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Ep.114 - Danny Flynn on Raising 14 Kids Without Screens and Why Our Schools Are Broken

Virtuous Leaders with Dr. Johann D'Souza

No parent has ever said on their deathbed that they wished they had given their child a smartphone sooner. Not one. Danny Flynn has 14 children and has led some of the most transformative Catholic schools in the country. That line stopped him cold. It should stop you too.Danny Flynn is the former head of St. Jerome Academy, the first diocesan school to implement a classical liberal arts model, and currently Vice President at the Institute for Catholic Liberal Education. This conversation is a masterclass in what Catholic education was always meant to be and what it will take to get it back. What You'll Hear:• Why classical liberal arts education is the antidote to a generation raised on screens and starved of wisdom • The real difference between schools that allow personal devices and schools that do not, and what Danny has observed firsthand• His personal family policy on smartphones for his 14 children and the two specific phones he recommends • Why knowledge without understanding and wisdom is not education at allHow bishops, superintendents, and pastors across the country are finally reclaiming their Catholic schools and what that movement looks like on the ground • What ICLE is doing right now to form teachers at every stage of their career and why it is producing transformation in schools nationwide Danny Flynn Vice President of Diocese Relations, Institute for Catholic Liberal Education Former Head of School, St. Jerome Academy Dr. Johann D'Souza Clinical Psychologist and Host 🔗 https://www.johanndsouza.com/ 🔗 https://www.linkedin.com/in/johanndsouza/ 🔗 https://drjohanndsouza.substack.com/ #DannyFlynn #VirtuousLeaders #DrJohannDSouza #CatholicEducation #ClassicalEducation #LiberalArts #CatholicSchools #DigitalParenting