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Taking The Pain Out of Taking Your Kid's Phone (Almost)

11/15/2014

I work with parents every day. One of the most common issues I run into is parents who decide to confiscate a kids phone as a consequence and it turning into a Chernobyl level meltdown that's way worse than whatever the kid was in trouble for to begin with. Right off the bat let me say this, taking a kids phone can be perfectly appropriate. It shouldn't be your go-to option every time they get in trouble simply because you know it hurts but it can definitely be effective. But, if you're going to to do it, do it like this....

1. Talk about it ahead of time
I realize you can't possibly prepare for everything your child is ever going to do wrong but that shouldn't stop

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Creating A Family Tech Plan

11/6/2014

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Technology is infiltrating every aspect of our lives..... I'm ok with that. I like technology. I find it interesting and admit to purchasing completely unnecessary gadgets simply because "it's the new one". My family and I live on 8 acres in the country and while I love it, I absolutely despise the fact that we have to use HughesNet (And for the record, if I ever meet Hughes I'm gonna kick him in the teeth. He and his 10 gigabytes for like a thousand bucks a month can.......... ya know what, nevermind).

Technology is great. The fact that you're walking around with a machine in your pocket capable of accessing the breadth of human knowledge is nothing short of miraculous. Honestly. Think about it. We're living in an age where saying "I don't know" is rarely necessary. If you don't know you can find out instantly. Quick, what was the name of the actor who played "Johnny" in Karate Kid? Unless it was you, you don't know. It was William Zabka. That took 2 seconds. Siri man. She was on it. If you already knew that, thank you for reading Mr. Zabka.

So these devices are little digital miracles. Problem is, you have no clue how it works. For all you know there's a team of magic fairies in there who carry out all of your requests. They access that breadth of human

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Taking The Pain Out of Taking Your Kid's Phone (Almost)

Creating A Family Tech Plan

Ryan Smith, LMFT, LPC

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