When parents are unwilling to have the initial fight to change, or unwilling to see it through to the end, they will be unable to unlock the infinite outcomes for their lives. And it will be a fight. If kids are already addicted to screens, it will be screaming, yelling fits. It will be embarrassing. It will be exhausting. It takes time.

Most parents feel completely overwhelmed at the thought of raising kids outside of current cultural norms. We are afraid that our kids may be ‘weird’ or ‘socially outcast.’ Let’s be honest, most parents will give almost anything for their kids to fit in, but that doesn’t mean we have to throw our hands in the air and hope for the best. So what can we do?

I’m willing to bet that over the next 30 years, this generation of teens will be looked upon with pity, the lost generation, the kids who never had a childhood. But why have we allowed it to happen? I suspect the answer is not what you think…