How Does Technology Affect Your Children

WHAT YOU SHOUD KNOW

 DEPENDENCY

Some online activities -gaming, for example-tend to be highly addictive.  That is no accident.  "The apps on our phones are designed to keep us at our phones,"  says the book Reclaiming Conversation.  The longer we stare at commercial apps on our screen, the more profitable we become to advertisers.

TO THINK ABOUT: Do your children seem overly attached to their devices?   How can  you help them make better use of their time? - EPHESIANS 5:15, 16.

CYBERBULLYING 

When online, some people become more aggressive, vulgar, and insensitive to other's feelings  -traits that can lead to bullying. 

Some misuses of social media can be related to a person's inordinate desire to be liked or followed.  Or if a person finds out he was included in some way-for example, he sees he was not invited to a party-this  could make him feel as if he were being  bullied. 

TO THINK ABOUT: Do your children use proper manners online? (Ephesians 4:31) How well do they deal with feeling exclusive? 

Next time: How Does Technology Affect Your Children? Continued

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