How smartphones are reshaping childhood and attention


Author: Article | America Out Loud News March 9, 2026 Duration: 57:21
Podcast episode
How smartphones are reshaping childhood and attention

Informed Dissent with Dr. Jeff Barke and Dr. Mark McDonald – Notifications and endless scrolling reshape attention, parenting, and community life. Children trade play and conversation for screens while adults surrender focus to devices. Reclaiming presence—through limits on smartphones, turning off notifications, and prioritizing real human interaction—offers a path toward healthier minds, stronger families, and more resilient...

More episodes

Duration: 0:00
Cutting Through the Chaos with Wallace Garneau – Two personal stories reveal a hard truth: health and medical care are not the same. America’s crisis is cultural as much as structural. Costs, innovation, and policy debat…

Duration: 57:00
Unity Without Compromise with Dr. Steven LaTulippe – Fibromyalgia is reframed as a central pain syndrome rooted in unresolved emotional trauma rather than incurable disease. Challenging mainstream medical models, this pi…

Logo
Select station
VOL