Picture Friday night: Mum’s juggling Uber Eats menus, Dad’s doom-scrolling share prices, and the kids are TikTok-surfing Try Not To Laugh shorts while the telly drones on. Looks like well-earned down-time, right? Nope— that’s the addiction trifecta hard-wiring itself into your family’s nervous system.

In this Alchemising Education episode, QuantiMama Jodi and QuantiMama Kerri rip the Band-Aid off modern-day addictions—busyness, shiny-new consumerism and the dopamine drip of screens—and ask what those habits are really teaching our kids about sovereignty, rest and genuine connection.

Fresh research shows 28 % of Australian teens rack up five or more hours of non-school screen time every single day[1]. WTaF?!!!

Stack that against a timetable already chock-full with homework and extracurriculars—no wonder families feel fried, disconnected and permanently “behind”.

How do you kick these too-easy habits before they hijack every spare moment? Try this:

— Block white space in the family calendar before saying yes to extras
 — Trade takeaway night for a cook-together whole-food gathering
 — Store phones in a shared tech-box after 7 pm
 — Celebrate op-shop scores to calm the upgrade itch
 — Swap the post-dinner tech for a quick backyard moon-gaze or some old skool board games

Feeling seen? Grab a cuppa, ditch the overwhelm, and press play to find another way, today.

Sources
 [1] Black Dog Institute – Teens & Screens Report 2024

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