Digital Detox for Teens, Rebooting Your Tech Habits and Raising Lifelong Learners with Dino Ambrosi

Subscribe and Listen Now 8 hours and 39 minutes. That’s how much time our teenagers spend glued to their screens EVERY DAY. Screen time is a huge issue in today’s digital world and I’m thrilled to have Dino Ambrosi on the show today. Dino is the founder of Project Reboot, and has helped over 4,000 teens develop better digital habits. Dino explains why pulling the plug on social media isn’t the answer to our kids’ digital addictions. He believes there’s a balanced approach, one that educates and empowers our kids to form genuine connections in the real world. Enjoy! A Wide-Ranging Conversation Through…

• Intro
• Getting your kids to open up on their own
• Phones are our nemesis
• Helping kids decode their phone habits
• The daily social media kids’ marathon
• The social media tax everyone pays
• Creating a device-free sanctuary at home
• YouTube without the rabbit holes?
• Banning social media at home? Hard no!
• Social media is for connection, not boredom
• Raising lifelong learners.
• Going on a digital content diet
• How to get Dino in your school

Quotes:

“You don’t want to be a judge that imposes rules on them, you want to be a guy that helps them figure out their own intentions for using it and then holds them accountable to that ideal.” - Dino Ambrosi Share on X

Resources:

• Project Reboot
• Thumb Drift
• Connect with Dino Ambrosi on LinkedIn | Instagram
• IMDB: Ned’s Declassified School Survival Guide
• Aro
• The Battle for Your Time: Exposing the Costs of Social Media
• News Feed Eradicator
• The Social Dilemma
• Tristan Harris
• Center for Humane Technology
• Dan Martell

Dino Ambrosi Bio

Dino Ambrosi is a digital wellness speaker and the founder of Project Reboot, a guided digital detox program designed to help teens reset their tech habits. While studying at UC Berkeley, he created a semester-length course that helped over 100 of his peers reduce their screen time by an average of 3.5 hours per day. After graduating with a bachelor’s degree in Data Science, he embarked on a mission to spread the contents of his course to a broader audience. He has helped over 4,000 teens build healthier relationships with technology through speaking, consulting, and facilitating Project Reboot.

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