• E10: Our Son's Gaming Addiction | Guest Matt Bunker

  • Jun 3 2023
  • Length: 54 mins
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E10: Our Son's Gaming Addiction | Guest Matt Bunker

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  • It’s important for all of us to know that we’re not the only ones carrying some really heavy burdens regarding tech’s influence on our kids. Personal stories can benefit so many others when we share them! Matt Bunker shares how his son's gaming addiction affected his family and marriage and how they used it to bring them closer together.

    What happened with Jack 1:00
    Getting too into Instagram and spending a lot of time alone 8:28
    Grades began to fail 12:50
    Things weren’t like they seemed 17:00
    Suicide attempt 20:36
    Comparison and needing external validation 25:26
    Advice and what Matt would do differently looking back 32:33
    Don’t feel shame 44:33
    Create a baseline with your spouse 47:05

    “We weren’t able to do everything we wanted to, but what we were able to do is learn a ton of things, and I’m so grateful for the opportunity I had to learn about screen time. The dangers of too much recreational screen time, the dangers of different types of platforms, and the addictive nature of a lot of these platforms.” 14:46
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