EP 16 | Screens in REAL-life. CONFIDENCE & NO REGRETS. With ANDREA DAVIS, Better Screen Time Founder
What if you could worry less and connect more with your children? Andrea Davis, Founder of Better Screen Time is on a mission to empower you to parent from a place of confidence instead of fear when it comes to screens.
The decisions we make in our homes really do shape our children in their character building and their strengths and their weaknesses. In the way they’re able to be creative and the way they’re able to overcome and understand their own talents and gifts. When we approach the issue of managing screens from a gift of love and empowerment instead of fear, it gives us the opportunity to build homes that shape our children to have the values that we desire for our families.
Highlights from Andrea’s interview:
We must start with understanding our family values and helping our children understand theirs. We must evaluate how they affect our relationships, time, health, and goals/dreams.
Look at each decision by weighing the risks and benefits.
The “slippery slope” can look different for each of our kids and for our families.
Get your screen plan set up when your children are young so it becomes habit.
Giving our children rules gives our kids freedom.
Three ways to simply create healthy screen habits:
Model healthy screen behavior as a parent.
Create a plan WITH your children.
Make go-to screen free rituals/activities.
Lack of better screen time is quite possibly the biggest distraction we could ever allow into our family. Our kids don’t get their childhood back.
Get your family’s “Quick Guide to Creating a Family Technology Plan” HERE
Visit BetterScreenTime.com to check out which course by Andrea is the best fit for your family.
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