Family by God&#039;s Design

Are Screens Robbing Your Children?

How do you respond when your children get upset? When they “throw a tantrum”? How do you help them calm down? What do you do when they complain of boredom? In today’s environment, I often witness parents giving their child a digital device to—a smartphone, a tablet, a handheld gaming device—to help them calm down...

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April 17, 2023

Use With Caution

The cell phone, screen time, social media… we hear report after report about how each of these technologies impact our children. It’s a complicated issue…and a huge issue for anyone raising children today. So when I come across new information about the impact of technology on our children, both positive and negative, I like to...

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August 8, 2022

The Internet: Is It a Risk or an Opportunity for Your Child? YES!!

Let’s face it. The cyberworld, with all its knowledge, gaming, social media, and videos has taken up residence in our homes…and it’s here to stay. Some families respond to the cyberworld with fear…and rightly so. It is filled with risk. Other families respond to the cyberworld with joy and anticipation…and rightly so. It is filled...

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May 7, 2022

Take Your Teen From Screen Time to “Exer-Time”

We hear a great deal about the potential impact of “too much” screen time on our teens’ mental and emotional health. An international study published in August of 2021, however, offers a more nuanced look at screen time and a possible “antidote.” Specifically, this study (summarized here) utilized data from over 577,000 adolescents between 11-years-old...

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From Where Do Our Tweens Learn Values?

What values do you want your children to learn? Who do you want to teach them those values? Of course, we all want to teach our children the values we believe in and support. But there is another teacher in your home. This teacher reflects the values of our society and teaches those values to...

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June 22, 2019

Don’t Make Children Prisoners…Set Them Free

I couldn’t believe my eyes, so I repeated out loud what I had read. Nope…can’t believe my ears either. But it’s true. Prison inmates in an Indiana maximum security facility are guaranteed two hours of outdoor time every day; but a survey completed in 2016 found three-quarters of children in the UK spend less time...