Adam Griffin, Chelsea Griffin, and Cassie Bryant discuss how we can lead and disciple our families when it comes to social media.
Questions Covered in This Episode:
- What are we going to do about kids on social media? Why is this all over the news right now?
- What is the difference between social media and general access to the internet for a kid?
- What is the benefit of social media? Maybe start with for anyone and then can you see any benefit for kids?
- What is the potential harm of having kids on social media?
- What decisions if any are you making about social media for your family or for the families you lead at church?
- What scriptures come to mind for you when you talk about whether to be on social media platforms?
Denison Forum Recommendations:
- Draw boundaries and keep them rock solid.
- Educate your kids on the inherent risks, pornography, and stranger danger.
- Allow them freedom in proportion to their trustworthiness. (limited usage? Smart devices?)
- Give them a safe space to talk about things that make them uncomfortable.
- Be a loving ear for their woes and keep up a healthy dialogue about their relationship with social media.
- Carefully consider at what age to allow them to enter certain sites, if ever.
Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Matthew 5:29, 1 Corinthians 6:12
- The U.S. Surgeon General’s Advisory: Social Media and Youth Mental Health
- Better Screen Time
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