Parents the war is on P.2

 

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Wake the Faith up Slayer… This is Garth Heckman with the David Alliance and you can reach me at

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**this conference is not going to teach you to make a million dollars, or launch an online store or how to better yourself or get thin or strong… MORE IMPORTANT! 

Hey your son or daughter ever get picked on by another kid? Do you or your sons a daughters get picked on verbally? What to do? THE WAR IS COMING, ARE YOUR KIDS READY?

REGISTER NOW VIA EMAIL OR LOOK FOR OUR UPCOMING QR CODE ON OUR MEDIA… THIS WILL FILL UP FAST!

July 9th - Saturday - A Father Daughter/Son conference called PROTECTOR! Speakers on how to protect your son and daughter Emotionally, physically, sexually, socially and spiritually. Ages 10 and up if you feel your student is mature enough. Price $100 per family. At HillSpring Church New prague south of the Twin Cities

Just landed a speaker who will challenge you how to keep your kids safe from human trafficking… you say well my kid will never fall into that… oh not so fast. You obviously don’t know what you are talking about… so get ready to sign up!

 

Parents should be on Alert Part 1

In light of our upcoming conference I am going to give you a sneak peek of some of the things we will be covering. So here is a 5 part series, one point each day over the next week 

 

 

The Relational Challenges Associated with Social Media

 

Parents need to decide carefully if, when, and how they will allow their children to participate in social media. 

According to the Pew Research Center, most parents (45%) think it's acceptable for kids to have a phone between the ages of 12 and 14. 

About 28% of parents wait until ages 15 to 17, 

and 16% think it's fine to let kids as young as 9 have their own phones.

But here is the kicker - of 12 year old’s with a phone, 50% start social media pages like Facebook, Instagram and Tik tok. 

 

Did you know that even Bill Gates did not let any of his kids have phones until age 14.

 

One of the major problems with phones, social media etc.. is that it trains our childrens brains to be interrupted and to interrupt. Chain of command in due brain processing becomes altered for life. Teenagers cannot stay focused because they can’t. I mean their brains have literally lost much of that ability. The long term repercussions of this have yet to be fully understood or felt… but it can’t be good. 

 

Yeah it can help in some ways to build relationships, but it also can be a trap, drawing them into unhealthy habits of drama, poor self-image, the need for approval from others, cyberbullying, and many other threats.

 

Did you know that when a kid is cyberbullied they are 11.5 times more likely to think of and idealize suicide? 

 

I love the story of the father who saw on his daughters phone that a boy in school said send me a bra pic… also known as a titpic. The Dad took out his wife’s bra, put it on, put his 9mm Barretta in the cleavage and took a picture and sent it to him… captioned “now my dad wants one from you”. Love it! 

You have heard the saying “Barbarians are at the gate? Well they are actually at the keypad - and they are merciless.

We covered self esteem yesterday, but lets not forget that many times self esteem shots come from so called friends at school who are quick to point out you have flawed sizes and shapes of body parts, that you are stupid and that you really have no friends.

 

Children may be exposed to:

• Violence and risk-taking behaviors
• Videos of stunts or challenges that may inspire unsafe behavior
• Sexual content
• Negative stereotypes
• Substance use
• Cyberbullies and predators
• Advertising aimed at your child
• Misleading or inaccurate information

Too much screen time may lead to:

• Sleep problems
• Lower grades in school
• Reading fewer books
• Less time with family and friends
• Not enough outdoor or physical activity
• Weight problems
• Mood problems
• Poor self-image and body image issues
• Fear of missing out
• Less time learning other ways to relax and have fun

 

Here is the real overall problem when we are talking about relationships and technology. It stifles the teens relationship with themselves. They never find out who they really are due to all the comparisons. They are too busy looking at the phone trying to figure out who they are rather than being molded by a God centered home, Godly parents and their own devotional time.

When you kid dies, he is not going to be asked why they weren’t more like the social media influencer who has 3 million followers… rather they are going to be asked “why didn’t you become who I created you to be”.

Don’t let the media create your child or their future.