Tech Savvy Parenting will teach you to navigate and use the technology that is part of your child's life. Each chapter visually walks you through a different issue of technology that kids and teens are wading into. Brian's easy-to-follow instructions and how-to tips will help you to:
- Address safety and awareness in online browsing
- Deal with internet pornography and its draw for teens
- Talk with your child about texting and sexting
- Set time limits and restrictions with video games
- Understand the role of social networking in the lives of teens/tweens
- Learn to protect your child's online reputation
- And many more issues
This full color book includes 28 photographs, 22 infographics, and 18 resources that help bring the technical information to life. Every parent struggles to find a balance with cell phones, social networks, and video games in the lives of their kids. Most parents feel overwhelmed and ill-equipped to set boundaries for their kids because they don t know what to do with the technology themselves. Tech Savvy Parenting will give you the practical tools and resources needed to help your whole family use technology wisely and responsibly.
Brian Housman has been working with parents and teenagers for more than twenty years. He has served in a variety of positions such as youth pastor, school administrator, teaching pastor, and camp director. Brian speaks at conferences, churches, schools, camps, and military bases each year. He has led student and parent programs from coast to coast as well as several international locations. Brian is a prolific writer for parenting magazines, most notably Parenting Teens and Parent Life. He is the author of Engaging Your Teen's World and Raising Responsible Teens in a Digital World. He is the executive director of the 360 Family Conference. Brian and his wife, Mona, have two teenagers of their own. Besides loving and shaping their own children, together they enjoy coaching other parents.