2. Take Home: Disconnect to Reconnect
Log your family’s device usage
- Battery usage check, kids data usage; Eph 5:15-16
Recognize signs of addiction
- BreakFree App; 1 Cor 6:12; Mk 9:43
Actively avoid what is worthless
- Psa 101:1-3
Seek true communication
- Talk face to face; 2 Jn 12; 3 Jn 14

8. Daily Usage May Lead to… Anxiety Mood swings Isolation
Inability to talk with others
Lower attention spans
Narcissism
(Various Sources)

10. Personality Traits Associated with Screen Addiction
High harm-avoidance
Altered reward dependence
Low self-esteem
Low cooperation
Nomophobia
(PyschGuide.com)

12. What is Acceptable?
Age Screen Time 0-18 months Zero 18 months to min. 3-5 yrs 1 hour max 6 and up Limited
- No screens in bedrooms
- No screens at dinner tables
- No screens before 1 hour of play/exercise
- Parents MUST BE good role models
(American Academy of Pediatrics – 2016)

13. Take Home: Avoiding the Thorns
Be Accountable to each other
- Pro 27:17; Pro 15:22; Gal 6:1-5
Be Conscious of Good Stewardship
- Matt 6:19-33; 1 Pet 4:10
Be Interactive Without Screens
- Matt 25:31ff; Gal 5:13; Matt 23:11

15. Designed Addiction Newsfeeds and videos never end
Notices appeal to our need for approval
Numerous choices per page or window
Push notifications constantly remind us
The appeal to outrage is constant
Advertisers can choose schemes
CEO of Netflix said “Our greatest competitor is Facebook, YouTube, and sleep.”
(Tristan Harris – TedTalk 2017)