Raising Discerning Viewers :: Heather [Ep 372]

Don't Mom Alone Podcast

Education, Leisure, Kids & Family, Parenting

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🗓️ 1 August 2022

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Media is all around us - movies, music, tv, online videos, reels, TikToks, and more. And, there are as many parenting strategies around media as there are types of media. How do we safeguard our kids around media in today’s culture?

Spoiler Alert: We aren’t going to talk about what to watch per se, but rather how to watch.

In this episode I’ll talk about what it could look like for us to raise not just haphazard watchers but discerning media consumers. Of course, we should exercise wisdom with what our kids watch and listen to, but also, as moms we’re in the business of teaching men to fish.

Let’s teach our kids to become discerning viewers. I’ll give you some handlebars to foster discussions about movies or TV with your kids and to get them thinking about what they’re watching too. “We want our children to know the one good story so well that when they see Luke Skywalker, Harry Potter, Frodo, Anne of Green Gables, Ariel, and Sleeping Beauty they can recognize the strands of truth and deception in them.” (Karalee Reinke, in Ep 27).

“O Discerning Spirit,

Who alone judges all things rightly,

Now be present in my mind and active

In my imagination as I prepare to engage

With the claims and questions of diverse cultures

Incarnated in the stories that people tell.”

A Liturgy Before Consuming Media, Every Moment Holy by Douglas McKelvey

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0:00.0	Hey y'all welcome back to the Don't Mom Alone podcast.
0:10.5	I'm your host Heather McFadian and this is the place where I get to walk alongside you
0:15.1	and connect you with people and resources so you know that you don't mom alone.
0:20.3	And in this episode number 372, I'm going to be sharing the house and wise of discussing
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