4. Current Statistics
• Teens spend about 4-5 hours a day online
• 25% have met up in person somebody they met online
• 35% have hacked into a friends social media account or email
• 30% of teens have cheated on a test using a mobile phone
• 40% have accessed pornography online (purposely)
• Only 40% of kids have parental controls on their computers
• 75% admit to hiding their online behavior from parents
• Which ones surprise you the most?
6. 4 Biblical Principles of Technology
1) Technology was created by God
2) Technology is not inherently evil
3) Technology has many good uses
4) Technology can be abused by
sinners!
7. 3 typical responses to technology
1) Accept ALL technology
2) Block ALL technology
3) Develop the Discipline of Discernment
8. Proverbs 23:24
“The father of the righteous
will greatly rejoice; he who
fathers a wise son will be
glad in him”
9. What in the world
are my kids doing
online?
Current trends in
Tech!
10. Key Terms
Filtering
programs that BLOCK content
specifically, adult content
Monitoring
programs the
record computer
and cell phone
activities
11. Pornography
• 1 in 9 websites
online are
pornographic
• Put a filter
program on ANY
computer that your
child will use.
12. Pornography
• Family Computer
• Laptop
• Cell phone
• iPad / Tablet
• Game console
• Friends house
• Put a filter program on ANY device that your
child will use, especially when they are
young.
13. Pornography
• The average child accidentally stumbles
onto pornographic website by age 12
• Over 50% 14 year old have accessed
pornography purposefully
• The time for the “new” pornography talk is
BEFORE this happens, not after..
14. The new Porn talk
• Sex can be loving, mutual and fulfilling…
or dark, offensive and destructive
• Our bodies can be aroused by things our
minds find offensive
• Pornography is fundamentally exploitive.
Somebody is always making money.
• Everything you do online could potentially
be seen by everyone you know
27. Cyber Bullying
1) Ask the tough uncomfortable questions!
Ask “What if…” questions.
2) Keep the laptop and cell phone out of the
bedroom for as long as possible.
3) Look for the signs of bullying.
Depression, excessive sleeping, complains
of headaches / stomach aches.
4) Remove apps that are commonly used for
bullying.
5) Look at your kids texts. Monitor their apps.
55. Scott’s Final Tips
1)Educate yourselves on social media
whenever possible
2)Know the log-ins of all your children's
accounts
3) Remove technology at night
4)Talk about consequences of social
media
5)Put a filter on all internet devices
57. Deuteronomy 6:6-8
6 These commandments that I give you
today are to be upon your hearts
7 Impress them on your children. Talk
about them when you sit at home and
when you walk along the road, when you
lie down and when you get up
8 Tie them as symbols on your hands
and bind them on your foreheads.