Stand to Reason Weekly Podcast Interview: Jonathan Morrow – Navigating Screen Time and Social Media
Mar 12, 2025
Jonathan Morrow, Director of Cultural Engagement at Impact 360 Institute and creator of the Refresh Roadmap course, shares insightful strategies for parents navigating their kids' screen time and social media. He emphasizes the crucial need for proactive involvement in managing technology use and discusses alarming statistics on its impact on mental health. Morrow also offers practical advice for establishing healthy boundaries, monitoring social media interactions, and the importance of equipping children for a digital world.
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Parenting Screen Time Challenges
- Greg Koukl shares frustration managing teen daughters' screen time in a culture saturated with devices.
- Unlike TV concerns of past, smartphones are now pervasive and addictive, complicating parenting.
Screen Time's Mental Health Impact
- Smartphones' ubiquity impacts children's mental health causing loneliness, anxiety, and distraction.
- Screens and medications often serve as cultural pacifiers, deadening sensitivity and shaping worldview.
Phones Out of Bedrooms
- Enforce phones sleeping outside bedrooms to improve kids' sleep and mental health.
- Creates necessary separation, helping children break attachment to their devices.
