If We Don’t Say No To Screen Time For Ourselves, Our Teens Won’t Either

It starts before the sun has even broken on the horizon.

The sleep barely gone from my eyes, I reach for my phone to see what time it is, I tell myself,
even though I have a clock on my nightstand.

Emails. Texts. Facebook. Instagram.

It’s been a mere 8 hours since I last visited my inbox but it feels like a lifetime.

My coffee is barely poured and I’ve responded to six emails and liked several posts on
Facebook.

It’s only 5:30 am.

As parents, we need to limit our screen time, too.

I check th...