It All Adds Up.
10 minutes isn’t a long time — unless you’re practicing presence for the first time.
10 minutes of entertainment however can feel more like 10 seconds, which is why it’s easier for us to underestimate how much time we give to our screens.
Time is precious because it’s limited and we never know how much we have, yet we spend, even squander, too much of it on inconsequential things.
10-minutes of anything each day adds up to nearly 61 hours per year; not an insignificant amount of time.
Some studies suggest that when given access to social media, the average teenager may spend nearly 5 hours each day on it.
When we do that math it’s staggering — it equates to 76 days in one year. That’s a lot of time.
That’s seventy-six days that could have been spent building real relationships or developing the skills of communication, empathy, kindness, gratitude, humility, forgiveness, critical thinking, discipline, patience, integrity, resilience, and wisdom.
Social media does not help us or our children grow and become — it robs us and then sells our attention to advertisers.
You could learn a lot in 61 purposeful, focused hours — that’s only 10 minutes each day.
Perhaps this is where we start — especially for DADS™ who already permitted social media — with small, focused, purposeful time pursuing things that really matter and enhance the human experience.
10 minutes isn’t much, but spent wisely or poorly all adds up.
From my home,
Matthew
Founder, DADS™— Dads Against Devices™
Our pledge.
I will not provide my children with a smartphone or social media access until they become adults. Nor will I allow unlimited, unrestricted or unmonitored access to the internet, streaming services, gaming, or screens in our home. Instead, I will lead my family — by example and instruction — to be present, build relationships, strengthen the body, and nurture the attributes of love, communication, empathy, kindness, gratitude, humility, forgiveness, critical thinking, imagination, discipline, patience, integrity, resilience, courage, wisdom, and faith.