One thing I see over and over with parents is just how much we're carrying. The data backs this up.

Most parents spend nearly every waking hour focused on someone else. So if you feel exhausted,

stretch thin, or like your brain never really shuts off, that makes complete sense. I've seen how

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for the people who need you. Screens, phones, kids, okay, look, I know what you're thinking. What can I possibly hear that I don't

already know? And maybe you're thinking, Dr. Becky, if you say one thing that makes me feel guilty about

these topics, I mean, I am just trying to survive parenting is so hard. I hear you. And I hear that

thought also knowing I'm about to dive into a conversation about these topics.

But here's the other thing. I'm hardly ever talking to a parent when screens and phones aren't on their mind.

On some level, they know, feel like it's affecting my kid's behavior and our connection. It affects my own mood.

I just feel so stuck. It feels like so much of my life is on the phone. So here's the framing

of what I want to talk about today. And I promise you no judgment, no shame, no morality. And let

me start by taking myself off a phone pedestal. I'm on my phone too much. I sometimes give my kids too much time on their iPads.

I end up yelling in random moments, everyone off their screens, just because I feel guilty.

So I am right there with you.

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