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Is this good for them? Pediatricians Dr. Den Trumbull and Dr. Michelle Cretella talk about the effects of screen time on children.","meta_box":{"show_notes":"","transcript_url":"https:\/\/transcript.familylifetoday.com\/fl2015-10-08.pdf","transcript_content":"<strong>Bob: <\/strong>How much screen time are your children getting\u2014time in front of a screen\u2014whether it\u2019s a pad or a TV?\u00a0 Dr. Den Trumbull says there are important reasons why you should be limiting the amount of screen time your kids get. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Den: <\/strong>Research has clearly shown through the years that televisions in bedrooms diminish the amount and the quality of sleep. A study about two months ago showed, now, that small screens are associated with less sleep in school-age children\u2014and poorer quality\u2014so another reason. Don\u2019t allow them unlimited use of it because it\u2019s a short-term solution that leads to a long-term problem. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>This is <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> for Thursday, October 8<sup>th<\/sup>. Our host is the President of FamilyLife<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>, Dennis Rainey, and I\u2019m Bob Lepine. We\u2019ve got lots of advice today for parents from pediatricians about how to raise healthy kids. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>1:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tStay tuned. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd welcome to <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. Thanks for joining us. Aren\u2019t you glad your days of going to the pediatrician\u2019s office are over?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Oh, my goodness!\u00a0 [Laughter]\u00a0 You know, as childhood illnesses getting passed on to parents\u2014we were sick\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle: <\/strong>Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u201450 percent of the time, just passing on\u2014the key would have been if both Barbara and I had been pediatricians, like our guests today. We would have had all these antibodies, running around in our bodies, protecting us from all these diseases. Do you guys ever get sick?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle: <\/strong>That is one of the perks. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>I mean, seriously.\u00a0\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Den: <\/strong>Rarely. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle: <\/strong>Rarely. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Seriously?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle: <\/strong>Rarely. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Den: <\/strong>Yes. Our new employees at our office\u2014they\u2019re sick for the first year; but after that\u2014yes; rarely sick. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle: <\/strong>Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>So, the best way to build up your immune system\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle: <\/strong>\u2014is to be a pediatrician. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u2014is to be a pediatrician. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle: <\/strong>Yes. Get exposed to everything. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Well, we do have two pediatricians with us. Dr. Michelle Cretella and Dr. Den Trumbull join us on <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. Welcome back. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Den: <\/strong>Thank you very much. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle: <\/strong>Thank you. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>2:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>They help give leadership to the American College of Pediatricians. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWhat are you seeing around computer games and screens, at younger and younger ages, with your families that are coming to see you?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Now, wait!\u00a0 That\u2019s a pediatric\/medical issue?\u00a0 I mean, I wouldn\u2019t think I\u2019m taking a child to the doctor and saying, \u201cDoctor, my child is surgically connected to the iPad. What can we do to break it?\u201d\u2014but this is showing up as a part of your practice?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Den: <\/strong>It is. It is. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle: <\/strong>Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Den: <\/strong>It seems like an innocent form of entertainment; correct?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Den: <\/strong>Right. I tell my parents, \u201cWould you have given your child, five years ago, an XBOX and a wagon to pull around behind him at three years of age?\u201d\u00a0 \u201cNo, I wouldn\u2019t have thought of it!\u201d\u00a0 Well, guess what?\u2014the iPad, the tablet\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle: <\/strong>\u2014or the cell phone. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Den: <\/strong>\u2014or the cell phone\u2014increasingly, younger and younger children are being exposed to the screens. There is a medical problem with just screen exposure in general\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>3:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014but the content and the world that that brings into their life, at younger and younger ages, is very concerning. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Dr. Cretella, I can tell you\u2014if I was a dad today, and I had a three-year-old in a car seat in the back, fussy on a long trip, and if my cell phone was the answer to that problem\u2014[Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Bob, would you cave into the dark side?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>I would cave\u2014I would be there. It would not take caving\u2014I\u2019d be proactive in that regard. [Laughter]\u00a0 I mean, you can understand why moms and dads quickly go: \u201cMy child is calm. Attention is focused here. So, what\u2019s the big deal if he\u2019s playing on an iPad for an hour?\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle: <\/strong>Exactly. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>What\u2019s the problem?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle: <\/strong>The real problem that I see\u2014and I think Dr. Trumbull would agree\u2014is that kids are just being handed iPhones and iPads, ad infinitum, almost from the moment they are out of the womb.\u00a0 And there is a big, actually, character-building problem with that\u2014\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>4:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014a particular kind of brain cell\u2014mirror neurons, which contribute to our ability to sympathize and empathize with other people. The only way those neurons mature and grow in the proper way is through face-to-face contact with other people. The more screen time our children have\u2014particularly at younger ages\u2014we\u2019re impeding that development\u2014we are actually going to help them become more self-centered \/ less capable of empathizing as they get older. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>So, younger ages\u2014are we talking about a two-year-old?\u00a0 Are we talking about a six-year-old?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle: <\/strong>No one\u2014no child below the age of two needs any kind of screen time. No child below two should be getting\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Nothing. No Einstein baby stuff. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle: <\/strong>You know what?\u00a0 That\u2019s a good marketing ploy, but it\u2019s about money. If you really want to stimulate your baby\u2019s brain: \u201cGoo-goo gaga,\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>5:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u201cLook at Mommy\u2019s eyes, \/ Look at Daddy\u2019s eyes.\u201d\u00a0 It is that contact with mom and that contact with dad\u2014be connected to people, not connected to technology. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>\u2014the device. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle: <\/strong>\u2014to the device. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle: <\/strong>Science says, \u201cThe speed at which the images track across the screen\u2014a young child watching that\u2014it wires the brain so that the child is more apt to develop ADD symptoms. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Den: <\/strong>It creates a sense of discontentment when it\u2019s turned off. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle: <\/strong>Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Den: <\/strong>The constant stimulation of the mind from the screen creates this artificial environment. A parent, today, feels like they have to be entertaining their child continuously. So, if we turn the iPad off, then: \u201cI\u2019ve got to be down there, interacting\/entertaining with them,\u201d rather than teaching delayed gratification\/self-control. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIf parents will notice\u2014if they allow their child extended periods of time\u2014let\u2019s say \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t20 minutes \/ 30 minutes on a screen of any device\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>6:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014when they turn that off, the child is edgy and actually misbehaving, perhaps a bit more than they were before you turned it on. So, Bob, here is what I would say\u2014I agree it\u2019s very tempting to hand the child your cell phone, but it\u2019s delaying potential conflict that would cause that child to grow to be more self-controlled and to delay gratification. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>So, at what point, would you say it is okay\u2014on the long trip\u2014to give the child a DVD to watch in the back seat or a device to play with?\u00a0 Is that okay to do when they are four or five years old?\u00a0 When is that okay?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Den: <\/strong>I really like to limit screen time. So, if you are on a long trip\u2014eight-hour trip\u2014an hour program seems, to me, to be reasonable. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Okay. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Den: <\/strong>But guess what else is very useful?\u00a0 Audio CDs, where they are <em>imagining<\/em> the scenes, which is what we did with our children\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>7:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014we didn\u2019t have the DVD when they were younger. That\u2019s more stimulating to the mind than looking at a screen, which requires no creativity, and it\u2019s all about entertainment. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle: <\/strong>Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Or here is way old-school\u2014give them a coloring book. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle: <\/strong>Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Den: <\/strong>Absolutely. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>I mean, those have kind of gone by the way; right?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle: <\/strong>Bob, that\u2019s great. I\u2019ve given my kids word searches, crossword puzzles\u2014different things like that. Extended trip beyond two hours\u2014is it going to hurt them to watch a movie on the DVD player?\u2014probably not. But the key is\u2014do not rely on that visual technology on a regular basis. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe want children to connect with other people. We want them to learn empathy, learn sympathy, learn communication skills, and to hone their imagination as Dr. Trumbull said. Reading books\u2014all my kids\u2014they will take a book with them on long trips. When they get tired of that, there is conversation. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>8:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>\u201cJust look out the window,\u201d\u2014that\u2019s what they\u2019re\u2014\u201cJust look out the window.\u201d [Laughter]\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>I have a confession to make. We took five of our grandkids to the Creation Museum up near Cincinnati for a two-day\u2014actually, it was more than a two-day\u2014it was a three-day road trip; okay?\u00a0 On the way up, I had done some homework. I had coloring pictures that had lessons about your worldview of Creation. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle: <\/strong>Oh, wonderful!\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>I had some puzzles \/ I had some riddles.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle: <\/strong>Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>I had things they had to use their hands, and their minds, and their creativity. I gave each of them lessons on the way back with pipe cleaners to create something as lessons. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Den: <\/strong>Sounds like Vacation Bible School. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle: <\/strong>It really does\u2014on wheels. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>It was a rolling\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle: <\/strong>\u2014on wheels. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u2014Vacation Bible School. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle: <\/strong>That\u2019s great. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>But I tell you\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Listen, I know the answer to this one\u2014yes. I know where this went. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u2014but by the time we moved into lower Kentucky, as we were travelling our way back to Nashville, I had run out. Papa\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle: <\/strong>You know what?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>9:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u2014Papa Kangaroo was out of games. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle: <\/strong>Out of pipe cleaners. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Yes, he was. We dropped in the DVD,\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>There you go. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u2014and it got quiet back there. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle: <\/strong>So what?\u00a0 You\u2019re\u2014yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>But it would have been \u201cSo what?\u201d if it had just lasted 90 minutes; but I\u2019m sorry to tell you\u2014much of the trip back\u2014not only to Nashville, but also, to Russellville, Arkansas, where our daughter and her husband live \/ who was so generous to loan us his van to allow us to take these five kids. It\u2019s easy to understand why parents cave into this. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Den: <\/strong>Sure. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle: <\/strong>Of course. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Den: <\/strong>That\u2019s grandparents\u2019 privilege\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Thank you. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle: <\/strong>Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Den: <\/strong>\u2014and sure, their parents had to rehab them when they returned from the grandparents. I understand that \/ I get that. But let me mention one other point about screen time\u2014sleep \/ sleep. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle: <\/strong>Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Den: <\/strong>Science and research has clearly shown through the years that televisions in bedrooms diminish the amount and the quality of sleep. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>10:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThere is a study, now, that small screens are associated with less sleep in school-aged children\u2014and poorer quality\u2014so another reason. Don\u2019t take that screen into the bedroom. Don\u2019t give\u2014don\u2019t allow them unlimited use of it because\u2014I\u2019m going to say again\u2014it\u2019s a short-term solution that leads to a long-term problem. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle: <\/strong>Right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Dr. Trumbull, I know one of the things you are very passionate about is cultivating character\u2014for a parent to be working on developing godly character in the life of a child from the very beginning of that child\u2019s life. When a child is two, three, four, five years old, one of the things you are going to have to do is\u2014you\u2019re going to have to correct \/ you\u2019re going to have to discipline. How do you coach a parent in terms of the discipline toolkit that he or she needs to take into parenting?\u00a0 What works?\u00a0 What doesn\u2019t work?\u00a0 What\u2019s good?\u00a0 What\u2019s unhealthy?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Den: <\/strong>You\u2019ve got an hour to talk about that, Bob?\u00a0 [Laughter]\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>11:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIt starts with a marriage. We\u2019ve got to model self-control. Secondly, we have to demonstrate our love to our children on a regular basis\u2014face to face\u2014\u201cHey, where is the electronic device\/digital device?\u201d\u00a0 No, no\u2014take it away!\u2014it\u2019s face to face. Then, thirdly, they need affirmation and correction. They are the two technical terms you might look at. Affirmation is easy. That\u2019s what we love to give our children \/ they love to receive it. Correction is more difficult, and children must have correction to learn the way to go. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNow, that correction can take many forms. Early on, as an infant, it is distraction; it is restraint; it\u2019s redirection. Then, 12- to 18-months of age, it may be a playpen timeout, where they are in isolation for one-and-a-half to two minutes when the milder measures have failed. Eighteen months to about three-and-a-half\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>12:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014you would bring in timeout in a chair and spanking when milder measures fail. Did I say spanking?\u00a0 Yes, actually, spanking. There is good evidence that when judiciously and caringly used, spanking is very good at enforcing timeouts\u2014because if you enforce the timeout and you are serious about it\u2014then, guess what?\u00a0 You don\u2019t need to spank very much. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Now, wait. I thought pediatricians were telling everybody that spanking is a bad thing. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Den: <\/strong>Some may be; but they are not looking at it from a scientific standpoint. It\u2019s more of a <em>social<\/em> persuasion that we\u2019ve kind of migrated into. And there are a number of reasons for that, but children need guidance. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHere is the problem\u201418 months to 3 years of age\u2014reasoning doesn\u2019t work; okay?\u00a0 And I\u2014our toolbox, as you might say, is very limited. Spanking opponents would say: \u201cIt\u2019s unlimited. There are all kinds of things you can do.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>13:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tName them for me, please, because there aren\u2019t; but as they get older\u2014three-and-a-half years and up\u2014then, privilege removal. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle: <\/strong>Right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Den: <\/strong>You can rely even more upon reasoning\u2014natural and logical consequences. All of these things are on our website at our American College of Pediatricians website. But that\u2019s kind of the progression I would take. Remember\u2014affirmation and a devotion to your child and a stable marriage must be the foundation upon which we use those. It is how you use those as much as what you choose. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>And let me just mention to our listeners\u2014if they go to FamilyLifeToday.com, we\u2019ve got a link to your website so they can find what you are talking about. But I\u2019m fascinated by the fact that, when we begin the conversation on discipline, you talk about the importance of a stable marriage relationship. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle: <\/strong>Absolutely. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>How is that connected to how you discipline a child?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Den: <\/strong>Children are watching. They are watching how we interact with our spouse\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>14:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014how we treat our spouse, how we talk about others, how we serve others, how we help others. They, then, translate that to how they behave with their siblings. You know, the home is kind of a microcosm of the real world. We have to have that foundation of love and respect for one another, as spouses, in order to verbalize that to our children and require that of them. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>And they pick up the concept of respecting another human being\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle: <\/strong>Oh, yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u2014through the attitudes of Mom and Dad. And as little children, they lock on their faces, like radar units\u2014and they are detecting: \u201cIs there a bit of disrespect?\u201d \u201c\u2026cynicism?\u201d \u201c\u2026trying to hurt the other person?\u201d\u00a0 If they don\u2019t catch that in those early years, they are going to practice it well into adulthood. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Michelle: <\/strong>Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>So, I\u2019m presuming both of you\u2014Dr. Cretella\/Dr. Trumbull\u2014you both practiced corporal punishment in your home?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle: <\/strong>Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Den: <\/strong>Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>15:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle: <\/strong>And it was never the first resort; but absolutely, there were times. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>So, when did you do it?\u00a0 How did you do it?\u00a0 Kind of walk us through it. How did you decide, \u201cOkay, this is a spanking, not a timeout\u201d?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle: <\/strong>When I\u2019m talking to parents or others, I will say, \u201cIf safety is a concern\u2014that is not a time to talk to your toddler.\u201d\u00a0 [Laughter]\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle: <\/strong>They are going to touch the hot stove\u2014in that case\u2014I mean, one of my little boys went for that. I just grabbed his hand\u2014quick little slap on the hand\u2014that\u2019s it: \u201cNo!\u00a0 Hot!\u201d\u00a0 He didn\u2019t try it\u2014he got the point. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle: <\/strong>He got the message. My little girl was refusing to hold my hand to cross the street. She got a little swat on the bottom and was brought right back into the house. Safety is a big one for me. I think, Dr. Trumbull, you were alluding to also in other scenarios\u2014\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Den: <\/strong>Reinforcing milder measures\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle: <\/strong>Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Den: <\/strong>\u2014such as a child not staying in timeout \/ disrespectful behavior,\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>16:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014when milder measures have failed. I always want to say, \u201cWhen milder measures have failed\u2026\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle: <\/strong>Right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Den: <\/strong>One of the reasons spanking doesn\u2019t work for some folks is they use it excessively. They don\u2019t reinforce the milder measures first, or they don\u2019t use the milder measures first. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Do you advocate using a hand?\u2014using a wooden spoon?\u00a0 How did you do it when you were raising your kids?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Den: <\/strong>Well, I pretty much leave that up to the parent\u2014but a flexible paddle like the bow ball paddle kind of thing, that\u2019s made of paper board would be fine\u2014or the open hand\u2014one or two swats to the bottom, always in private. This is really important\u2014the child should always be forewarned: \u201cIf you do \u2018A,\u2019 \u2018B,\u2019 or \u2018C,\u2019 you are going to get a spanking.\u201d\u00a0 He or she does \u201cA\u201d\u2014\u201cWe\u2019re going to get a spanking.\u201d\u00a0 You don\u2019t impulsively use it. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Den: <\/strong>But rather, if you forewarn them and if you always use a method, as I\u2019ve just described, then, the child will not perceive that as hitting. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>17:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHitting is impulsive \/ aggressive; but whenever you are proactive, rather than reactive,\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle: <\/strong>Right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Den: <\/strong>\u2014and those are two key words\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle: <\/strong>That\u2019s very key. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Den: <\/strong>\u2014when you use spanking, proactively, in a loving manner, as I\u2019ve just described, your child will appreciate that that was not retaliation \/ aggressive retaliation but rather a deserved consequence. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>You and Barbara\u2014you practiced corporal discipline with your children and kind of had a framework set out for how you did it; right?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Right. Barbara called it a measured amount of pain\u2014so it wasn\u2019t too much. It was an appropriate amount of pain. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Never bruising. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>No. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>No, but it was appropriate to the situation that had occurred. For us\u2014what we gave a spanking for\u2014we really got out of Proverbs, Chapter 6, verses 16-19. There, it lays out some things God hates. It was bloodshed\u2014now, I\u2019m not talking about reserving spanking for murder. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>18:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u00a0[Laughter]\u00a0 I\u2019m talking about\u2014you know\u2014biting. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle: <\/strong>Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>We wanted our children to understand, \u201cYou don\u2019t bite to get your way.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tA lying tongue\u2014we wanted our children to understand that deceit was really an important issue. There is a time between the ages of three-and-a-half, and four, and five-and-a-half and six, where kids go to some school of lying\u2014I don\u2019t know where it is \/ it is a boot camp\u2014but every one of our kids all went there. It\u2019s like\u2014they just come up with these extravagant lies that are impossible to believe. But it\u2019s amazing how gullible we can be, as parents, to think that it really is the truth; you know?\u00a0 Yet, what you have to do is train your children to understand: \u201cGod doesn\u2019t like that, and there is a reason why. The truth matters.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo, you are really helping your children understand where the boundaries are\u2014and also, at the same time, understanding there is a loving, compassionate, grace-filled God behind the rules \/ behind the standards. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>19:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIt\u2019s not just holding a standard up to your child\u2014and rules. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle: <\/strong>Right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>It\u2019s bathed\u2014and that\u2019s really back to what you talked about, Dr. Trumbull\u2014about the relationship of a mom and dad\u2014it\u2019s bathed in a relationship\u2014both the context of the marriage, but also, a relationship with the child. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Den: <\/strong>And the child knows the difference between a parent, who is disciplining for their own convenience versus for their own good \/ the child\u2019s own good. They\u2019ll detect that in a minute. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo, if you\u2019re doing it\u2014just walk us through how you would\u2014let\u2019s say the child is misbehaving. You say: \u201cCome on. We\u2019re going back to your room. You are going to get a spanking.\u201d\u00a0 Is that how you\u2019d do it?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Well, the younger the child, the closer the time to the actual discipline\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>\u2014the transgression. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle: <\/strong>Right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>With a young child \/ a toddler, you\u2019ve got to do it almost immediately. They tie the transgression to the pain, and they get it. As they get older, I would discipline\u2014or Barbara would\u2014she might say, \u201cWhen your dad gets home, we\u2019re going to have a conversation.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>20:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWell, they all knew that Dad would come home. So, a part of the punishment was anticipating\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>\u2014the conversation. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u2014yes\u2014the conversation and dealing\u2014because I wanted our children to know that behind their mother stood their dad, who was going to protect her and was not going to let them mug her. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>A few swats \/ a measured amount of pain\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Well, and it\u2019s bookended, on both sides, by love: \u201cI love you. That\u2019s why we are talking about training you to do what\u2019s right.\u201d\u00a0 And you have that conversation before you do the spanking; and then, you affirm them again at the end, after the crying has occurred and after they are on your lap. You\u2019re holding them, and you\u2019re caring for them. Then, you say, \u201cI just want you to know\u2014I love you. If I didn\u2019t love you, I wouldn\u2019t go to this trouble because the easiest thing for Daddy or Mommy to do is nothing.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>You and Barbara sat down with a group of young parents, a number of years ago; and we brought in some video cameras. It wasn\u2019t a fancy anything. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>21:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIt was just that conversation to have you talk about\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>\u2014earlier childhood discipline. Those videos are still available. If young parents would like to watch you and Barbara interact over spanking and other issues facing parents of young children\u2014hear how you guys handled this when you were raising your kids\u2014go to FamilyLifeToday.com and click the link in the upper left-hand corner of the screen that says, \u201cGO DEEPER.\u201d Look for the <em>Right from the Start <\/em>video series from Dennis and Barbara Rainey. Or call us at 1-800-FL-TODAY to request the videos\u20141-800-358-6329. That\u2019s 1-800-\u201cF\u201d as in family, \u201cL\u201d as in life, and then, the word, \u201cTODAY.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBy the way, on our website at FamilyLifeToday.com, we have a link to the American College of Pediatricians website as well. If you\u2019d like to find out more about the ACP, and about the work they do, and about the resources they offer\u2014some great resources\/\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>22:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tgood stuff to download and go over, together as a family\u2014go to FamilyLifeToday.com and look for the information about the American College of Pediatricians. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou know, undergirding everything we\u2019ve talked about today is this fundamental idea that what really matters, as parents, is that we bring up our children in the nurture\u2014the Bible calls it the nurture and admonition of the Lord so they understand God\u2019s love, and His care, and they understand His discipline as well. We model it in how we love and care for them and in how we discipline them. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHere, at FamilyLife, we believe that spiritual foundation is essential for your family. Our goal is to see every home be a godly home. 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You can request the \u201cUntie Your Story\u201d resource when you make a donation, and we are happy to send it out to you. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNow, tomorrow, we\u2019re going to talk about some of the health issues that preteens and teens face. One of those things we\u2019re going to talk about is Attention Deficit Disorder. So, I hope our listeners can tune in for that. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI want to thank our engineer today, Keith Lynch, along with our entire broadcast production team. On behalf of our host, Dennis Rainey, I\u2019m Bob Lepine. We will see you back next time for another edition of <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> is a production of FamilyLife of Little Rock, Arkansas. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHelp for today. Hope for tomorrow.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe are so happy to provide these transcripts to you. 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