Arlene Pellicane has a sobering number for parents: if a boy plays video games a fairly conservative ten hours a week starting at age nine, he’ll have spent a full year of his life in front of a gaming console by the time he’s twenty-one. If a girl is on social media the similar amount of time, she will spend a full year of her life on social media. In this episode, Arlene, author of The Great Tech Reset: Reclaiming Real Life for Christian Families, joins Josh and Jen to talk honestly about what screens are costing our children and what to do about it.

Arlene walks through her ABCD framework for the harms of unchecked screen time, why boredom is a gift rather than a problem to solve, and why delaying a phone or social media account tends to produce a more mature, self-governed teenager than handing one over early and hoping to monitor it. She also unpacks two of the most common myths parents use to justify giving kids devices sooner than they should.

This conversation goes beyond screen time limits to the deeper stewardship question underneath: what is discipling our children when we’re not watching? Arlene makes the case that families have an opportunity, not just a restriction, in front of them, and offers a practical, faith-rooted starting point for any family ready to reclaim real life together.

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