Our kids are going to ask us, at some point, to use tech and their argument will sound something like: "All of my friends are on there!" So what do we do? As loving parents we have probably given them all the tech we are comfortable with. They play the games we know...
Nathan Sutherland
107. Talking Through Our Family’s Tech Journey
Today Anna and Nathan assess the tech use of their own family using the resources of RESET and RENEW. They talk Tool & Drool Tech, and Nathan gets one spontaneous (but timely) reminder that just because he talks healthful tech for a living doesn’t mean he’s...
106. RESET & RENEW: How Can We Take Charge Of Tech Today?
There's lots of good information out there on tech. You can watch a documentary, read a book, or review the research. But often ingesting that information doesn't motivate change. Until today. Today we focus on what we CAN do, wherever we are in our tech use and with...
105. Healthy Tech: An Interview With Doug Smith, Author of [Un]Intentional
Today we get a chance to talk with Doug Smith, author of [Un]Intentional: How Screens Secretly Shape Your Desires And How You Can Break Free. We cover a lot of ground in today’s conversation, but the one take-away is the same: There is great hope for raising healthy...
104. Parenting With Curiosity In A Tech World
Today's conversation builds on the last two, and can be summed up simply as: Being humble & kind will make us curious. When I’m humble enough to realize I have mistakes as well and that leads me to be kind because I realize their value is equal to mine, and so is...
103. Parenting With Kindness In A Tech World
The second attribute we need as parents when raising healthy youth in a tech world is Kindness. It’s going to impact our tech parenting in three ways. Kindness will change our tech: 1. Direction 2. Correction 3. Inflection Bible Verses Referenced God’s kindness leads...
102. Parenting With Humility In A Tech World
Parenting healthy youth in a tech world is about more than just the right rules. It requires humility, which allows us to make two key realizations: Our children will make mistakes Those mistakes don’t impact their value in God’s eyes (or our value as parents) In...
101. What The Tech?! With Justin Pavey
22 months ago Justin Pavey and I took to the microphones to talk all things tech, nerd, and adulting. Today we continue that conversation, discussing everything from our tech low-points as youths to what it looks like to raise kids who are amazed by life, God and...
100. The Three Healthy-Tech Steps We Hope Every Family Takes
We made it to episode 100! We are so excited to share this episode with you, so grateful for the fact that we have the chance, and we look forward to seeing what the Lord continues to do in the future! Today we’re going to celebrate what God has done and talk about...