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The tech-wise family : everyday steps for putting technology in its proper place
Title:
The tech-wise family : everyday steps for putting technology in its proper place
Author:
Crouch, Andy, author.
ISBN:
9780801018664
Personal Author:
Physical Description:
221 pages : color illustrations ; 17 cm.
Contents:
Foreword / Amy Crouch -- Preface : The proper place -- Introduction : Help! -- Ten tech-wise commitments -- Part one : The three key decisions of a tech-wise family. Choosing character -- Shaping space -- Structuring time -- Part two : Daily life. Waking and sleeping -- Learning and working -- The good news about boredom -- The deep end of the (car) pool -- Naked and unashamed -- Part three : What matters most. Why singing matters -- In sickness and in health.
Abstract:
Reclaiming real life in a world of devices. Making good choices about technology in our families is more than just using internet filters and determining screen-time limits for our children. It's about building character, wisdom, and courage rather than accepting technology's promises of ease and instant gratification. It's about developing our heart, mind, soul, and strength when we're tempted to settle for entertainment and consumer satisfaction. And it's definitely not just about the kids. Alongside in-depth original research from Barna Group that shows how families are wrestling with technology's new realities, Andy Crouch takes parents beyond the typical questions of what, where, and when to show us that in a world full of devices, there's a way to choose a better life than we've imagined. - Publisher.

Thought leader and executive editor of Christianity Today helps parents understand how technology, and the way we use it as families, can hinder or help us and our children grow in character and become the kind of people we want to be.