Tips for parents of teens in a technology-crazed world
A good article was recently published on tips for parents of teens in a technology-crazed world. They also talk about strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats…
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Are You Living an Insta Lie? | Social Media Vs. Reality
Powerful video by Ditch the Label, an online community effort against bullying.
Confessions of a media-protective parent
https://www.christianitytoday.com/2016/05/how-to-keep-kid-safe-but-not-too-safe/Michelle Van Toon shares about her experience as a media-protective parent.
Books versus ebooks
There has been quite a bit of discussion and research studies into the difference between reading physical books and ebooks, the debate between paper or…
Family Time
What a great idea! For the upcoming Lunar New Year, why not set a goal to place away the mobile devices and gadgets and have…
New spiritual disciplines
It is interesting how topics seem to emerge at the same time. Over the past week, Martin Saunders, contributing editor of Christian Today, has been…
How to get your kids away from that smartphone
Smartphones, as most if not all of us would know today, are mobile phones with advanced mobile operating systems, combining other mobile devices such as…
Parenting well in a digital world
Tim Challies posted an article on parenting in a digital age.Summary of key pointsRead the full article here.
Centre for Digital Theology | Master of Arts in Digital Theology (MADT)
www.durham.ac.uk/research/institutes-and-centres/digital-theology/In September 2008, Durham University launched CODEC as a research project at St John’s College focused on biblical literacy & Christian preaching. Since Oct 2014,…
Low-tech parenting
2 articles ran this week, both about Steve Jobs and how he did not allow his own children to use iPhones or iPads. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/11/fashion/steve-jobs-apple-was-a-low-tech-parent.html http://www.inquisitr.com/1468612/steve-jobs-didnt-let-his-kids-use-iphones-or-ipads-heres-why/