Search Results mobile devices Parenting • Technology Jun 14, 2024 The Tide is Turning: Don’t Wait to Be Part of the Tech Countermovement For well over a decade, you have heard me voice serious concerns about mobile devices in the hands of our youth. It has been clear that the risks have far […] Full Article Parenting • Technology Nov 15, 2023 Don’t Let False Narratives Scare You in This Digital Age of Parenting Recently, I published an article regarding our decision to not allow phones, social media, or gaming consoles for our kids until midway during their senior year in high school. The […] Full Article Parenting • Technology May 10, 2022 Should Smartphones and Social Media Accounts Be Illegal for Minors? We are in the midst of a mental health crisis in this country, and this has been acknowledged by the highest offices in the land. Although there are many factors involved, a […] Full Article Health • Parenting • Technology Mar 15, 2021 For You, It Is Freedom That We Want The issue of youth and technology is one of the most important, and difficult matters facing our world today. I have written and spoken extensively about this topic, and the […] Full Article Parenting • Technology Aug 15, 2019 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 […] Full Article Parenting • Technology Dec 14, 2018 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 […] Full Article Technology Jan 2, 2018 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 […] Full Article Health • Technology Jan 2, 2018 How the Communication Revolution in Healthcare is Hampering More Than Just Communication It happened again. Yesterday, I was charting on the recently launched streamlined version of our electronic health records and a new note popped up in the right lower corner of […] Full Article Technology Dec 22, 2017 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. […] Full Article Parenting Dec 21, 2017 How Our Youth’s Concept of Privacy Is Changing; Why We As Parents Shouldn’t Accept It The year was 1991. I was a freshman in high school. She had just said yes to my request to officially be my girlfriend. When it came to the world […] Full Article More Articles All Articles