Asking The Right Questions: How to Devise Acceptable Television Standards
JUST IMAGINE: The criteria for choosing and showing movies and television programs have disappeared in your country. There are no criteria or standa...
New Website Shows HARRY POTTER Is Still Very Dangerous
Date: Thursday, April 2, 2020
J.K. Rowling, the creator of the HARRY POTTER books, has launched a new internet “hub” for “young children” on her W...
Asking the Right Questions: 5 Things Parents Should Do Before Watching a Movie With Their Family
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(or go to the theater when possible) brainstorm with your child for ...
Asking the Right Questions: How to Build Confidence In Your Child
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By contemplating the entertainment experience together with you...
Asking The Right Questions: How to Discern the Mind of Christ in Movies
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Using each element identified through ascertainment, the next stage ...
Asking The Right Questions: Educating the Hearts & Minds of our Children
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With the flood of mass media of entertainment, parents need help edu...
Asking The Right Questions: 3 Questions Parents Must Ask Their Children to Help Them Process Movies
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The basic rudiments used to construct a message include stand-alone facts a...
Parenting: Asking The Right Questions
Most audiences, including teenagers, want to avoid messages that manipulate or desensitize their feelings.
A Los Angeles Times entertainment poll f...
How to Discern a Healthy Entertainment Role Model for Your Children
Captain Jack Sparrow, Thor, Anna, Elsa… which of these characters are good role models for your children?
If you’re asking this question, you’re al...
4 Actors Raising Their Children with Biblical Values
Surely, as a parent in Hollywood, it is difficult to navigate their children being raised there with all the opposing view points, so it is refre...
Parents Should Practice Media Wisdom as Disney+ Continues to Skyrocket
By the end of 2019, Disney+ already had more than 26 million subscribers, and that number continues to quickly grow in the new year. While the content...
Former Witch Warns Parents Against Shows Like Disney’s OWL HOUSE
Jenny Weaver, a former witch who is now a born-again Christian, warned parents against shows like Disney’s THE OWL HOUSE series for children because o...
5 Tips for Exercising Media-Wisdom in 2020
*Editor’s Note: This article was originally published in 2019 and was revised for 2020.
Are you looking to build healthy habits this year? As you p...
WARNING: Media-Wise Parents Should Avoid This Teen Comedy
NOTE: BOOKSMART is now available for digital download. This is a portion of our review of BOOKSMART. For the full review, including a breakdown of con...
3 Ways Parents Can Exercise Media Discernment This School Year
Summer is almost over, and children are going back to school. As your children are learning in the classroom, you might want to use the opportunity to...
4 Tips for Exercising Media-Wisdom in 2019
Are you looking to build healthy habits this year? As you ponder potential new year’s resolutions and goals for the next 360+ days, consider the role ...
Solving This Relational Puzzle Changed My Marriage and My Parenting
Ever been tasked with drawing 4 continuously connected lines through 9 dots that make up a square (A lot like the one below)? Then the facilitator or ...
Parents Want Less Sex and F-Words in PG-13 Movies
November 1st marks the fiftieth anniversary of the Motion Pictures Association of America (MPAA). With their anniversary just days away, MPAA released...
Warning: Secret “Vault” Apps Encourage Teenagers to Hide Inappropriate Images
Teenagers in 2018 are technologically savvy. With access to loads of information, these teenagers know how to capitalize on the ebbs and flows of mode...
Warning Parents: A New Online Challenge is Pushing Children to Self-Destructive Harm and Suicide
Have you heard of “Momo? If you haven’t yet, prepare to be disturbed.
The Momo Challenge is becoming a global concern, especially in France, Argent...
Five Don’ts To Help You Succeed in Parenting, Marriage and Life
1. DON’T CREATE YOUR OWN WALLS
A wall is something that stops you. You want to get somewhere. You may feel called to pursue something. You create w...