Synopses & Reviews
If you feel like you’re losing your teen to technology, you’re not alone.
Screen time is rapidly replacing family time, and for teens especially, it is hardwiring the way they connect with their world.
In Screens and Teens, Dr. Kathy helps you make sense of all this and empowers you to respond. She exposes the lies that technology can teach your teen, guides you in countering them with biblical truths and helpful practices, and shares success stories of families who have cut back on technology and prioritized each other. Kathy’s research, experience, and relatability all come together for an inspiring book, sure to help you be closer with your kids.
Grab a pen and get ready to underline, circle, and write "e;That’s so us!"e; in the margins. Be equipped to keep your family connected.
Synopsis
Teens often look to their digital tools to make them happy, when you set boundaries or take them away they feel frustrated and incomplete. Unhealthy habits formed in this stage of life easily carry over into adulthood and addictions to technology make other addictions more likely.
Screens and Teens applauds the good aspects of the digital age, but also alerts parents to how technology contributes to self-centered character, negative behaviors, and beliefs that inhibit spiritual growth, prescribing manageable solutions regardless of the level of their teen’s involvement. Unmasking the lies teenagers tend to believe, like “I must have choices,” the book majors on truth, acknowledging that Truth alone brings contentment, freedom, and success.
About the Author
DR. KATHY KOCH is the Founder and President of Celebrate Kids, Inc., a Christian ministry based in Fort Worth, Texas. She is an internationally celebrated speaker who has influenced thousands of parents, teachers, and children in over 25 countries through keynote messages, workshops, seminars, assemblies, and other events. She also blogs regularly at www.DrKathyKoch.com.Dr. Kathy¿s newest book, coauthored with Jill Savage, No More Perfect Kids: Love Your Kids For Who They Are, helps parents understand why they must get to know their children to parent them wisely. How Am I Smart? A Parent¿s Guide to Multiple Intelligences helps parents understand their children¿s learning strengths. Finding Authentic Hope and Wholeness: 5 Questions That Will Change Your Life provides a solution-focused, enriching approach to real problems. Her book, Screens and Teens: Connecting with Our Kids in a Wireless World, will be published in March, 2015.Dr. Kathy earned a Ph.D. in reading and educational psychology from Purdue University. She was a tenured associate professor of education at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, a teacher of second graders, a middle school coach, and a school board member prior to becoming a full-time conference and keynote speaker in 1991.
Table of Contents
Foreword by Jill Savage
- Technology is Here to Stay
- Today's Tech-Savvy Teens
- Fewer Screens and More Together Time
- Lie #1: I deserve to be happy all the time
- Lie #2: I must have choices
- Lie #3: Digital relationships can satisfy me
- Lie #4: The world outside of my own created world doesn't matter
- Lie #5: I'm my own authority
- Lie #6: I'm my own teacher
- The truth
Extras
- All recommendations in one place
- Recommended reading and organizations
- Additional insights for educators
- Additional insights for pastors and church leaders
- Discussion/activity guide for parents and teens
- Discussion guide for parent small groups