The Happy Home Podcast with Arlene Pellicane

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Visit donate.accessmore.com  and give today to help fund more episodes and shows like this. It's RESET YOUR TECH month! Get your free "Reset Your Tech" tip sheet https://www.happyhomeuniversity.com/subscribe Kids and teens are being absorbed, entranced and harmed by technology use. Mental health problems are multiplying and there is no solution in sight. If we don't act, kids will be even more dep...

Visit donate.accessmore.com  and give today to help fund more episodes and shows like this. It's RESET YOUR TECH month! Get your free "Reset Your Tech" tip sheet https://www.happyhomeuniversity.com/subscribe If you keep your kids off social media and video games, will you be ruining their childhood? With the pressure for teens to engage online, is it really a good idea for a parent to delay the sm...

Visit donate.accessmore.com  and give today to help fund more episodes and shows like this. It's RESET YOUR TECH month! Get your free "Reset Your Tech" tip sheet https://www.happyhomeuniversity.com/subscribe Imagine if your son went from well-rounded and healthy to completely obsessed with video games. This story isn't unusual anymore. Melanie Hempe, mom and and founder of Screen Strong, shares ho...

Visit donate.accessmore.com  and give today to help fund more episodes and shows like this. It's RESET YOUR TECH month! Get your free "Reset Your Tech" tip sheet at https://www.happyhomeuniversity.com/subscribe Today's average teenager is spending hours on a phone, immersed in social media, entertainment, and gaming every day. The result has been a mental health epidemic. If normal isn't working,...

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Visit donate.accessmore.com  and give today to help fund more episodes and shows like this. We may live in a broken world, but that doesn't mean the goodness of God is out of reach. We can live with joy, abundance, and confidence right now! Beloved Bible teacher Carol McLeod is here to encourage your heart with truth from the book of Colossians and her own experience raising five children. Based o...

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