MFP161: Can Kids Use Technology with Virtue?
Messy Family Podcast : Catholic Conversations on Marriage and Family
Mike and Alicia Hernon : Catholic Marriage Parent and Family
4.9 • 841 Ratings
🗓️ 24 June 2021
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
Parenting kids in a tech age; Teaching kids virtue in an age of tech; Is it possible to use tech with virtue?
"It is your responsibility to train your child in virtue and slowly move from protecting their innocence to building Christian maturity. This is true for many areas of life, including use of technology" - Mike and Alicia Hernon
We have talked about the harm that the overuse of screens can do to kids and especially teens, but in this podcast we give parents some ways that they can be proactive in this world of Big Tech. Screens are here to stay, so parents need to take them on as another area in which they need to train their children in virtue. Do not lose heart! It is possible to have virtuous kids who are on social media, play video games, and interact with others online. Listen in as we show you how.
Referenced in this episode
Catholic Youth Summer Camp - https://cysc.com/
Messy Family Membership - https://messyfamilyhood.com/join-neighborhood/
Play and Pray Challenge: https://www.messyfamilyproject.org/challenge/
Family Dance-Off: https://www.messyfamilyproject.org/dance-off/
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the messy family podcast. |
| 0:06.7 | Catholic Conversations on Marriage and Family. |
| 0:10.8 | Hosted by our parents, Mike Hernan and Alicia Hornin. |
| 0:15.8 | They're pretty awesome, but they're not experts. |
| 0:18.6 | Because family life is really messy. |
| 0:23.5 | Hello, messy families. |
| 0:25.5 | It is great to be with you. |
| 0:28.5 | You know, we actually really love doing podcasts. |
| 0:31.2 | So thank you for tuning in and making this part of our life now. |
| 0:34.9 | Thank you for keeping us going. |
| 0:36.3 | And it is summertime. |
| 0:37.2 | And so we have a lot of |
| 0:37.9 | energy because it's finally a sunny day. It's summertime here in Ohio and it's June. And yesterday, |
| 0:42.6 | it was 58 degrees. Yeah, cray, cray. Who's in charge of that? I don't know. That's what's in the |
| 0:50.1 | summertime, this is going to be a natural thing for us. We're going to always do the |
| 0:55.2 | play and pray challenge. Because if you want to pray with your kids, you've got to play with them. |
| 0:59.7 | And if you don't know what the play and pray challenges, you haven't been listening to us |
| 1:02.5 | for the last couple months. I think this is actually fundamentally our three big principles |
| 1:08.3 | for play and pray. That's only two. |
| 1:11.3 | Well, no, but what we're asking people to do is go on a date night, have a family |
| 1:15.3 | fun day, and make Jesus the king of your home. |
| 1:17.9 | Three simple things. |
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