The New York Times reported July 7 that panicked parents have begun hiring “screen time” consultants to get their children unhooked from their addiction to phones and digital devices.
$80 to $250 an hour. Eight to ten sessions.
The problem is all the “no phone” pledges and attempts to pry the devices out of children’s hands are fruitless as long as parents continue to set a bad example (at dinner, while watching TV, taking calls instead of focusing on others, at the beach, at sporting events – this list is endless).
You can’t wean someone off an addiction without replacing it with something better – more healthful and positive.
It’s like a morphine drip for those in pain after surgery – take another hit, get relief.
Teachers can ban phones from the classroom or engage students more with each other in real time.
Parents have no chance getting a child to put away the phone as long as they continue to be unavailable and not focused on the present.
To conquer phone addiction, brainstorm the ways to get you or others to crave something healthier.
Not possible?
It was there before the iPhone was invented. Rediscover real time.
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