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Ep.113 - Andrea Davis on Holding the Line When Your Kids Push Back on Screen Limits

Virtuous Leaders with Dr. Johann D'Souza

She gave her daughter a smartphone at 12 and watched her disappear into it. So she took it back. Her daughter cried. She did not cave. Years later that daughter wrote her college essay about finding herself once the noise stopped. Andrea Davis is a mother of five, founder of Better Screen Time, and the author of Creating a Tech Healthy Family. This conversation is honest, warm, and unapologetic. If you are losing the battle for your child's attention and identity, this is where you start fighting back. What You'll Hear: * Why early habits and real world values are your most powerful weapon against tech addiction * How to talk to a teenager about their phone in a way they will actually hear * The family tech plan that transformed Andrea's own home * Why fear-based parenting fails and what love-based confidence looks like instead * How to bring a resistant spouse on board without forcing a confrontation * What your kids are quietly being protected from when they do not have a smartphone Andrea Davis Author and Founder, Better Screen Time Tech Healthy Family Hub Dr. Johann D'Souza Clinical Psychologist and Host 🔗 https://www.johanndsouza.com/ 🔗 https://drjohanndsouza.substack.com/ 🔗 https://www.linkedin.com/in/johanndsouza/ #AndreaDavis #VirtuousLeaders #DrJohannDSouza #ScreenTime #TechHealthyFamily #DigitalParenting #RaisingKids #CounterCulturalParenting 👇 At what age did you or would you give your child a smartphone, and knowing what you know now, would you make the same call?