This one is a MUST READ!!! Don’t give them this privacy!!! Make your home a safehaven for your children- give them space to escape from the world! The “privacy” of their phone is DEFINITLEY not the privacy they need! “Now, when teenagers walk into that (bed)room and close the door, they are no longer aloneContinueContinue reading “2/13/20 Parents, Stop Teenage Privacy NOW”
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SCREENAGERS- less than 2 weeks away!!!
When: Tuesday 2/11/20 Doors open 6:00pm, movie begins at 6:30 PM Where: St. Paul the Apostle Denning Hall 916 E Rusholme, Davenport Presented by Navigating Technology Together Are you watching kids scroll through life with their rapid-fire thumbs and a six-second attention span? The award-winning film, SCREENAGERS, probes into the vulnerable corners ofContinueContinue reading “SCREENAGERS- less than 2 weeks away!!!”
12/21/19 There’s a nasty world out there and your kid should not have easy access to it by smartphone
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-children-no-smartphones-wilhelm-20191219-wcboft6tgjdm5hojtympw3m6xe-story.html Photo by zhang kaiyv on Pexels.com
11/12/19 Why wait on the smartphone?
“According to a New York Times piece, many technology executives wait until their child is 14 before they allow them to have a phone. While these teenagers can make calls and text, they are not given a data plan until 16. If leaders of digital giants like Google, eBay, Apple and Yahoo are delaying theContinueContinue reading “11/12/19 Why wait on the smartphone?”
11/9/19 Worrisome Data
“Parents helping parents. This idea is such an essential connection that is needed, with so many parents feeling incredibly unhinged by trying to make a tech balance in their kids’ lives work. One thing that can help these parents are efforts by other parents in their communities.” https://www.screenagersmovie.com/tech-talk-tuesdays/worrisome-data-a-new-call-to-action
5/16/19 Madonna says…
From an interview with Vogue magazine, “When most families expand, the parents tend to relax their rules, but Madonna says she feels the need to protect her children more than ever. She hasn’t allowed her 13-year-old son David to have a phone yet. “I’m going to stick that one out for as long as possible,ContinueContinue reading “5/16/19 Madonna says…”
4/26/19 Today’s technology and how it will affect our kids’ relationships
This a great article- our kids won’t learn how to be in a real relationship behind a screen. https://chastity.com/2019/04/important-part-relationship/ And this article is older but still very good and relevant: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/teen-texting-the-ruin-of-romance_n_3763576
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