Minding our Media- teaching wisdom in media choices (for The Homeschool Village)
One of the wonderful benefits of homeschooling is the simple fact that our children are, well, home. However, because they are home so much more than traditionally schooled children, I believe homeschool parents need to be that much more proactive about their relationship with the Media. With children home, the temptation can be to allow more, less supervised screen time. It is vitally important that as parents, we’re very aware of how much and what kind of media our children are consuming. The media has the power to influence our children’s hearts, minds, and spirits. The media has the ability to negatively affect our children’s ability to think, imagine, and…
Let’s Chat “Media”
When I launched The Unplugged Family, it was with a desire to raise media awareness. For a while, I was working hard at launching my own project – to speak to various schools, community groups, and churches about media issues and awareness. I felt called and lead to do it and, for the most part, I loved it. I spent years studying media and pop-culture and it burdened me to see where society was heading (and where we’ve already landed). Here’s what I found though – the more I talked about pop-culture and media, the more I worried about hurting people’s feelings or offending parents. Comments online and in person…
