Closeness and Technology
Have you ever seen a family driving by and they each have their own headphones on? Or in a restaurant, parents are looking at their phones and ignoring their kids. Hey, it's okay if you have a little media entertainment time, but keep all things in balance. Parents, we need to orchestrate moments where people put away their devices and engage each other. Life is about relationship, not being entertained 24/7. Technology is great. But make sure family time and love stay central in your home.
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Have you ever seen a family driving by and they each have their own headphones on? Or in a restaurant, parents are looking at their phones and ignoring their kids. Hey, it's okay if you have a little media entertainment time, but keep all things in balance. Parents, we need to orchestrate moments where people put away their devices and engage each other. Life is about relationship, not being entertained 24/7. Technology is great. But make sure family time and love stay central in your home.
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Ron Deal
Ron L. Deal is one of the most widely read and viewed experts on blended families in the country. He is Director of FamilyLife Blended® for FamilyLife®, founder of Smart Stepfamilies™, and the author and Consulting Editor of the Smart Stepfamily Series of books including the bestselling Building Love Together in Blended Families: The 5 Love Languages® and Becoming Stepfamily Smart (with Dr. Gary Chapman), The Smart Stepfamily: 7 Steps to a Healthy Family, and Preparing to Blend. Ron is a licensed marriage and family therapist, popular conference speaker, and host of the FamilyLife Blended podcast. He and his wife, Nan, have three sons and live in Little Rock, Arkansas. Learn more at FamilyLife.com/blended.
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Ron Deal
Ron L. Deal is one of the most widely read and viewed experts on blended families in the country. He is Director of FamilyLife Blended® for FamilyLife®, founder of Smart Stepfamilies™, and the author and Consulting Editor of the Smart Stepfamily Series of books including the bestselling Building Love Together in Blended Families: The 5 Love Languages® and Becoming Stepfamily Smart (with Dr. Gary Chapman), The Smart Stepfamily: 7 Steps to a Healthy Family, and ...more
Technology is great but it can keep our together families apart.
Ron: Technology is great but it can keep our together families apart.
Announcer: For FamilyLife Blended®, here’s Ron Deal.
Ron: Have you ever seen a family driving in the car and they each have their own headphones on? Or in a restaurant, parents are looking at their phones and ignoring their kids. Or watching TV some people are connected to their own device keeping them disconnected from everybody else in the same room. Hey, it’s okay if you have a little media entertainment time, but keep all things in balance.
Parents we need to orchestrate moments where people put away their devices and engage each other. Life is about relationship, not being entertained 24/7. Technology is great. But make sure family time and love stay central in your home. For FamilyLife Blended I’m Ron Deal.
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