Help! I’m Parenting Kids in the Age of Social Media, with Kathy Koch
The Heidi St. John Podcast
Heidi St. John
4.8 • 3.7K Ratings
🗓️ 18 May 2018
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
Listen in today because my friend, Kathy Koch will have some wonderful encouragement for you—you might be surprised at her advice!
Dr. Kathy Koch (“cook”), the Founder and President of Celebrate Kids, Inc., based in Fort Worth, TX, has influenced thousands of parents, teachers, and children in 30 countries through keynote messages, seminars, chapels, and other events.
She is a featured speaker for the Great Homeschool Conventions and a regular presenter for Care Net, Summit Ministries, and other organizations. She speaks regularly at schools, churches, and pregnancy resource centers. She is also a popular guest on Focus on the Family radio and other radio talk-shows. Kirk Cameron chose her as the technology expert to interview in his 2018 movie, Connect: Real Help for Parenting Kids in a Social Media World. She has authored six books including Screens and Teens and 8 Great Smarts.
Dr. Kathy earned a Ph.D. in reading and educational psychology from Purdue
University. She was a tenured associate professor of education at the University of
Wisconsin-Green Bay, a teacher of second graders, a middle school coach, and a
school board member before becoming a full-time conference and keynote speaker in
1991. She has loved Jesus for years and her faith and desire to serve and glorify God is
the foundation of her ministry.
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| 0:26.0 | Hey everybody, this is Heidi St. John. |
| 0:30.2 | Welcome to the busy mom podcast today is Friday, May 18th and as promised, my friend Kathy |
| 0:36.4 | Cook is here on the show with me. |
| 0:38.7 | If you are struggling to parent your kids in an age of social media, stick around. |
| 0:43.6 | I think you're going to be encouraged. |
| 0:45.6 | All right, so I've been talking about having Kathy on here now for a couple of days. |
| 0:57.6 | I know many of you are waiting for this. |
| 0:59.7 | I had the privilege of meeting Kathy on the road a couple of years ago. |
| 1:03.5 | She is the founder and president of Celebrate Kid. |
| 1:06.8 | She's based out of Fort Worth, Texas. |
| 1:09.6 | Not only is she my friend, but she has influenced thousands of parents and teachers in 30 countries |
| 1:14.8 | through her messages and seminars. |
| 1:17.2 | Kathy really has a heart for parents who are parenting their children in a generation |
| 1:21.4 | that seems a little bit upside down right now. |
| 1:23.5 | So we're going to be talking about what the struggle that we're having to parent our |
| 1:27.2 | kids in an age of technology and basically whatever else comes to mind. |
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