Youth Culture In The Comics. . .
In, but not of the world. . . starting the day with the Bible in one hand and the newspaper in the other. . . listening to the Word and world to know how to bring the light of the…
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Parents And Screentime. . . A Surprising Infographic. . .
It happened the other night. . . again. I shared the December 2015 data from Common Sense Media regarding media use by teens and tweens. I stated it simply: “Excluding time spend using media for school or homework, our 8-12…
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Episode 33: “Youth, Family, Grandparents and Ministry” with Wayne Rice
Download the podcast as an .mp3 by clicking here. RSS FEED – click here. Access from iTunes. FURTHER RESOURCES Links to news stories mentioned in the podcast: Parents warned about friendship app for teens Report: A quarter of teenagers who…
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Virginia Beach, VA: Born 2B Wired
Digital natives. . . that’s who our kids are. Unlike us, they’ve been born into a hyper-connected world filled with things like Facebook, social networking, status updates, tweets, texts, touch screens, and blogging. Technology has not only changed the landscape,…
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Teens And Online Safety. . . A Helpful Infographic. . .
We stumbled on this helpful infographic that’s worth passing on to parents. It’s all about some of the deeper and darker corners of the online world. No, we don’t believe that technology, social media, and the internet are inherently evil…
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Episode 22: “Sports, Parenting, Compassion, Faith and Fandom” with Jeremy Affeldt
Download the podcast as an .mp3 by clicking here. RSS FEED – click here. Access from iTunes. FURTHER RESOURCES Links to news stories mentioned in the podcast: How To Spark Learning Everywhere Kids Go – Starting With The Supermarket Mispronouncing…
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Episode 21: “Slowing Down and Paying Ridiculous Attention To Jesus” with Rick Lawrence
Download the podcast as an .mp3 by clicking here. RSS FEED – click here. Access from iTunes. FURTHER RESOURCES Links to news stories mentioned in the podcast: Let them eat dirt! Our obsession with hygiene is jeopardising our children’s health…
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Episode 18: “An Honest Discussion about Pornography” with Walt Mueller and Jason Soucinek
Download the podcast as an .mp3 by clicking here. RSS FEED – click here. Access from iTunes. FURTHER RESOURCES Links to news stories mentioned in the podcast: Parenting (and shaming) teens in the age of social media Australian teen on…
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Nomophobia. . . Got It? A Helpful Infographic. . .
New stuff means new words. The folks at the Oxford Dictionary release a list of new dictionary entries (as well as those that have been eliminated) every year. Recently. . . and not surprisingly. . . a host of new…
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Episode 17: “Learning from Educators” with Kara Twining and Barry Ferguson
Download the podcast as an .mp3 by clicking here. RSS FEED – click here. Access from iTunes. FURTHER RESOURCES Links to news stories mentioned in the podcast: Adidas Just Made Kanye West Their Michael Jordan Adolescent Exposure to Drugs, Alcohol…
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Pella, IA: Vermeer Leadership Alliance
CPYU President Dr. Walt Mueller will present The Digital Brian: Understanding the Impact of Technology on Us and Our Kids.
The Olympics, Russian Doping, And Our Cheating Hearts. . . .
Last night Olympic officials announced that 271 Russian athletes will be allowed to compete in this year’s Olympic Games in Rio. This means that one-third of Russia’s Olympic athletes will not be competing in the games thanks to a government-sanctioned…
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