

0:58.7

Yeah, define better.

1:00.3

I don't, I mean, for the phone companies and social media, they're probably going, yeah,

1:04.6

it's going much better because we have a lot more parents on there.

1:07.4

Spending their time.

1:08.5

Is parent use of phones on the rise?

1:11.1

Yes, absolutely. I mean, everything happens on the phone.ending their time. Is parent use of phones on the rise? Yes, absolutely.

1:12.4

I mean, everything happens on the phone.

1:14.2

And I'm dealing with this in my private practice as a therapist, and then just with

1:18.5

content here going and speaking at events, the parents have great intentions.

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