Culture Remix: The Amazing Generation
Jonathan Haidt’s ‘The Amazing Generation’ shares stories, insights and tips designed to help young readers make their own choices about technology and social media.
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Paul Asay: I'm Paul Asay and you're listening to Plugged In. The world of fantasy fiction is filled with amazing and dangerous treasures, from magic lamps to evil rings. But in a new bestseller, the treasure on hand is especially powerful and very frightening: the smartphone screen.
The Amazing Generation: Your Guide to Fun and Freedom is an imaginative graphic novel with one big purpose in mind: to get young readers off those screens and into the real world. While the book is technically fiction, it holds a lot of real-world facts and helpful tips.
For parents tired of nagging their kids about screen time, The Amazing Generation might be a welcome addition to the family library. The book is practically free of content concerns. The Amazing Generation is meant for kids, but Plugged In's Parent's Guide to Technology is for you, and it's totally free.
Go to pluggedin.com/techguide to check it out. I'm Paul Asay for Plugged In by Focus on the Family.
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How Do Christian Parents Keep Up with Their Children’s Screen Consumption?
The expert media staff at Plugged In have compiled a must-read resource to help you understand the media your children consume. Years of researching and analyzing the latest media trends are compiled in Becoming a Screen-Savvy Family.
Offering practical advice and strategies to help your children navigate the ever-changing landscape of pop culture, Becoming a Screen Savvy Family includes social media, music, streaming services, video games, movies, and more to help you dialogue with your children about the content that they are exposed to. The effects of technology and media consumption on children are far-reaching, impacting their mental health, sleep patterns, attention spans, and social skills.
In Becoming a Screen-Savvy Family, you’ll learn
- the effects on your children’s biology, behaviors, and beliefs;
- traits of engaged parents, creating a game plan, and how to step in when needed;
- how to screen those screens; and
- practical strategies for limiting screen time and thinking critically about media.
Becoming a Screen-Savvy Family will quickly become an essential tool to guide your family’s relationship with media and your child’s screen consumption.
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Adam Holz After serving as an associate editor at NavPress' Discipleship Journal and consulting editor for Current Thoughts and Trends, Adam now oversees the editing and publishing of Plugged In's reviews along with hosting The Plugged In Show and the Plugged In Entertainment Review radio feature.
Paul Asay has been part of the Plugged In staff since 2007, watching and reviewing roughly 15 quintillion movies and television shows. He’s written for a number of other publications, too, including Time, The Washington Post and Christianity Today. The author of several books, Paul loves to find spirituality in unexpected places, including popular entertainment, and he loves all things superhero. His vices include James Bond films, Mountain Dew and terrible B-grade movies. He’s married, has two children and a neurotic dog, runs marathons on occasion and hopes to someday own his own tuxedo. Feel free to follow him on Twitter @AsayPaul.
Jonathan McKee is the author of over twenty books. He has over 20 years youth ministry experience and speaks to parents and leaders worldwide, He can be heard each week on the Plugged In Entertainment Review radio feature and The Plugged In Show. You can follow Jonathan on his blog, getting a regular dose of youth culture and parenting help. Jonathan, his wife Lori, and their three kids live in California.
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