Logged on and Tuned Out: A Non-Techie's Guide to Parenting a Tech-Savvy Generation
When CNN and FOX News asked Vicki Courtney to discuss child safety and the Internet on-air last summer, the best-selling author who is popular among both teenagers and parents knew this urgent issue had to become the core topic of her next book.\ For sure, gone are the days when kids were safe just as long as they were at home and under your nose. Today’s children can access the world from a growing number of portable gadgets, and depending on what they do with this ability, could potentially...
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Best-selling author Vicki Courtney clearly explains to uninformed parents the basics and potential hazards of cell phone and Internet technology that their high-tech kids use every day. Graham Christian - Library Journal Courtney is the founder of Virtuous Reality Ministries and author of Teenvirtue, Your Girl: Raising a Godly Daughter in an Ungodly World, and other guides for the harassed and desperate parents of adolescent girls. Her new book addresses more explicitly the stances parents ought to take regarding the Internet, cell phones, social-networking sites, chat rooms, photo- and video-uploads, and text-message use among their teen children. Whether Courtney's depiction of the digitized world will alarm or comfort parents is open to question; her counsel is not unreasonable and is certainly "Godly" ("'Would what I am typing bring honor and glory to God? Would it make him smile?' "). Many Christian parents will see Courtney's run around the tech-savvy bases as a true Godsend. For most collections.
Acknowledgments VIntroduction 1A Call for Parents to Log On and Tune In 7Instant Messaging: The Party Never Ends 35Cell Phones: The Average Teen's Lifeline 49Social Networking Sites: The Virtual Malt Shop 65Pictures and Videos: Smile, You're on the World Wide Web! 107Caution-Danger Ahead! Avoiding the Pitfalls of a Digital World 133Talking Points, Rules, and Safety Contracts 163Notes 193
\ Library JournalCourtney is the founder of Virtuous Reality Ministries and author of Teenvirtue, Your Girl: Raising a Godly Daughter in an Ungodly World, and other guides for the harassed and desperate parents of adolescent girls. Her new book addresses more explicitly the stances parents ought to take regarding the Internet, cell phones, social-networking sites, chat rooms, photo- and video-uploads, and text-message use among their teen children. Whether Courtney's depiction of the digitized world will alarm or comfort parents is open to question; her counsel is not unreasonable and is certainly "Godly" ("'Would what I am typing bring honor and glory to God? Would it make him smile?' "). Many Christian parents will see Courtney's run around the tech-savvy bases as a true Godsend. For most collections.\ \ —Graham Christian\ \
