Resources from
Creating a Tech-Healthy Family
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From Better Screen Time
- Quick Start Guide (if you don’t have our book Creating a Tech-Healthy Family)
Books
- Dare to Lead by Brene Brown
- Start With Why by Simon Sinek
- Irresistible: The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked by Adam Alter
- Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear
TED Talks/Videos
- Dimitri Christakis – Media and Children
- Simon Sinek – How Great Leaders Inspire Action
Articles & Podcasts
- Don’t Force Screen Time Rules On Your Child; Decide on the Rules With Them by Richard and Linda Eyre
Favorite Tools
- Gabb Phone – Smartphone with no internet access, no App Store, no games. Use BST2020 for $10 off!
From Better Screen Time
- Building Block/Sticky Notes Activity Pages from Creating a Tech-Healthy Family Discussions
- Quick Start Guide
- Should You Tighten Or Loosen Your Grip? A Simple Flowchart to Help
Books
- The Tech-Wise Family: Everyday Steps for Putting Technology in Its Proper Place by Andy Crouch (Christian perspective)
Articles & Podcasts
Favorite Tools
Books
- Boundaries: When to Say Yes, How to Say No To Take Control of Your Life by Henry Cloud and John Townsend
Articles & Podcasts
- Setting Boundaries With Kids – podcast with Dr. Meg Meeker and Dr. Henry Cloud
Favorite Tools
From Better Screen Time
- Self Evaluation: Am I Ready for a Personal Device?
Books
- Glow Kids: How Screen Addiction Is Hijacking Our Kids – and How to Break the Trance by Nicholas Kardaras
Favorite Tools
- Creating a Tech-Healthy Family Course
- Gabb Phone – Smartphone with no internet access, no App Store, no games. Use BST2020 for $10 off!
From Better Screen Time
Books
Favorite Tools
- Untangling Teens & Tech Course
- Bark – Monitoring (for older teens in training when using a simplified smartphone after the Gabb phone) Get 20% off for LIFE, plus a 7-Day Free Trial
From Better Screen Time
- Screen Time Check-In: Self-reflection questions to help you be more intentional about screen time
- Interview with Spencer Sessions, The Reality of a Virtual Reality
- Am I Ready for Social Media? Self-Evaluation for Older Teens
- Master or Slave? Evaluate Your Technology Use
Books
- Social Media Wellness: Helping Tweens and Teens Thrive in an Unbalanced Digital World by Ana Homayoun
- Reset Your Child’s Brain: A Four-Week Plan to End Meltdowns, Raise Grades, and Boost Social Skills by Reversing the Effects of Electronic Screen-Time by Dr. Victoria Dunckley
TED Talks/Videos
- Collin Kartchner, Can flip phones end our social media addiction?
Articles & Podcasts
Favorite Tools
From Better Screen Time
Books
- Screenwise: Helping Kids Thrive (and Survive) in Their Digital World by Devorah Heitner
Favorite Tools
Books
- Good Pictures, Bad Pictures by Kristen Jenson
- Good Pictures, Bad Pictures, Jr. by Kristen Jenson
- 30 Days of Sex Talks for Ages 3-7: Empowering Your Child with Knowledge of Sexual Intimacy by Dina Alexander
- 30 Days of Sex Talks for Ages 8-11
- 30 Days of Sex Talks for Ages 12+
- How to Talk to Your Child About Sex by Richard and Linda Eyre
TED Talks/Videos
- Brain, Heart, World: A 3-part Documentary about the harmful effects of pornography from Fight The New Drug (for teens and adults)
- What Should I Do When I See Pornography? by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Articles & Podcasts
- Must Reads from Fight The New Drug
- The Porn Talk: Five Tips Every Parent Needs to Know from Protect Young Minds
- Let’s Talk About Sex: 8 Books to Read Together from Protect Young Minds
From Better Screen Time
- When You Want to Do Nothing: 100+ Screen-Free Ideas to Help Parents, Teens, & Kids Through the End of the Day
- Create Your Own Family Black-Out Night
Books
- 24/6: The Power of Unplugging One Day a Week by Tiffany Schlain
- 30 Day Blackout: How to help your kids turn off the screen and turn to their family by Stacy Jagger
- Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World by Cal Newport
- Adventuring Together: How to Create Connections and Make Lasting Memories with Your Kids by Greta Eskridge
TED Talks/Videos
- Adam Alter, Why Do Screens Make Us Less Happy
Favorite Tools
From Better Screen Time
Books
- 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey
- The Vision-Driven Leader by Michael Hyatt
Articles & Podcasts
- Create a Family Purpose Statement from The Art of Simple