Technoference
Show Notes
About the Guest
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Technoference refers to the minor everyday intrusions or interruptions technology has on our relationships. Think about your parenting for a minute. While having dinner, or playing with your child-if your phone vibrates do you check it? Sixty five percent of mothers now admit that a device fairly often interrupts playtime or discipline with their child-and now researchers have found a link between technoference and child misbehavior. Distracted parents simply aren't in synch with their child.
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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
So, do you have any technoference in your parenting?
Ron: So, do you have any technoference in your parenting?
Announcer: For FamilyLife Blended®, here’s Ron Deal.
Ron: Technoference refers to the minor everyday intrusions or interruptions technology has on our relationships. Think about your parenting for a minute. While having dinner, or playing with your child—if your phone vibrates do you check it? Sixty five percent of mothers now admit that a device fairly often interrupts playtime or discipline with their child—and now researchers have found a link between technoference and child misbehavior. Distracted parents simply aren’t in synch with their child.
Look, texting while driving can wait, right? And allowing your device to distract you from parenting, well that’s an accident just waiting to happen, too. For FamilyLife Blended, I’m Ron Deal.
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