Parents, It’s Your Job to Get in the Way of Your Child’s Cell Phone

3. Create opportunities for them to have experiences.

Take them to do new things. See new things. Learn new things. This not only strengthens their brain development, emotional development, and builds resiliency in kids but it also strengthens your relationship with them.

And finally, do not let them take their phones into their rooms, shut their doors, and disappear for hours. Nothing good ever happens on the internet behind closed doors.

It is by far the most dangerous place our students go every day.

Please. Help us with this.

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Chris Cochran
Chris Cochran
Father, Husband, Amateur Adventurer, Aspiring Creative, Lover of Mountains, School Leader living in Northwest Arkansas, Drinks coffee all day.

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