We live in an age of instant gratification. This technology-driven culture has made a huge impact on the way we parent our kids.
Never Knowing a Time Without Tech A generation ago, raising children was a totally different ballgame! Sure, technology has made our lives (and our parenting journeys) much easier in a lot of ways. But in other ways, technology has made our lives a …
A number of years ago one of Jim Henson’s Muppet characters famously said, “peoples is peoples” with the implication that no matter who we are or where we come from, we’re all basically the same.
Peoples is Peoples But is that true? Within a certain culture, we may all be similar in our beliefs about right and wrong and normal. But what happens when you cross cultural lines, or when you move to another culture? People from one culture often …
When parents are asked why they would give their own kids a smartphone one of the most common answers they give is that they don’t want their sons and daughters ostracized for not having one.
The Over-Consumption of Technology By Our Kids Is being ostracized even a wise or valid reason? After all, kids being ostracized is a risk of having or not having or participating or not participating in something all the time. If our reference …
I actually want my kids to have access to the internet; but, I, like any sane parent, want that access to be limited to information that’s age-appropriate for my kid. And that’s more likely to happen when his or her access is approved, monitored and guided by a responsible parent. There’s just too much hocus-pocus out there to allow Junior to have unlimited access to an unlimited amount of knowledge and information: good or bad.
What’s the old saying? Too much of even a good thing is a bad thing, right? And, when it comes to the under-developed human brain, I think the internet has made a case for the idea that perhaps there’s a point when one can have too much knowledge. …
This week on License to Parent with Trace Embry... Trace Embry and Rich Roszel delve into dealing with addictions. Many Christian parents think that addictions such as pornography or drugs would never affect their families because, well, they're …
This week on License to Parent with Trace Embry... Trace Embry and Rich Roszel continue their conversation with Phillip Telfer about teaching our kids moderation in media consumption. Phillip is the Director of Media Talk 101, a non-profit ministry …
This week on License to Parent with Trace Embry... Trace Embry and Rich Roszel chat with Phillip Telfer, the Founder and President of Media Talk 101, about teaching our kids moderation in media consumption. Media Talk 101 is a non-profit ministry …
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