# Big Life Questions Kids Don’t Ask Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/doctor-john-patrick-5582517/big-life-questions-kids-don-t-ask Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/doctor-john-patrick-5582517/big-life-questions-kids-don-t-ask.md Podcast: [Doctor John Patrick](https://stenobird.com/podcast/doctor-john-patrick-5582517) Published: 2026-05-13T06:01:00+00:00 Episode link: https://doctorjohnpatrick.podbean.com/e/big-life-questions-kids-don-t-ask/ Audio file: https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/bp2ezx3s4bif8hzz/2026-04-08-big-life-questions-kids-don-t-ask.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/doctor-john-patrick-5582517/episodes/big-life-questions-kids-don-t-ask Duration seconds: 3308 ## Resource Join our weekly book club and keep thinking deeply about faith, culture, and truth: πŸ”— https://pxllnk.co/bookclubpod Considering college? Explore Augustine College, a one-year classical Christian program in Ottawa that prepares students to think and live faithfully in a secular age: πŸ”— https://pxllnk.co/augustinepodcast In this deeply reflective episode, Dr. John Patrick explores how screen addiction and modern distractions prevent teenagers from engaging with life's most important questions. Drawing from Easter Monday conversations with his grandchildren and insights from Matthew Crawford's article on mass migration, he examines how family dinner discussions and cultural narratives shape young minds. Dr. Patrick discusses the breakdown of Western hospitality traditions, the rise of nominal Christianity, and the urgent need for families to reclaim the dining room table as a place for serious intellectual and spiritual formation. 🎬 Watch the video version: https://youtu.be/CmgLsx8mMvE // LINKS // Website: https://www.johnpatrick.ca/ Podcast: https://doctorjohnpatrick.podbean.com/ Biblical Literacy Quiz: https://www.johnpatrick.ca/meaning-metaphor-and-allusion/ Recommended Reading list: https://www.johnpatrick.ca/book-list/ Ask Doctor John: https://www.johnpatrick.ca/ask/ LINKS: https://beacons.ai/doctorjohnpatrick ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/doctor-john-patrick-5582517/episodes/big-life-questions-kids-don-t-ask/transcription-requests` β€” Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/doctor-john-patrick-5582517/big-life-questions-kids-don-t-ask.md` β€” Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.