Saving Our Kids & Ourselves from Screens & Social Media with Collin Kartchner

<p>Collin Kartchner is a social activist and champion of giving childhood back to our children. The research is coming in fast about the giant social experiment of putting the pocket-sized computers into the hands of young children and teens, and the results are…alarming, to say the least. Collin helps us to understand the direness of the situation concerning kids and their internet consumption, specifically social media and online gaming. These platforms are designed specifically to give our minds dopamine hits providing the false sense of connection that kids are craving. This can create a vacuum in their minds that may lead to depression and lack of connection to people around them. Although this information at first paints a bleak picture for childhood, we discuss the beautiful antidote that is at all of our fingertips: connection. REAL connection with actual humans in our lives.&nbsp;</p> <p>Collin offers concrete advice about trying out a family screen detox, and gives us lots of inspiring suggestions on how to increase the connection in our own home with the people we love. He will truly inspire you to make a difference in your child’s life (and model freedom from screen dependence yourself!&nbsp;</p> <p><u>Books We Mentioned</u></p> <p><a href="https://amzn.to/32xGbXa"><em>Glow Kids: How Screen Addiction is Hijacking our Kids—and How to Break the Trance</em></a> // Nicholas Kardaras</p> <p><a href="https://amzn.to/3lxrJHq"><em>Good Pictures Bad Pictures: Porn-Proofing Today’s Young Kids </em></a><em>// Kristen A. Jensen</em></p> <p><a href="https://amzn.to/2QE8z4d"><em>Good Pictures Bad Pictures Jr.: A Simple Plan to Protect Young Minds</em></a><em> // Kristen A. Jensen</em></p> <p><a href="https://amzn.to/3lss65Y"><em>Digital Minimalism </em></a>// Cal Newport</p> <p>Collin uses a Gabb phone with his kids. <a href="https://gabbwireless.com/">Here</a> is their website.</p> <p><u>Related Episodes</u>&nbsp;</p> <p><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/find-the-magic/id1448424341?i=1000440472945">Cu