The Switch 2 and the Steam Deck handheld gaming devices are growing in popularity as people recognize the convenience of playing anywhere, anytime. In today’s episode, Kelly explains the basics of the Switch 2 and the Steam Deck, while exploring the similarities and differences between these personal gaming devices and a smartphone. A growing narrative surrounding these personal gaming devices is how they allow parents to continue gaming during the fragmented time of parenting.

How should Christians think about handheld gaming – or any other personal screen time in front of kids?

Articles referenced:

Switch 2
Steam Deck
History of the Handheld Game Console
The Steam Deck Is The Perfect Device, For The Busy Parent.
Sorry Valve, But the Steam Deck Outgrew My Need for a Steam Machine
How Fatherhood Redefined My Gaming Passion
Reddit: Is the Steam Deck beneficial when you have babies/little kids?
Reddit: Managed to clear my backlog playing over 200 hours, only while having my newborn sleeping on my lap during his first 6 months.
Reddit: Steam Deck saved gaming for parents
YouTube: The Steam Deck is the BEST gift for Gamer Parents!
Are Parents to Blame for Children’s Phone Addiction?

Scripture referenced:

Ephesians 6:4
1 Corinthians 11:1
Ephesians 5:1-2
Ephesians 5:15-16
Ephesians 5:8

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In this six-part podcast series, we walk through Freya India’s book GIRLS: Gen Z and the Commodification of Everything, examining how online culture has shaped young women and how Christian parents can respond with biblical truth.

In this first episode on Chapter 1, “Filtered,” Kelly considers how Freya India’s argument that filters, FaceTune, beauty influencers, selfies, and algorithmic feeds have trained girls to inspect, alter, and display themselves for approval. The evidence makes it clear that this is not merely a beauty trend; it is a discipleship system rooted in an anti-Christian anthropology. Parents are encouraged not only to think biblically about beauty, but to shepherd their children with both loving boundaries and biblical guidance, teaching daughters that their worth is not found in beauty, attention, or online approval, but in the God who created, knows, and redeems them.

Girls by Freya India
Girls Substack

Scripture references:

Romans 1:16
Psalm 23:1
John 10:11-15
Genesis 1:26-27
1 Peter 5:2-4
Psalm 139:13-14
2 Corinthians 5:17
Romans 12:2

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Apple and Google both announced new parental controls for their iOS and Android devices within days of each other. Ironic? Probably not. Will these new controls be revolutionary? Probably not. In this episode, Kelly highlights the pressure these companies face to prove they can protect children. Meanwhile, Apple’s press release shows that they are still positioning themselves as the authority on what children need, while continuously pointing back to parents, saying, “This is your job – you can limit, you can control, you can approve, you can monitor…”

Should new and improved parental controls be a permission slip to allow your child to have an iPhone? Should a new (and easier) Screen Time interface with expert recommendation change how you limit and monitor? How can parents think biblically about screen time? How big a deal is screen time anyway?

All these things and more in today’s show.

YouTube: How We Spend Our Day (1920-2026)

Articles referenced:

Apple previews new child safety features
New expanded Android parental controls to support families around the world

Scripture referenced:

1 Thessalonians 5
Proverbs 22:6
Matthew 22:37
James 1:27

Upcoming Events:

Great Homeschool Convention – Round Rock, Texas July 9-11
Kelly & Ryan will both be leading workshops and Brave Parenting will have an exhibitor booth

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Toy Story 5 is capitalizing on a truly devastating part of our culture: the loss of childhood to technology. In this briefing, Kelly highlights some of the most important aspects of the movie to help parents grasp the weight of what it depicts. Can a tablet be the problem with kids no longer playing, and the solution to making more friends? What does it mean to grow up too fast? Is gaming the same as playing? Is the age of toys really over?

Articles referenced:

Plugged In: Toy Story 5

Scripture referenced:

Proverbs 22:6

Upcoming Events:

Great Homeschool Convention – Round Rock, Texas July 9-11
Kelly & Ryan will both be leading workshops and Brave Parenting will have an exhibitor booth

JUST RELEASED: The Managing Media Creating Character STUDENT Study Guide!

An 8-week biblical study examining how character is impacted by media and technology. The study can be done individually, in a small group, or even as homeschool curriculum!
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Get your copy of the STUDENT Study Guide today!

Need a kids-safe phone? Pinwheel is our favorite!

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We live in a culture where it seems that the generations are at war with one another, families are falling apart – some going no contact, and children are increasingly without skills, purpose, and hope. Perhaps this is because we’ve lost sight of the benefits that intergenerational relationships bring. What children need to learn and experience is not what the internet offers. They need the slow, offline activities that grandparents can teach. They need to be reminded of their roots and to receive a heritage of faith, traditions, memories, virtue, and skills.

In today’s podcast, Kelly argues for the essential role grandparents play in children’s lives. Both parents and grandparents listening will receive encouragement and practical steps to restore relationships, establish screen-free relational time between grandparents and grandchildren, persevere with kids who may resist slow, character-building activities, and understand why this is part of God’s design for the family.

Articles referenced:

The Troubling Rise of Family Estrangement
Effects of grandparents’ involvement on young children’s resilience
Socioemotional Engagement with Grandchildren: Associations with Loneliness and Quality of Life

Grandparents Can Teach What the Internet Cannot

Scripture referenced:

Deuteronomy 4:9
Psalm 78:4-7
Proverbs 17:6
Psalm 127:3
Proverbs 13:22
Ephesians 2:10
Ruth 4:14-17

Upcoming Events:

Great Homeschool Convention – Round Rock, Texas July 9-11
Kelly & Ryan will both be leading workshops and Brave Parenting will have an exhibitor booth

JUST RELEASED: The Managing Media Creating Character STUDENT Study Guide!

An 8-week biblical study examining how character is impacted by media and technology. The study can be done individually, in a small group, or even as homeschool curriculum!
Great for middle school, high school, and young college students to develop Christlike character, which can then guide their use of media and technology.

Get your copy of the STUDENT Study Guide today!

Need a kids-safe phone? Pinwheel is our favorite!

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AI tools can perform incredible feats of computation. They can also displace human relationships, outsource learning, distort reality, and pretend to have wisdom. Christian families have a responsibility not to conform to the patterns of this world (Rom 12:2) but to test everything, hold on to what is good, and reject what is evil (1 Thes. 5:21). In this episode, Kelly provides a four-pillar biblical framework for evaluating AI tools and whether they are appropriate or beneficial for children. The four pillars are (1) Imago Dei, (2) Attributes of God, (3) Truth, and (4) Formation. Each pillar offers a preventative or protective measure and a practical application question parents can use to disciple children in the age of AI.

Articles referenced:

Here’s why graduates are booing commencement graduation speakers this year
There is Already a Word for the Deep Moral Failures of AI

Scripture referenced:

Psalm 8:4-5
Isaiah 40:25-28
Proverbs 9:10
James 1:2-4
Romans 5:3-4
2 Corinthians 12:9-10

Resources referenced:

Foundation Worldview Webinar: AI, ChatGPT, and Your Kids: A Biblical Framework for New Technology
Foundation Worldview Attributes of God Curriculum

Upcoming Events:

Great Homeschool Convention – Round Rock, Texas July 9-11
Kelly & Ryan will both be leading workshops and Brave Parenting will have an exhibitor booth

JUST RELEASED: The Managing Media Creating Character STUDENT Study Guide!

An 8-week biblical study examining how character is impacted by media and technology. The study can be done individually, in a small group, or even as homeschool curriculum!
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Get your copy of the STUDENT Study Guide today!

Need a kids-safe phone? Pinwheel is our favorite!

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The Enhanced Games took place over Memorial Day weekend in Las Vegas, Nevada. The founders boasted they were making history and redefining what the human body is capable of. What was the evidence for this? Performance-enhancing drugs and bio-hacking in the name of becoming ‘superhuman.’

In this briefing, Kelly explains why stories like this matter and are valuable opportunities to talk to kids about what it means to be human. Kids are bombarded with messages to ‘enhance themselves’ with everything from skin care rituals to looksmaxxing. It is critical for parents to start this conversation.

Articles referenced:

Enhanced Games claim ‘we changed the world’ but only one record broken and three clean athletes win
Welcome to sport’s ultimate taboo where athletes risk it all for millions in Las Vegas

Scripture referenced:

1 Corinthians 6:19
Genesis 2:18
Psalm 139
2 Corinthians 12
Genesis 3:4
Romans 1:25

JUST RELEASED: The Managing Media Creating Character STUDENT Study Guide!

An 8-week biblical study examining how character is impacted by media and technology. The study can be done individually, in a small group, or even as homeschool curriculum!
Great for middle school, high school, and young college students to develop Christlike character, which can then guide their use of media and technology.

Get your copy of the STUDENT Study Guide today!

Need a kids-safe phone? Pinwheel is our favorite!

Book a Speaking Event!!

Buy the UPDATED book: Managing Media Creating Character (2024 Revised & Updated). Also available on Audible.

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