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🗓️ 14 July 2025
⏱️ 28 minutes
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In today’s digital age, we spend more time on our phones than ever before. Jonathan McKee shares a variety of ways to encourage your children to build real-life connections beyond their screens. With tips for everyone in the family, this conversation offers great encouragement for creating those stronger bonds with the people around us.
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0:00.0 | God is at work and he's calling his people to rise in truth. Truth Rising is a powerful new |
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0:11.1 | courage in a culture that needs truth. Watch Truth Rising starting September 5th and find out how |
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0:30.3 | You got to look at the future and you got to realize that, you know, this kid, when they turn 18 years old, |
0:35.1 | could go to a college dorm. they could go to an army barracks |
0:39.7 | they could go live in an apartment with their friends and they're going to be making those decisions |
0:45.2 | on their own they're not going to be calling you up and asking you whether or not they can watch that |
0:49.9 | tv show or not and the question we need to ask ourselves is, have we equipped them to start making |
0:55.7 | those decisions or have we made every decision for them? Jonathan McKee has some great ideas for helping |
1:01.3 | you and your teen put the screen down and spend meaningful time together. This is Focus on the Family |
1:07.3 | with Jim Daly. And thanks for joining us. I'm John Fuller. |
1:14.8 | You know, John, I had so much fun with the boys growing up. And I think we had accidental success when it came to screens because we didn't give them phones until they were like, I think |
1:19.5 | Trent was 17 and Troy was 15. And a lot of people, a lot of experts talk about that's the |
1:25.3 | first good thing to do, delay it as long as possible. |
1:28.1 | But we did camping every summer. We just did outdoorsy stuff. It was so much fun. But I don't |
1:34.0 | know about girls. I don't have girls. How about you? The girls, all of our kids kind of waited |
1:38.9 | until they were 15, 16, 17. Actually, a daughter traveled to the UK without a phone at age 19. |
1:46.1 | That's crazy. |
1:47.3 | And I think the girls leaned into relational things more than the guys, I think is what you're asking about. |
1:53.4 | And today, you know, this is probably the number one thing parents are mostly concerned about, |
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