Devorah Heitner
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2,393 appearances
6 recordings
1 series
first heard Oct 2018
last heard 17 Oct
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turning off the Wi-Fi during part of my workday so I could just write, I spent the entire day being interrupted by email and I never turned it off.
I'll I'm gonna see if I feel less fragmented tomorrow if I take two hours after lunch when I don't have any calls on my calendar and just write with my
email and social notifications turned off and see if I get more done, see if I feel more focused.
And having those conversations again in front of our kids, letting them know that sometimes we have to take apps off our phone because they're a distraction, talking with them about
you know, all the research about distraction, it's really helpful because they can get there.
Now
Again, that doesn't mean that they're never gonna stay up all night, you know, doing something we wish they wouldn't.
And so it's also about are are do you have a kid who can then learn from those natural consequences? 'Cause sometimes kids will do that once or twice and be kind of wrecked and say, Okay, that really wasn't great, other kids
It keeps happening and it it really could
be hard on their mental health or their grades and we might have to take sterner measures and say, Okay, I'm I'm gonna just take this device at night, this isn't working.
Well, I would say try to play what they play at least a little.
If your kid is really into something, have them teach it to you.
Not that you ever want to get in there to like one up your kid.
I mean, let them be better at Minecraft or Fortnite than you, please.
You know, right?
You have other things to do, surely.
But know enough about it to understand what it is.
If you're curious if you even want to let your kid dive into something, like a lot of parents aren't sure about Fortnite.
Uh and that's a a valid question, right?
It's a shooter game.
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