Social Media

03/18/24 • 43 min

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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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

Sponsors:

To learn more about our sponsors please visit our website.

Follow Us:
Instagram | Facebook | Twitter

Our Sister Shows:
Knowing Faith | Tiny Theologians

The Family Discipleship Podcast is a podcast of Training the Church. For ad-free episodes and more content check out our Patreon.

Editing and support by The Good Podcast Co.

Previous Episode

Obedience

Adam Griffin, Chelsea Griffin, and Cassie Bryant have a conversation about why obedience is important in our homes.

Questions Covered in This Episode:

Why do we want obedience?
Why does the human heart resist obedience?
How should that inform how we go about parenting our kids?
Why would getting our kids to be obedient by using the means of threat or brides be effective but self-defeating?
What scriptures come to mind for you when you talk about obedience?
Why do you think God wants obedience from us and how does he go about it like a parent?
If a mom was having trouble getting their child to be obedient, how would you advise her?
What about first-time obedience?
When is the right and the wrong time to negotiate with a child about what we are going to do?

Resources Mentioned in this Episode:

Psalm 19, Psalm 40:8, Jonah, 1 Peter 3:17, Psalm 34, 1 John 5:1-5, Colossians 3:20

Sponsors:

To learn more about our sponsors please visit our website.

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Knowing Faith | Tiny Theologians

The Family Discipleship Podcast is a podcast of Training the Church. For ad-free episodes and more content check out our Patreon.

Editing and support by The Good Podcast Co.

Next Episode

Parenting with Hope with Melissa Kruger

Adam Griffin, Chelsea Griffin, and Cassie Bryant are joined by Melissa Kruger to discuss her newest book “ Parenting with Hope.”

Questions Covered in This Episode:

Will you share the story of wanting to write “Parenting with Hope”?
As your kids changed into teenagers what changed about you as a parent?
Why is that so foundational for parenting that parents are rooted in God’s word?
What are some of the things you learned about God through parenting?
What are some family habits that you think we could invite our kids into more ownership as they grow older?
Can you give us a bit of a window into what your mornings look like and what role that plays in the discipleship of your family?
Can you tell us more about prayer cards and what they look like?
What critical role do you see the church and parents playing in the teenage stage that’s full of so much change?
How would you advise a family who is making a church decision based on where their child wants to go? What’s great about that and do you see any reason to be cautious about letting a teenager’s preference drive a family church decision?
How is idolatry a core battle to be in alongside your teenager? Can you explain the difference between a source idol, a surface idol, and a cultural idol for us?
How can a parent discern when it’s time to let them fail and when it’s time to step in?
Why is listening so important in this stage of parenting?
Can you share what you mean when you say “My response is my responsibility” and why it is important for Christian parents to understand?
How does that difference between correction and criticism impact how you respond to something your child did?

Guest Bio:

Melissa B. Kruger is vice president of discipleship programming at The Gospel Coalition and author of multiple books, including Growing Together, Walking with God in the Season of Motherhood, and the popular children’s book Wherever You Go, I Want You to Know. Her husband, Mike, is the president of Reformed Theological Seminary, and they are the parents of three adult children in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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