Raising Healthy Kids

Our guest for this episode is Thomas Kersting. He is the Author of Disconnected: How to Reconnect Our Digitally Distracted Kids and How to Protect Your Child from the Dangers of Device Dependency. Tom has another book coming out in February 2023 entitled Raising Healthy Teenagers: Equipping Your Child to Navigate the Pitfalls and Dangers of Teen Life. He tells us the average amount of time a parent spends with their kids each week, which is, sadly, mind blowing. Tom provides some very important rules that every parent should put into practice. The data he collected from kids should wake a parent up about the harm that these devices we let our kids have affect them. Hear how some kids have reacted when these devices were taken away and why. Tom talks about ODD, ADHD are sometimes developed due to parenting style. Have you thought about why some many more kids have anxiety today? Tom does. You can reach Tom at www.tomkersting.com.