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Growing Up Social: Raising Relational Kids in a Screen-Driven World QUOTES

Growing Up Social: Raising Relational Kids in a Screen-Driven World QUOTES

1 " You are the gatekeeper of your child’s mental diet. "

― Gary Chapman , Growing Up Social: Raising Relational Kids in a Screen-Driven World

2 " When you take your place as the authority figure in your home, your child will feel more safe in the real world, not the screen world. "

― Gary Chapman , Growing Up Social: Raising Relational Kids in a Screen-Driven World

3 " The author stipulates that while television lately background noise for a child, it tends to shift to the foreground for the adult. The adult pays enough attention to the media attention is paid to the child. "

― Gary Chapman , Growing Up Social: Raising Relational Kids in a Screen-Driven World

4 " The best way to predict future is to create it." Abraham Lincoln "

― Gary Chapman , Growing Up Social: Raising Relational Kids in a Screen-Driven World

5 " Screentime that is not purposeful tends to be a waste of time and a negative influence. "

― Gary Chapman , Growing Up Social: Raising Relational Kids in a Screen-Driven World

6 " God is our example in parenting. "

― Gary Chapman , Growing Up Social: Raising Relational Kids in a Screen-Driven World

7 " As parents, we have a daily golden opportunity to show affection face to face to our children—through a hug, a conversation, clearing the dishes together, or taking a jaunt to the ice-cream shop. Your presence means a great deal to your child, not just your physical presence but your mental and emotional presence. While you are with your child, be all there. Your child will learn from your example. He will see that people who are physically present deserve more affection than digital connections. "

― Gary Chapman , Growing Up Social: Raising Relational Kids in a Screen-Driven World

8 " When we correct our children about their language, teaching them which words are appropriate and which aren’t, they listen. "

― Gary Chapman , Growing Up Social: Raising Relational Kids in a Screen-Driven World

9 " Researchers are concerned that when screen time goes up, empathy goes down. Kids are exposed to violence in video games, which can desensitize them to pain in others, bullying, and acts of violence. "

― Gary Chapman , Growing Up Social: Raising Relational Kids in a Screen-Driven World

10 " A University of Michigan study found that college students don’t have as much empathy as they used to. College students are about 40 percent lower in empathy than they were twenty or thirty years ago.5 "

― Gary Chapman , Growing Up Social: Raising Relational Kids in a Screen-Driven World

11 " Consider these sobering statistics: • 12 percent of websites on the Internet are pornographic. • One in three porn viewers are women. • 70 percent of men aged 18–24 visit porn sites in a typical month. • 34 percent of Internet users have experienced unwanted exposure to porn through pop-up ads, misdirected links, or emails. • The average age a child sees porn online is eleven.7 "

― Gary Chapman , Growing Up Social: Raising Relational Kids in a Screen-Driven World

12 " There are valuable life lessons that only failure can teach your child. "

― Gary Chapman , Growing Up Social: Raising Relational Kids in a Screen-Driven World

13 " Abraham Lincoln said, “The best way to predict the future is to create it. "

― Gary Chapman , Growing Up Social: Raising Relational Kids in a Screen-Driven World