3 ways Christian parents can take the lead on healthy smartphone use in their family

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To combat the negative impact of smartphone use Sandeep Louise encourages parents to set the example for their youth and children to follow

Are you and your children struggling to sleep at night? Feeling sluggish? Is anyone beginning to feel a dull aching pain in their thumb and fingers? These are just a few signs that you and your family may be spending too much time on devices, in particular phones. Excessive smart phone use is also connected to depression, anxiety, OCD, ADHD, loneliness, chronic stress, low self-esteem. 48% of people admit to having an addiction to their smartphones, with phone owners clicking, tapping, and swiping an average of 2617 times a day.

Alone this can feel like an impossible uphill climb, but with family, the uphill climb towards less phone addiction, can become a journey of  ……

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