On Thursday, Jan 24th CPC Student Ministry hosted a Teens and Technology seminar.
Here are some of the notes:
- “The pace of technological change has surpassed anyone’s capacity to develop enough wisdom to handle it” – Andy Crouch The TechWise Family
-
Teens send on average 60 texts per day (1800 texts a month)
-
Today — teens are less likely to party, get pregnant but more prone to anxiety, depression, and suicidal thoughts.
-
Teens are not out hanging with their friends but sitting at home staring at their devices seeing what their friends are doing without them.
-
There is a 50% increase in a clinical level depression between 2011-2015
-
This is an invitation to step into the digital world of kids with a greater understanding (AWARENESS) and create a plan that’s right for your family
-
Young people use digital media as a resource to help them define themselves and develop the social connections vital in adolescence.
-
Today’s teens = digital natives — Today’s adults = digital immigrants
-
Our assumption as digital immigrants is that screen time means being disengaged or antisocial — but when our kids use social media they are checking in with each other.
-
One mom shared….“we trust them until they give us a reason not to. If there is a problem or issue, we talk them through it and then impose any additional safeguards or consequences we think necessary until they back the trust. We then give freedom back a bit at a time and build back trust. These are all teaching moments.
-
WE GOT TO PAY ATTENTION: It’s not a matter of if our kids will encounter explicit content and unwanted interactions, but it’s when
-
Digital citizens do not think through permanence. They are leaving a digital footprint
-
Digital citizens copy their digital immigrant.
-
Digital citizens are way more tech savvy than digital immigrant. (VPNS, master photographers, AirDrop, LAN networks)
-
Digital citizens can appear anonymous and have many different online identities.
-
Instill in your digital citizen to value authenticity and empathy both online and offline.
- Click here for these resources:
Here were the 3 books that guided, shaped this seminar:
