Your Children Are Too Online | Interview: Dr. Jean Twenge

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The Dispatch

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4.6 • 3.3K Ratings

🗓️ 24 November 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Mike Warren is joined by Dr. Jean Twenge, author of 10 Rules for Raising Kids in a High-Tech World, for a discussion about what modern research says about parenting in the digital and A.I. age. The Agenda:—Screen time before sleep—Conversations with children about tech—What phones and at what age—Social media regulation—Wait Until Eighth Pledge—Laptops vs. smartphones—Celebrating parental wins The Dispatch Podcast is a production of ⁠The Dispatch⁠, a digital media company covering politics, policy, and culture from a non-partisan, conservative perspective. To access all of The Dispatch’s offerings—including access to all of our articles, members-only newsletters, and bonus podcast episodes—⁠click here⁠. If you’d like to remove all ads from your podcast experience, consider becoming a premium Dispatch member ⁠by clicking here⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:09.6	Welcome to the Dispatch Podcast.
1:11.5	I'm Mike Warren.
1:12.8	Today, my guest is Dr. Gene Twenge.
1:14.9	She's a professor of psychology at San Diego State University, and she's also the author
1:19.7	of a new book, 10 Rules for Raising Kids in a High Tech World.
1:24.4	We talk about that very subject.
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