Navigating the Digital Age: Youth, Technology, and Social Media Survival

I Don't Have Enough FAITH to Be an ATHEIST

Dr. Frank Turek

Religion & Spirituality, Education, Christianity

4.8 • 5K Ratings

🗓️ 27 February 2024

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Is social media turning your kids into digital zombies? You wouldn't believe how much time the average person will spend scrolling their phone in a lifetime, but the effects that endless scrolling is having on today's youth is becoming more and more apparent. Is there anything that concerned parents can do to safeguard the well-being of vulnerable children, teens, and young adults from the tech industry's attacks?

In this midweek podcast episode, Jorge Gil sounds the alarm on the negative impact that the overuse of technology is having on our modern culture and how it's brainwashing younger generations. A pressing issue hiding in plain sight, parents and even grandparents have the huge responsibility to stay in the know when it comes to their children's online interactions. During this episode, Jorge will answer questions like:

In what ways is social media lying to you and your children?
What is the connection between social media and depression rates among young people?
What practical rules can you put in place to protect kids from their devices?
How long does the average person spend scrolling everyday?
How can Christians use technology for good instead of evil?

Phone addiction doesn't discriminate, but the good news is, you can do something about it if you tackle it now! This episode will give you a lot to think about as Jorge exposes the dangers of allowing young people to have too much access to social media without any accountability. Jorge will also give you the tools you need to fight back against the tech industry's digital assault on your family and share practical advice on how to use technology in a way that honors God.

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Resources mentioned during the episode:

Article: Has the Smartphone Destroyed a Generation

Article: The Tech Industry's War on Kids

Book: American Girls: Social Media and the Secret Lives of Teenagers

Book: A Practical Guide to Culture: Helping the Next Generation Navigate Today's World

Transcript

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0:00.0	Does truth exist?
0:03.0	Because you have faith, does that make this book true?
0:05.0	Does God exist?
0:07.0	So when someone says there is no truth, if you apply the claim to itself, what should you say?
0:13.6	Is that true?
0:15.4	They don't think Christianity's true.
0:18.5	They're talked out of it.
0:20.2	You know why they're talked out of it?
0:22.2	Because they've never been talked into it.
0:24.0	Cross-examining skeptical and apiistic views.
0:28.0	Welcome to Cross-Examine with Dr. Frank Turrick.
0:32.0	In the age of technology, one of the worst things that can happen to anyone
0:38.0	is for someone to hack your devices and either steal or manipulate your data because it is almost certain that a hacker's intentions are not good.
0:48.6	But what if this is exactly what is happening to you right now.
0:54.0	Actually, this is happening to your kids every single day from the moment they wake up to the moment they go to sleep.
1:02.0	But it is not their phone or their iPad or
1:04.8	their laptop that is being hacked. It is the other way around. It is their
1:09.2	laptop and their iPad and their iPhone that is hacking their minds. Their brains are being rewire by
1:16.7	these devices. The truth is even darker and scarier than you think because
1:21.7	psychology is being weaponized by the tech industry
1:25.9	to turn us and our children into addicts for more than just profit and consequences of
1:32.0	this insidious agenda is wreaking havoc on the next generation.
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