Ben Greenfield

about 100 great grandchildren who are all going to be hanging out on their phone during dinner, not talking with people, not engaging in eye-to-eye interaction, getting the type of leaky gut syndrome and poor nutrient absorption that occurs when you're interacting with technology at the same time that you're feeding yourself.

And it's not just like you checking the phone at dinner and justifying that to yourself because it's important.

And it's not just like you checking the phone at dinner and justifying that to yourself because it's important.

It's literally you equipping generations after you to be addicted to their phone during the time that they could be most connected to family, like during family dinners.

It's literally you equipping generations after you to be addicted to their phone during the time that they could be most connected to family, like during family dinners.

which is also important because that's another common theme.

Nearly every parent who had a really deep connected, thriving family prioritized family dinners.

which is also important because that's another common theme.

Nearly every parent who had a really deep connected, thriving family prioritized family dinners.

In some cases to the point where like their kids didn't play certain sports or do certain activities because it was more important for the family to be together and thriving and connected at the end of the day compared to having the traditional American family or westernized family where everybody spread to the four corners of the planet all day.

In some cases to the point where like their kids didn't play certain sports or do certain activities because it was more important for the family to be together and thriving and connected at the end of the day compared to having the traditional American family or westernized family where everybody spread to the four corners of the planet all day.

They're like ships passing in the night and there is

They're like ships passing in the night and there is

Nothing like what, for example, we have in our home, which is a morning family huddle.

Nothing like what, for example, we have in our home, which is a morning family huddle.

And then in the evening at 7 p.m., we all gather and we make dinner together.

And then in the evening at 7 p.m., we all gather and we make dinner together and play board games and card games and play music and have bedtime rituals.

We play board games and card games and play music and have bedtime rituals.

And we have this complete...

amazingly connected family unit who's happy, who's laughing, who's thriving.