Parent Power
The other evening, I was speaking to a local congregation about youth and media/technology, which I consider to be the most important issue facing our kids today. I was describing Continue Reading →
Category Archives: Technology
The Perfect Christmas Present for Your Teen
I am sitting in my office across from her. Her mother is sitting to my right. Seconds earlier, in a casual way, I had posed the question. As I waited Continue Reading →
10 Ways Adults Are Making Parents’ Tech Decisions More Difficult
As the evidence continues to grow that youth and mobile devices are a toxic combination, parents are increasingly being challenged in their decisions regarding tech usage for their offspring. Although Continue Reading →
More Sex. More Violence. Good by Me?
Recently the Journal of Pediatrics published a study entitled Parental Desensitization to Violence and Sex in Movies. The authors took 1,000 U.S. parents and showed them multiple pairs of clips Continue Reading →
Linked In: Assessing Trends Regarding Youth’s Consumption of Technology
Linked In, Part I: A Day in the Life of Our Youth 6:14 A.M. The flickering lights of the television fill Aubrey’s room a few minutes before her buzzer goes Continue Reading →
What Autism Teaches Us about Relationships – What Technology Does Not
Part I: Opening Act I am sitting directly across from him. I mention something about the rain outside. He briefly looks up and responds affirmatively, but just as quickly he Continue Reading →
Thinking Through the Immersion Dilemma: What if My Teen’s Life is Governed by Media & Technology?
Over the past couple of years, I have spoken and written much about issues related to our youth’s use of media and technology. In addition to this series, further reading Continue Reading →
Dear Friends & Family: My Apologies on Being in the Technological Dark Ages, But…
Dear Loved Ones: As most of you know, I don’t carry a mobile device. The cell phone that my wife uses, and I periodically share, has no texting or internet. Continue Reading →
High-Tech CEOs—Low-Tech Parents: Are We Getting the Message?
On September 11th, an article was published in the New York Times entitled, “Steve Jobs Was a Low-Tech Parent”. It was not the first one of its kind. The author, Continue Reading →
A New Vision of Technology and Our Youth
Over the past three years, I have written a lot about the issues of media/technology and our youth of today. Much of it is available on my Just Thinking site, Continue Reading →