Today’s kids are the “Guinea Pig Generation.”
We’ve given them tons of experimental technology without knowing the reactions or side-effects. We’d never test new drugs this way. But with gadgets, we gave them to kids first and asked questions later (if at all).
- How much texting is too much? How about texting at the dinner table?
- Who’s at “fault” when a 13-year-old loses her purse with $500 worth of techno-gadgets inside? What are reasonable consequences?
- What f-2-f skills are kids missing as they develop and maintain relationships via screens?
- What do identity management and virtual footprints (plus a few hundred other new phrases) actually mean? What’s the cost of not knowing?
If you’re struggling to come up with quick and easy answers, you’re not alone. These questions (and dozens more) about “digital native” kids can blind-side us “digital immigrant” adults.
Drawing from twenty-five in the classroom and two decades of parenting, Cheri discusses the consequences of adults mistaking technological sophistication for maturity.
You will learn how to
- ask and answer key proactive questions about technology use in your home.
- set appropriate media boundaries and teach your children to become self-monitoring adults.
- help your children to think carefully before hitting “send” or “post”.
- provide the loving wise adult guidance your children need and crave.
No matter how far behind we may feel, caring adult leadership is far from obsolete. Our kids need us now, more than ever, to help them make Godly choices as the navigate the increasingly complex maze of technology.