Screen time, it seems to be the
buzz word in our 21st century
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as more and more people are
spending most of their work time
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and leisure time on the screen.
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But numerous research studies
are revealing that there may be
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a sinister side to technology
and that it has become an
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addiction for over 40% of
children with adults not far
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behind. Now there is a
surprising finding in this
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research. Apparently the
creators of the world-famous
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technology devices in Silicon
Valley, the home of Apple,
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Google, Facebook, Intel,
Netflix, Oracle, and all things
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tech are to find the
trends and choosing to restrict
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their technology time.
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Why are they doing this and
what is the impact of screen-
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time overload?
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Join me Gary Kent as we
meet our guest and find out what
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happens to our brains and
how it affects us when we spend
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too much time on screens.
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The internet, it's our
gateway to a world of knowledge
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and social connection.
From the invention of the
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world-wide web in 1990 to
the current day, technology
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has taken our world by storm
and we cannot imagine our world
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without it.
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Almost all teenagers and around
2/3's of all primary students
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now have their own mobile screen
based device spending as many
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as five hours a day using social
media, texting, video chatting,
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watching YouTube
videos, and playing video games.
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Each successive generation
believes that are becoming
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more digitally savvy with
generation Y and Z who have
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not known a world without
technology, believing that
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they're the most
informed generation and there is
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no doubt that many of the kids
today could teach mom and dad
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a thing or two about technology.
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But have things
gotten a little out of hand?
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Screen time predominantly
on hand held devices but also
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on laptops and television
is dramatically on the rise.
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2017 statistics from an
Australian child health poll
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on screen based media use in
the home give cause for alarm.
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Just listen to the
following statistics.
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Children under two years of
age are now spending on average
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2 hours of screen time a day.
Two to six you year old kids
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are spending 3.7 hours, 6
to 13-year-olds are averaging
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4.5 hours, and 13 to 18
year old teens are spending
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an unbelievable 6.2 hours of
home-time a day on social media
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gaming, watching TV and movies
and video chat and perhaps
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doing a smidgen of homework.
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Research shows that over half
of parents of teens allow their
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children to access the internet
unsupervised and with no limits
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on time or type
of content assessed.
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Australia statistics report
that children 8-18 years old
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spend an average of nearly
seven hours a day on screens.
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And if are shocked and
surprised with those statistics,
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you may be interested to know,
that the average screen time
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for adults outside of work
hours is nearly 6 hours per day
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and perhaps you and I are
modeling the behavior that is
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so prevalent in
our society today.
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Having said that:
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Yet rationalize it's just
a part of today's society and
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culture and they feel helpless
to do anything about it.
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But there is a group of
people who are doing something
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about it. It turns out
that there is a group of parents
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from Silicon Valley, the
home of Google, Apple, Facebook,
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and the other technology
companies who are restricting
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or outright banning
screen time for their children
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because they know firsthand
the addictive nature of
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technology and the highly
damaging impact it can have
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on children's brains.
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It seems that they are following
the pattern of long-standing
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tech-giants such as Bill
Gates, former CEO of Microsoft
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and Steve Jobs, co-founder
and former CEO of Apple,
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who raised their children
with very strict guidelines
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surrounding the use of the very
technology that they created.
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Now, why would the creators
of screen devices restrict
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their children's
use of technology?
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Well, to find out, join me as
we visit with Dr. Neil Nedley,
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president of Weimar Institute
and a medical doctor with a
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special interest in mental
health and lifestyle medicine.
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Dr. Nedley, welcome
to our program today.
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It's good to be with you today
Gary, thanks for having me.
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What impact do you think
technology and screen time
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is having on our children today?
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Technology and screen
time is having a major impact
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on our children, on their brain
development and their brain's
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capacity to
actually work effectively.
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What is happening with
technology is that our devices
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are setting
ourselves up for distraction.
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And so what happens when a
young person goes on their phone
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to do homework...They are
getting on technology in order
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to do something useful. Studies
show that within five minutes,
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usually within three minutes,
they are no longer doing
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anything useful and they had
no intention of going that way
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but then their friend came
in with a little text message,
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then they got a Facebook
notification, then they got
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a little news notification
saying that the President
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said something else about some
woman and they have to check
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what he said. And then they
have all of these pings goin on
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and email notification of
some friend about this or that
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and they are
driven to distraction.
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In the area of our brain
that requires focused attention
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is identical to the area
of our brain that is needed to
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manage distressing emotions
and so when they're driven to
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distraction, they are
never going to be able to manage
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distressing
emotions healthfully.
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And so we have to totally
look at the complications of
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technology and not just
the benefits because we are
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suffering from the consequences
of this and our young people
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are suffering from the
consequence because we only look
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at the benefits without looking
at the risks and the risks are
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tremendous if we don't
use these devices right.
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Dr. Nedley, can you tell
us the impact of screen time?
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On brain development. Yes,
this is one of the concerning
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things, a lot of parents
want to give their kids devices
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and they think that somehow
it's going to make them smarter
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and they get very curious over,
look, he can flip from this page
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and look how he's
doing this or that.
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But what they don't realize is
that when kids are on screens,
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they're not moving in the normal
ways in which kids were designed
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to move. For instance,
in infancy when you have
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awake child laying there
in the crib, the child is not
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motionless, that infant
has natural physical therapy
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oh, you know those
limbs are moving every ware
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and that's important for brain
development because the brain
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triples in size the
first two years in life.
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And it's tripling in size
due to all of the movement that
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is going on even if you
are not there with the kid.
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That kid will sit
there and just move around.
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Now adults aren't that
way, adults are lying awake,
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they're motionless because
brains have already developed.
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But this is part of the
needed development of brain
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is lots of activities for
kids, but when they are sitting
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in front of a screen watching
something of just interacting
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with an IPad or with an
iPhone, it actually stunts their
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brain development and so
we're actually lowering their
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intelligence capacity by
raising them on these screens.
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And this is why
many organizations
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Many professional organizations
that are now recognizing the
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complication of these devices
are actually recommending that
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nobody under the age of 12
actually, be allowed to have
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devices because of what
it does to their brains.
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So if children are using these
devices, how is it impacting
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their development?
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If these children are utilizing
these devices, it is impacting
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their ability to learn,
retain, and apply knowledge.
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And that of course adversely
affects their development
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and this is why a study that was
done in Australia, showed that
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those entering into kindergarten
actually have lower levels
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of being able to learn,
retain and apply knowledge
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and come with less of a
knowledge base to been with.
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We think they are smart because
they are on these devices,
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but it's not registering
and what happens is actually
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adversely affects their
ability to memorize things.
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Because the art of remembering
actually involves the art of
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thinking, we have to
associate it with something.
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But they're not used to having
to remember anything because
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it's always on devices and
so they're not used to having to
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associate it with anything which
means that they are not able
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to think as well and this
certainly adversely affects
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their brain development.
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And in what other areas are
children affected by the use
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of these devices? Other areas
in which our children's health
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and development can be affected
actually involves physical
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things. The obesity epidemic
in children is at an all-time
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high and when they are on
devices, they can't really be
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moving around and playing sports
and being outside and those
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types of things that are very
healthy for their developing
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brain, in addition, sleep
deprivation is a major problem.
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Studies show if they are
on screens within three hours
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of going to bed, it delays
them getting restful sleep
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it decreases their
melatonin levels at night.
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This is where they get their
restful, rejuvenating sleep
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where they are able to
put into long term memory
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the things that they have
learned that day and they also
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they also tend to want
to get up later and later.
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It delays their circadian
rhythm aspect of things.
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So especially we shouldn't
be having them have access
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to these devices, especially
an hour before going to bed
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but even the studies show
three hours before going to bed
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is not very good. And so if
they have to be on those devices
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earlier in the day, because
it will adversely affect their
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sleep patterns, and
then finally, mental illness.
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Mental illness is something
that is skyrocketing among
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our children today and among
our teenagers and the focus
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has been the devices. You
know it wasn't too long ago
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it was 2007 when the
I-phone was first produced
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and by 2012 over half of
all Americans kids actually
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had a device and that was the
year that happiness plummeted
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among our young people
and mental illness began to
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skyrocket and it's
tied in to these devices.
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You know specific mental
illnesses that have been tied in
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to technology in our children
include Depression, Anxiety,
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attachment disorder,
which is an all-time high.
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When kids attach to devices,
they are de-attaching from their
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parents and they are
de-attaching from others
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so they have all of these
Attachment Disorder Aspects
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Autism also has been linked
to it, Bipolar Disorder, and
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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity
Disorder, very much linked to
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these devices because they
cannot focus and concentrate.
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These devices actually prevent
them from being able to have
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prolonged focus and
concentration that most of our
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kids were able to do without
these devices being in their
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life generations ago and
so their minds were prepared
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and ready for good education
but as a result of that being
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driven to distraction, they
actually don't have the ability
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to focus and concentrate
for more than a few minutes.
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Do parents and
children recognize the problems
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associated with these devices?
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Some of the children and parents
are beginning to recognize
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the problems with these
devices and their addictions.
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In fact a study was done
recently showing that those
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in generation Z which is the
young generation that was born
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after 1995, 40% of them actually
admit to being addicted to their
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I phones or their
electronic device.
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In fact, they can't even
imagine life without them
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and so their life seems to
be totally centered in these
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devices but yet we recognize
things are not going right
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with these kids, other
that way, they are not relating
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right socially more inept,
they don't have good strong
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relationships with their
parents, and their siblings,
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their ability to learn is
done and their ability to manage
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their emotions and so some
have intuitively put two and two
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together but a good share
of people do not recognize
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what this is causing
until they see the evidence
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and then once they see
the studies and the evidence
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which are becoming abundant.
Just look up complications
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the risks of devices and you'll
be able to see some of these
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studies, then they
realize, you know what?
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A lot of my problems, I had
no idea what was linked to this
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gripping device I carry
around in my pocket all the time
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and I am having
trouble staying off of it.
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And so they need to be educated
and that's why I'm glad for
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shows like yours Gary that
are getting the word out there.
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Because the technology companies
are not going to get the
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word out there.
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What other risks are associated
with the use of these devices?
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Yes, there are actually
quite a few risks that have been
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elucidated and developed and
we now know are definite risks.
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Our ability to be creative,
our ingenuity aspect of things
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goes down considerably.
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Our ability to manage
distressing emotions goes down
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considerably. And it gets
to the point where there is a
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psychiatrist named
Victoria Dunkley in Los Angeles,
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she's actually one of
the leaders in this field.
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She's a child and adolescence
psychiatrist and she says
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she won't diagnose any mental
disorder, autism, you name it,
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she will not diagnose it
until the child or adolescent is
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screen free for six
weeks. "No screens whatsoever."
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And she said that often the
mental illness will completely
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resolve itself.
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The ADHD that the
person's been diagnosed with,
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I mean you put on these drugs
and all this stuff will just
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completely go away by
getting rid of the screens.
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Now if it doesn't, there are
things that she can do to help
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out, but she's not going
to help out that much until
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the person goes screen-free.
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And unfortunately a lot of
parents Gary, they themselves
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are attached to their devices
and when they attach to their
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devices, their kids attach
doubly and triply to theirs
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because they don't have
access to their parents so
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what are they going to do?
They're going to attach to their
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devices and so it often
starts with the parents saying
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you know what, if I am
going to ask the kid to give up
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the device. I should do that too
and maybe we should have some
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real-life experiences together
and take the time to actually be
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family with each other instead
us both being in the same room
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utilizing our devices.
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What about the effects
of social media on children?
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You know social media's effect
on children is to make them
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anti-social. We used to
love the idea of connectivity in
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social media, but we have found
out that although that draws
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them in to be
connected, they end up comparing
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much more than
they are connecting.
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And comparing ourselves
among ourselves is not wise,
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I think there is even a
Bible text that may go along
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with something like that. But
in addition to that comparison
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and aspect of things,
social media is often pretty
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dis-ingenious. In other
words, people what they want
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others to see them be like
but it is not actually them.
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And they will post this nice
picture of them maybe behind
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a waterfall with their friend
and the other person at school
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is thinking, wow, why am I not
out there in that environment
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but they didn't see the
bad fight that took place
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among them in the argument
right before they took the
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picture and they didn't
see them fighting afterwards.
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And so this social media,
studies have shown the more
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kids and even adults are on
social media, the less happy
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they are and it just
plummets significantly.
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So for utilizing social media
just for the connectivity part
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of things and making it
limited, it can be okay.
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But if we are on social
media more than once a day,
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chances are, we are
doing a lot more comparing
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and we're getting a false
world and in our comparison
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we think we are worse off
than all these other people
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that are posting this
one- sided view of themselves
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and it leads to depression,
anxiety, and particularly
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social phobia as well.
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You know, social media has
made our children anti-social,
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they would actually much
more prefer texting somebody
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on social media than actually
talking to them in person,
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and sometime
even in the same room,
00:19:45.28\00:19:47.88
they'll be in the same
room and they'll be texting
00:19:47.92\00:19:49.58
instead of actually going
over there and talking to them.
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And real social interaction
has been demonstrated
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to be very healthy for us.
In fact the biggest punishment
00:19:55.79\00:19:59.16
that you can give a prisoner,
is solitary confinement
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for a reason. But these
individuals are choosing
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to be solitary confined
but they don't recognize
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the problems of it because
they think they are actually
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being social on social media.
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But really the effects of
it are as severe as solitary
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confinement and so we
need to replace social media as
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much as we can with
real live social interaction.
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The highest rates of mental
illnesses are not in the elderly
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like they were when I was
growing up, we used to see
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depression rates high among
the elderly, starting to rise
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in middle age...very low
among the low-age groups.
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But now, it's the opposite,
now the middle age and elderly
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have more depression than
they did when I was growing up.
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But we have this huge bubble
of mental illness occurring
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in our young people
and the focus has been,
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what's the big difference?
the focus is less-live social
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interaction, more media
time and our kids being driven
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to distraction by
these engaging smart-phones
00:21:01.49\00:21:05.03
that they're carrying
around and interacting with
00:21:05.06\00:21:07.70
instead of real people and
helpful, useful information.
00:21:07.73\00:21:12.03
So Dr. Nedley, what can parents
do to help their children
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in this situation?
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What parent can do to help
their children in this situation
00:21:18.31\00:21:21.38
is loving take their devices
away and explain to them why.
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Go over the evidence with them
if they are able to understand,
00:21:25.85\00:21:30.22
if they are under the age
of two, just take them away.
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Yeah, the kids going to cry
at first and there will be some
00:21:33.79\00:21:36.99
withdraw symptoms, but the
enhancement that will take place
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from real exercise outside, from
outdoor activities, from sports,
00:21:41.30\00:21:47.74
from real-live social
interactions with siblings
00:21:47.77\00:21:52.21
and parents and others,
will be far worth the effort and
00:21:52.24\00:21:56.14
the ability of the brain will
actually start to come back.
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The wonderful thing about our
brains Gary is they can change
00:21:59.55\00:22:03.69
for the better, they can
change for the worse, yes, these
00:22:03.72\00:22:06.05
devices...and if I might just
say this Gary, these devices
00:22:06.09\00:22:11.19
were thrust upon society where
we only looked at the benefits
00:22:11.23\00:22:15.90
and we didn't look at the risks.
00:22:15.93\00:22:17.53
Imagine if a drug company came
up with a drug where the study
00:22:17.57\00:22:21.27
was only looking at the benefits
but not the side effects.
00:22:21.30\00:22:24.21
That's what happened with
technology and it was thrust
00:22:24.24\00:22:29.11
upon society, we only looked
at the benefits and there's
00:22:29.14\00:22:31.78
this huge risk pattern that
we now recognize is real and
00:22:31.81\00:22:37.45
problematic. And so we
need to do as parents what needs
00:22:37.49\00:22:42.72
to be done. Yes, they are going
to be sad on the front end,
00:22:42.76\00:22:45.89
but they will be happy on the
back end and their productivity
00:22:45.93\00:22:49.86
and success, will be
exponentially raised by either
00:22:49.90\00:22:53.57
taking their devices
away completely or limiting it
00:22:53.60\00:22:57.17
to certainly less
than one hour a day.
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Dr. Nedley, what message would
you have for people caught up
00:22:59.61\00:23:04.11
in screens and social media?
00:23:04.15\00:23:06.11
Yeah, my message to those that
are on social media on these
00:23:06.15\00:23:10.72
devices comparing themselves
among themselves is to recognize
00:23:10.75\00:23:14.59
that God loves you the
way you are without comparing
00:23:14.62\00:23:19.93
you with others. And so don't
get in the trap of comparing
00:23:19.96\00:23:24.87
yourselves among yourselves
because that is a dead end trap
00:23:24.90\00:23:29.50
that leads to
dissatisfaction and problems.
00:23:29.54\00:23:32.64
Recognize that you
are of infinite value,
00:23:32.67\00:23:36.01
that Christ would have
died for just you alone
00:23:36.04\00:23:39.85
and you don't need this
type of comparison to help you
00:23:39.88\00:23:45.52
in any way, it's not going
to help, it's going to hurt.
00:23:45.55\00:23:48.16
God loves you regardless
of how you stack up to others
00:23:48.19\00:23:53.40
or how you think
you stack up to others.
00:23:53.43\00:23:55.56
Dr. Nedley, thank you for
being on our program today
00:23:55.60\00:23:59.17
and for the valuable
information you've shared.
00:23:59.20\00:24:02.07
Thank you, Gary. Thanks
very much for having me,
00:24:02.10\00:24:04.67
I hope it's
helpful to your viewers.
00:24:04.71\00:24:06.37
What amazing information,
it really makes us think about
00:24:06.41\00:24:12.65
what is happening in our homes.
00:24:12.68\00:24:14.95
If you would like to take
positive steps towards a happier
00:24:14.98\00:24:19.39
more fulfilling life, here
is a promise to encourage you.
00:24:19.42\00:24:23.99
So often, we spend
precious moments on things that
00:24:32.23\00:24:36.20
don't support our goals in life.
00:24:36.24\00:24:38.44
We swipe away moments
that could be filled with Joy
00:24:38.47\00:24:42.24
and happiness and trade
them for things that really
00:24:42.28\00:24:45.21
don't matter. We look for
love and fulfillment in all the
00:24:45.25\00:24:49.58
wrong places. What are
the things that make you truly
00:24:49.62\00:24:53.76
happy in life?
00:24:53.79\00:24:55.12
For most of us, the
answer would be relationships
00:24:55.16\00:24:59.76
and meaningful connections
with family and the people
00:24:59.79\00:25:03.37
we care about the most.
Your children your marriage
00:25:03.40\00:25:07.60
partner, your siblings, your
parents and your grand-parents.
00:25:07.64\00:25:11.87
But there is someone else
who loves you, God made you
00:25:11.91\00:25:16.85
and wants to share
His promises with you.
00:25:16.88\00:25:19.28
The Bible says that His
love for you is immense.
00:25:19.31\00:25:23.89
If you like to form a
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prayer with Jesus, and instead
of spending time on Facebook,
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spend time with
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your life will be richer for it.
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Dear Heavenly Father,
We sense the amazing love
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you have for us personally
it is immense and deep,
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we want to respond and give
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the God who knows how
to truly make us happy.
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Please keep our eyes focused
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In Jesus name, we pray. Amen
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