Monthly Archives: October 2011
Making the Internet a Safe Place
Today’s post is a subject close to my heart . . . and one I’m likely to climb onto a soapbox over. It’s been close to two decades since I watched someone close to me self-destruct because of pornography. What … Continue reading
Text Messaging and Facebook
It took a trip with a church youth group a few years ago to educate me on the concept of “sexting.” I’d been previously naïve, thinking text messaging was a fast and easy means of innocent communication. Boy, was I … Continue reading
Evil or Benign? Understanding the Video Game Culture
My oldest son was a freshman in high school when we purchased our first Xbox. We’d put it off for years, listening to endless complaints about being “the only family in the world who doesn’t have one.” But my husband … Continue reading
Technology and Your Teen
I have a love-hate relationship with technology. Sure, I probably wouldn’t survive without my cell phone and MacBook Pro. But sometimes I wonder how much more productive I’d be without the constant distraction of the technology tools that claim to … Continue reading