Did Screens Steal Our Childhood? What Today's Kids Are Missing | Meghan Cox Gurdon

Remember when childhood meant riding bikes until the streetlights came on, playing outside without supervision, and finding your own adventures without a screen in sight? 🚲📱

Today, children are growing up in a very different world. We've made childhood safer, more structured, and more supervised. But have we unintentionally taken away some of the experiences that help kids develop independence, confidence, and resilience?

In this fascinating and unfiltered conversation on The KoolKard Show, Wall Street Journal Free Expression columnist and author Meghan Cox Gurdon joins me to explore how childhood has changed and whether our efforts to protect children have created an entirely different set of challenges.

Together, we examine the growing influence of screens, algorithms, overparenting, and packed schedules while questioning what children may be losing when opportunities for boredom, outdoor exploration, reading, and unstructured play begin to disappear.