Four Kids. No Wi-Fi. No Screens. How a Tech Founder Raises Kids Like It's 1996 (Will Stackable)

Two major studies landed this week on what screens are doing to kids — one tying smartphone ownership at 12 to eating disorder symptoms at 14, the other pooling data on 2.8 million children across 64 countries and finding lower grades, weaker language, and more anxiety across the board. Every parent listening already feels it. Almost none of us know what to actually do about it.

So Jesse sat down with his friend Will Stackable — co-founder and CMO of ArborXR, a VR company serving more than eighty Fortune 500s — who has spent ten years building the future and lives in a farmhouse outside Fort Collins with four kids under ten, no TV, no screens, and no Wi-Fi. This is his story honestly told: the moment on the floor with his son that started it, the year he threw out his smartphone entirely, why willpower was never enough, the firewalls he built instead, and what it gave his family. Then the part most people need — the version of this for a normal household that isn't about to rip out the router. How to talk to a kid about it. What to do this week. And what happens when they're teenagers and every friend has a phone.

PLUS THIS WEEK'S HEALTH & FITNESS NEWS

- Breast Cancer Awareness Month: 40 years of progress, and the free tool to know your own risk

- A 2,700-child study finds warm, consistent parenting beats everything else — and inconsistent discipline hurts most

- Creatine built muscle in adults 45 to 65 even without exercise in a new 12-week trial

- Smartphone ownership at 12 linked to a 67% higher risk of binge-eating symptoms by 14

- An umbrella review of 2.8 million kids finds screen time tied to lower grades and more anxiety

TIMESTAMPS

0:00 - Cold Open & Intro

1:27 - The Weekly Health Brief

1:38 - Breast Cancer Awareness Month