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Have you prepared your kids for all that they will encounter on the smartphone you're giving them?
What can you do to prepare them for the impact that a smartphone will have on their hearts and minds? How will you help them navigate the pressures of social media? How will you protect them from explicit content or even online predators? How can you equip them to use their phones with wisdom?
Smartphones 101 is an online digital course for families. With 10 short video lessons and 35 printable pages of resources, families can go through the course together.
Whether you're preparing your child for their first smartphone or you're wanting to reel in your teenager whose smartphone habits are getting out of control, Smartphones 101 can help.
It effectively tees up the critical conversations you need to have in your home about "the basics of smart phone use."
Smartphones 101 Features:
Ten Video Lessons
Watch them on your computer or smartphone. The lessons are brief, so they cover some important info before anyone has time to get bored.
Discussion Guides and Other Resources
For each video includes an interactive "guide" for each person to take notes. Plus there are plenty of additional resources that will come in handy.
Meaningful Conversations
Our goal is to get families talking. So we introduce some valuable truths and ideas, and then give you tools to discuss them with your kids.
Smartphones have become an invaluable part of our lives. Unfortunately, they have the potential to negatively impact our kids.
As a parent, you’re probably worried about:
The impact of smartphones on their brain development.
The increase in anxiety and depression in kids due to social media pressures.
Online predators and who might be trying to connect with your kids when you're not looking.
How much time they spend on their phones, and how that is impacting their relationships in real life.
The explicit content and porn that kids regularly stumble onto via their phones.
How you can adjust the settings and then provide guidance and oversight to your kids as they learn to use their phones.
How Does Smartphones 101 Work?
We recommend having your child or teenager go through the entire course as a pre-requisite for getting a phone. (Or as a requirement to continue using the phone they have.) Spend a few weeks going through the 10 lessons. Simply watch a video together as a family and then use the provided discussion guide to talk about it. The course isn’t a replacement of you; it’s a resource to help you talk about all those things that concern you. The good news is that you don’t have to be the bad guy...Barrett in the videos is! And he could care less if your kids don't like him. ;-)
About Barrett Johnson, Smartphones 101 Teacher:
Barrett coaches families through his non-profit, Imperfect & Normal Families Only (I.N.F.O. for Families). He speaks nationally on the challenges of contemporary parenting. He is the author of The Talks, The Young Man’s Guide to Awesomeness, and Meet Me in the Middle.
He and his wife Jenifer had four kids who became teenagers in the early days of the smartphone. He saw the value that phones added to their lives, but also saw first-hand some of the harm that they can do. Smartphones 101 was created to help imperfect & normal families to equip their kids to get this right. (He also looks forward to taking his "tweenager" through this course in a few years.)
"We have launched 4 kids into adulthood. During their teen years, phones sort of caught us off guard. So I’ve spent years researching and preparing to help families to get it right. As a speaker, author, and former family minister, I've worked with thousands of families. I know the struggles they face. The teen drama and bullying. The obsession with social media. Kids exposed to (and hooked on) explicit content. Even predators reaching out to kids. Smartphones are awesome, but the potential dangers are huge. Let me help you help your kids to be smart on their phones." -Barrett Johnson
MORE LINKS AND RESOURCES:
Direct Link to Smartphone 101 Course (Do not use if you want to get paid as an affiliate.)
INFO for Families home page.