How Does Technology Affect Your Children?

 Note the suggestions you would like to implement to your children, or write down your own ideas.

* Discuss proper  online conduct and manners with my child

*  Help my child deal with the feelings of exclusion

* Bock inappropriate content to the extent possible

* Check my child's phone periodically

* Set a time  limit for daily usage

* Prohibited devices in my child's bedroom overnight

* Bab devices in my child's bedroom overnight

* Ban devices at the dinner table

DISCUSSION GUIDE FOR PARENTS

* Do we use a digital device as a babysitter to keep our child occupied?

* Does our child need a device with Internet access?  If so, why?

* Can we afford to give our child a device with Internet access/

* Has our child already demonstrated self-control?

*  How has our child demonstrated responsibility for his or her actions?

* What rules will we put in place ?

*  How can we help our child balance screen time with other activities?

BIBLE PRINCIPLE: "Mature people . . . have their powers  of discernment trained to distinguish both right and wrong." - HEBREWS 5:14.

Next time: How Does Technology Affect Your Marriage?

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