Growing Up Social: Raising Relational Kids in a Screen-Driven World
Gary Chapman
Top 10 Best Quotes
“The best way to predict future is to create it." Abraham Lincoln”
“God is our example in parenting.”
“You are the gatekeeper of your child’s mental diet.”
“When you take your place as the authority figure in your home, your child will feel more safe in the real world, not the screen world.”
“When we correct our children about their language, teaching them which words are appropriate and which aren’t, they listen.”
“There are valuable life lessons that only failure can teach your child.”
“The author stipulates that while television lately background noise for a child, it tends to shift to the foreground for the adult. The adult pays enough attention to the media attention is paid to the child.”
“Screentime that is not purposeful tends to be a waste of time and a negative influence.”
“Researchers are concerned that when screen time goes up, empathy goes down. Kids are exposed to violence in video games, which can desensitize them to pain in others, bullying, and acts of violence.”
“Consider these sobering statistics: • 12 percent of websites on the Internet are pornographic. • One in three porn viewers are women. • 70 percent of men aged 18–24 visit porn sites in a typical month. • 34 percent of Internet users have experienced unwanted exposure to porn through pop-up ads, misdirected links, or emails. • The average age a child sees porn online is eleven.7”
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