{"id":23816,"date":"2026-07-06T10:37:19","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T08:37:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/06\/the-one-change-that-worked-i-banned-myself-from-social-media-and-my-children-have-never-been-happier\/"},"modified":"2026-07-06T10:37:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T08:37:19","slug":"the-one-change-that-worked-i-banned-myself-from-social-media-and-my-children-have-never-been-happier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/06\/the-one-change-that-worked-i-banned-myself-from-social-media-and-my-children-have-never-been-happier\/","title":{"rendered":"The one change that worked: I banned myself from social media \u2013 and my children have never been happier"},"content":{"rendered":"

I used to think my phone helped me to relax. But setting strict limits on my usage has improved my mood and my relationships<\/p>\n

I am a psychotherapist who works with frazzled, snappy parents, and spend my days writing about why we struggle to find calm. I also used to pick up my phone hundreds of times a day, failing to realise that it was making me a snappier, more irritable, less present mother.<\/p>\n

My phone was my office, my income, my means of communication. Every time I checked it, there was something to action, a notification of something new, something that told me I was useful and productive, giving me dopamine hits that motherhood didn\u2019t offer. It had become my coping mechanism.<\/p>\n

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\nI used to think my phone helped me to relax. But setting strict limits on my usage has improved my mood and my relationships
\nI am a psychotherapist who works with frazzled, snappy parents, and spend my days writing about why we struggle to find calm. I also used to pick up my phone hundreds of times a day, failing to realise that it was making me a snappier, more irritable, less present mother.
\nMy phone was my office, my income, my means of communication. Every time I checked it, there was something to action, a notification of something new, something that told me I was useful and productive, giving me dopamine hits that motherhood didn\u2019t offer. It had become my coping mechanism. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I used to think my phone helped me to relax. But setting strict limits on my usage has improved my mood and my relationships I am a psychotherapist who works with frazzled, snappy parents, and spend my days writing about why we struggle to find calm. I also used to pick up my phone hundreds …<\/p>\n

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