Today, we sit down with Arlene Pellicane. Arlene has co-authored the book, Screen Kids: 5 Skills Every Child Needs in a Tech-Driven World, and she begins our conversation by describing what a day after school looked like for her during childhood. Arlene defines what digital candy and digital vegetables are and how an excessive amount of digital candy is making our kids “sick.” Arlene gives research findings on how screen time is negatively affecting our children, physically, mentally, and spiritually. She gives practical first steps for parents to do a digital reset in their homes, and she explains how digital boundaries expand from younger ages into the later teenage years.
