With a woman to look at culture from a Christian worldview, I'm John Stone Street with a point.

It pays to pay attention.

Earlier this month, Michigan's seventh-grader Dylan Reeves saved the lives of 60 students

when he drove their school bus to safety.

When the driver of the bus lost consciousness, most of the other students didn't even notice

because they were on their phones.

But Dylan doesn't have a phone.

So he did notice when the bus started to drift and jumped into action.

The pressure to get smartphones for kids and let them access social media apps is incredible

today.

Three and four American youth owned smartphones by the age of 12 and 84 percent of teens

13-18 use social media.

In fact, today's teens average about nine hours a day on screens.

The dangers of digital distractions are well-documented, body image issues, sleep deprivation,

porn addictions, even suicidality.

And in the case of the Michigan school bus, kids would have lost their lives if Dylan

had been distracted.

To quote Dylan's dad, let's hope that his son's heroics will serve as a, change the

world kind of lesson.

With the Colson Center, I'm John Stone Street.