The Clash of Parenting and Social Media in a Digital Age — A Conversation with Clare Morrell
Thinking in Public with Albert Mohler
The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
4.8 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 4 June 2025
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
In this edition of the popular podcast series “Thinking in Public,” Albert Mohler speaks with director of the Technology and Human Flourishing Project, and a fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, D.C., Clare Morell. They discuss her latest book, “The Tech Exit: A Practical Guide to Freeing Kids and Teens from Smartphones.”
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| 0:00.0 | This is Thinking in Public, a program dedicated to intelligent conversation about frontline theological and cultural issues with the people who are shaping them. |
| 0:11.2 | I'm Albert Moller, your host and president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky. |
| 0:16.7 | Claire Morel is director of the Technology and Human Flourishing Project, and she's also a fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, D.C. |
| 0:25.6 | That's a lead think tank there in the nation's capital. |
| 0:28.6 | Prior to joining EPPC, Mrs. Morel worked in the White House Counsel's Office and also at the Department of Justice. |
| 0:35.6 | She received her bachelor's degree from Georgetown University's |
| 0:39.2 | Wall School of Foreign Affairs, and her writing has been featured in outlets such as the New York Times, |
| 0:44.2 | the Wall Street Journal, National Affairs, and First Things. She frequently consults with legislators |
| 0:50.1 | on technology policy and has helped draft legislation to protect children online. |
| 0:55.8 | It is her new book, The Tech Exit, a practical guide for freeing kids and teens from smartphones |
| 1:01.2 | that is the topic of our conversation today. Claire Morel, welcome to thinking in public. |
| 1:07.8 | Thank you so much for having me, Dr. Moeller. |
| 1:10.2 | I don't think many people these days would ask |
| 1:12.4 | how timely a book like this might be. We have an explosion of data coming in. I talk about |
| 1:18.6 | much of this just week by week on the briefing and address them in other ways. I just did a podcast, |
| 1:27.3 | a special edition podcast podcast on the issue of |
| 1:29.2 | extortion and young men and boys. All of a sudden, I think there's the realization. We're not |
| 1:35.9 | looking at some kind of warning about some crisis in the future. The crisis is right here. |
| 1:42.6 | Yes, that's right. No, the crisis is definitely right now. And I think |
| 1:48.5 | unfortunately parents have been sold this illusion, mainly by the tech companies, that if they just |
| 1:55.7 | put parental controls and screen time limits in place on their children's devices or apps that they're using, |
| 2:02.1 | then they will shield their children from all dangers or harms from those technologies. |
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