Has your child been kidnapped by 3C? American parents hire mobile phone quitting coaches

With the advent of 3C products, helpless American parents have begun to hire "mobile phone coaches" to help them raise children who understand real life and are not dependent on smartphones. And the advice from these coaches is often very simple: go play football or get a dog.

More and more studies continue to warn parents: the time children and teenagers use 3C will do more harm than good. Parents across the United States are beginning to turn the tide, hoping to return their children's childhood to before the emergence of 3C products. But what was life like before the emergence of 3C products? Many people don't remember. So they hire professionals to help.

The New York Times pointed out that a new wave of "electronic-free coaching" is emerging across the United States. 3C consultants go to homes, schools, churches, and clubs to guide parents on how to rebuild a "zero 3C product" parenting style.

Rhonda Moskowitz, a parenting coach from Ohio, specializes in behavioral problems among elementary school students and has 30 years of experience working in schools. She said: "It is actually very simple to raise children without 3C. Do you have a ball at home? Go play ball, go play football!"

All middle-class parents know how to be afraid of mobile phones. The reason is very simple: when they ask The ferocious expression on the child's face when he or she stops playing on the phone is enough to warn all parents. Most parents know that you shouldn’t play Instagram during dinner time. More and more parents are discovering that automatic playback on YouTube can make their children unreasonable. Now, "Mobile phones will make children grow devil's horns." has gradually become a common joke among parents.

Ways to raise kids without 3C: Learn from cats and dogs

We still don’t fully know how 3C products will change our society, for better or worse. Smartphones are still a very new technology, but already everyone in the world has one.

Gloria DeGaetano from Seattle is a personal trainer who specializes in helping families wean themselves off screen products. Her business was too big for one person to handle, so she set up a The Educational Coaching Academy has only one training course but 500 education coaches. In small towns or rural areas, her courses charge US$80 (approximately NT$2,483) per hour. In big cities, the hourly charge ranges from US$125 to US$250 (approximately NT$3,879 to NT$7,758). Courses last from 8 to 12 weeks.

"If you mess with nature, nature will fight back." DeGaetano's philosophy is: "You are not a machine. If you live among machines, your brain will become mechanized. You can't use "Machines raise the best children."

Among the parents who asked her for help, most people hoped that she could help overcome screen addiction. And her method is often surprisingly simple: "Go exercise!" DeGaetano said: "Is there a place to run nearby? Is there a gym? Do you have a skipping rope at home?"

From Porter Richard Halpern of Lan is a former school guidance counselor who is now a full-time correctional coach. He also noticed that the number one reason parents come to him for help is issues related to 3C products. “I often recommend parents to get a dog,” he said, “or ask their children to show their mobile phones to cats. Cats will walk away with disdain because they live in the present, not on mobile phones. Cats and dogs are the best role models. ”