Welcome to DADS™
What Our Families Need More Than a Screen.
Our children don’t need more screen time. They need their Dads more than ever.
Not just DADS™ — Dads Against Devices™; but Dads who are present, prepared and willing to lead by example and instruction.
They need us to teach and show them how to build real relationships. To be present. To communicate. To think critically. To develop empathy, resilience and discipline.
We do this by creating boundaries, providing guided exposure with technology and teaching digital literacy. This allows us and our families to create space and time to develop these essential skills.
Our children are growing up in tech saturated world that is proving harmful to their mental, emotional and relational wellbeing. As DADS™ we need to be leaders our children can look to and follow.
I know this is a difficult task. It’s hard. It requires swimming against the cultural tide. But I believe if we don’t at least try to swim our children and families will be swept down stream to places we would never want for them.
I realize this effort will be fraught with challenges and uncomfortable conversations. But our children need their DADS™ to lead them, teach them, and show them how to live a good life in a world drowning in distractions, diversions and deceptions.
I don’t have all the answers, knowledge or skills, but I’m committed to trying, learning and growing so that I can be the Dad my children need.
Welcome to DADS™. I’m glad you found us.
From my home,
Matthew
Founder, DADS™— Dads Against Devices™
Our pledge.
I will lead my family — by example and instruction — to be present, build relationships, strengthen the body, and nurture the deeply human attributes of love, communication, empathy, kindness, gratitude, humility, forgiveness, critical thinking, imagination, discipline, patience, integrity, resilience, courage, wisdom, and faith. To protect my family, I will not allow social media or unlimited, unmonitored, and unrestricted access to screens, gaming, or the internet in my home, nor will I provide personal smartphones to my children until they demonstrate the maturity to use them responsibly.