5 minutes | Tuesday, January 13, 2026
My kids choose YouTube over TV almost every time. And for a while, that
bothered me more than I wanted to admit. This episode isn’t about screen-time
rules or defending the internet. It’s about noticing what our kids are reaching for
when things get quiet — and what our responsibility is as parents when the world
they’re growing up in looks nothing like the one we knew. No prescriptions. No
panic. Just a parent thinking out loud and trying to stay close