You said "go do something." She looked up. There was nothing to go do. That moment is the whole episode. Limiting screen time isn't the same as designing a life that competes with screens. This episode delivers The Design Audit and two word-for-word AI prompts you can run tonight. Let's talk about the hours the school can't touch.

This episode draws in part on research in:

• Adolescent brain development and reward sensitivity: the dual-systems model (Steinberg, 2008; Casey et al., 2019)
• Persuasive design and variable reward schedules in social platform architecture (Eyal, 2014; Harris, 2016)
• Restriction-based versus autonomy-supportive parenting and intrinsic motivation outcomes (Grolnick & Ryan, 1989; Joussemet et al., 2008)
• Environmental design as the primary lever for sustainable behavior change (Wood & Neal, 2007; Thaler & Sunstein, 2008)
• Real-world contribution and agency as conditions for intrinsic motivation in adolescence (Larson, 2000)