Exploring Generational Fears About Technology and Children

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Exploring historical concerns about technology's effects on children, this chapter challenges the assumption that screen time directly causes mental health issues in young people. Emphasizing the importance of quality time and happiness, it urges parents to prioritize meaningful interactions over excessive worry about screen usage.

“In Plato’s Phaedrus, Socrates tells the story of the god Theuth approaching the King of Egypt, hardly able to contain his excitement about sharing his latest and greatest invention: an innovative technology he called “writing.” The King was enthusiastically opposed.”

Ryan discusses the timeless debate about the things that are negatively impacting children’s growth, on today’s Daily Dad Podcast.

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