Episode 157: Changing Our Families’ Relationships with Technology
Jan 11, 2024
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Joey Odom, founder of Aro, shares practical tips on protecting our kids from the negative impact of screens. They discuss the need to be present with our children, the rise of phone dependency, and the correlation between teenage unhappiness and smartphones. They also have lighthearted conversations about favorite meals, queso vs guacamole, and a new infant formula.
The RO Box is helping families change their relationship with technology by promoting healthy behaviors and creating sacred spaces without screens.
RO acts as a visual cue to remind us to engage in real-life moments, cultivating deeper connections and fostering emotional resilience in children.
Deep dives
The Impact of RO Box on Family Relationships
The RO Box, an in-home digital well-being solution, is helping families change their relationship with technology. By putting down their phones and engaging with real-life interactions, parents are modeling healthy behaviors for their children. This shift is having a significant impact on family dynamics, with kids noticing and appreciating the focused attention from their parents. Stories of improved relationships and increased intimacy are emerging as families prioritize quality time and create sacred spaces without technology. Digital well-being is essential for creating confident and emotionally strong children.
Creating Intentional Families with RO
The RO Box, a platform designed to reduce screen time and increase family connection, is revolutionizing the way families interact with technology. By visually cueing the need to put down phones, RO promotes the habit of being present with loved ones. Gamification elements and tracking features provide motivation and a sense of accomplishment for spending time away from screens. For families with young children, RO helps establish healthy technology habits from an early age. For families with teenagers, RO offers a launch phase to develop a positive relationship with phones and create boundaries. Digital well-being is achieved by recognizing the impact of technology on family life and taking intentional steps to foster connection without screens.
The Power of Noticing with RO
RO, an in-home digital well-being solution, emphasizes the importance of noticing the world around us. By putting down our phones and being fully present, we can cultivate deeper connections with ourselves and those we love. The RO Box acts as a visual cue to remind us to engage in real-life moments and minimize distractions. This act of noticing can have a profound impact on our relationships, especially with our children. It communicates to them that they are valued and worthy of our undivided attention. RO promotes a shift from passive scrolling to an active and intentional lifestyle, fostering emotional resilience and worry-free experiences for children.
Building a Culture of Intentional Families with RO
RO, an in-home digital well-being solution, aims to create an entire generation of intentional families. It begins with parents modeling healthy screen habits and prioritizing family time by putting down their phones. RO encourages the use of cues and sacred spaces to prompt a break from technology and foster deeper connections. By recognizing the impact of smartphone usage on family dynamics, RO helps parents establish boundaries and create a culture of digital well-being. Through the power of habit and gamification, RO supports families in making intentional choices that nurture meaningful relationships and emotional well-being.
Not many of us have the bandwidth to keep up with technology for ourselves, let alone to safeguard the kids we love. Screens are one of the areas we need trusted, like-minded and like-hearted guides to keep us up to date and aware of what we need to do to protect our kids. Joey Odom has become one of those guides for us.
Joey and Heath are the founders of a brilliant box called Aro, to help us connect with our families more than any of us are connecting with screens. Joey has got so much good, practical, protective information here to help us safeguard not only our kids, but our families. We can’t wait for you to listen!
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