The Parenting Paradox Focused Guide

Love and Limits for Devices and Disconnection

A focused companion to The Parenting Paradox: Love and Limits in an Age of Challenges.

If you’re reading this, chances are devices have become one of the hard parts of your parenting journey. Maybe it’s the constant negotiations about “five more minutes.” Maybe it’s explosions when the device needs to be turned off. Maybe screens are crowding out sleep, school, friendships, or family life.

In The Parenting Paradox, you were introduced to the balance of love and limits. To Caring Presence. Loving Persistence. Active Resistance. This guide takes those foundations and applies them specifically to device use, digital boundaries, or device addiction.

You’ll explore why screens can become so powerful in a child’s life, why limits around devices can trigger such strong reactions, and how parents can hold supportive boundaries without turning their home into a constant battleground.

If you’ve read The Parenting Paradox and found yourself thinking, “But what do I do when devices are an issue?” this guide is your next step.

You’ll also have access to downloadable worksheets designed to help you apply these strategies in real time, so you’re not just understanding the change you want to see—you’re building it.