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Editorial
Time to Clean Your Smartphone
Every number of years, usually when your closet or drawers are overflowing, you realize that you need to clean out your closet. It is generally easy to start - you can quickly identify the pairs of clothes you have not been wearing anymore because they don't fit or...
A Parents Warning Regarding Tik Tok and Snapchat
It may be difficult to stay up to date with what your teenagers are doing but this is especially true in our modern age where technology is changing so much that siblings in the same family may be exposed to totally different dangers from technology. Some of the...
Audio Book – Pilgrim in Medialand
The Siouxland Modern Media Committee has created an audio book of Pilgrim in Medialand and has graciously shared this audio book with the Modern Media community. Introduction Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8...
Filtering
Filter and Accountability Setup for Home Computers and Mobile Devices
Recently we received a request from a community member who successfully enjoyed Qustodio on their computer and home devices. Their experience with the filter on the iPhone was not the greatest - ‘super glitchy and messing with our phones.’ Therefore, the Qustodio...
A revolutionary New Idea from Covenant Eyes
The way people use the internet is changing. We use apps instead of browsers. We live on our phones. We connect to the world through our screens. For the past three years Covenant Eyes has been working on a revolutionary screen monitoring technology. This service...
One Parent’s Testimony
"Viewing pornography is sexual cannibalism: the one-sided consumption of a human being created in God's image for personal pleasure.” Thank you to the parent who sent us the following testimonial and allowed us to share it anonymously: "It makes me upset when...
Parents
Sexting: A Message to Young People
As a young person growing up today, are you growing up in one of the easiest times, or is it one of the most challenging times? Most likely, you have never had to go to bed hungry. You have likely never had to worry about having clothes to wear or a...
A Parents Warning Regarding Tik Tok and Snapchat
It may be difficult to stay up to date with what your teenagers are doing but this is especially true in our modern age where technology is changing so much that siblings in the same family may be exposed to totally different dangers from technology. Some of the...
Audio Book – Pilgrim in Medialand
The Siouxland Modern Media Committee has created an audio book of Pilgrim in Medialand and has graciously shared this audio book with the Modern Media community. Introduction Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8...
Pornography
Sensual Addictions
Smoother than Oil, Bitter as Wormwood The Siouxland Modern Media Committee has posted a blog on an informative topic spoken by Rev. Witvoet on Parent's Day. This topic is for older children and adults to help us understand how addiction works and the dangers of...
Struggling with Pornography?
“What do I do when I have a loved one who admits they struggle with pornography?” This is a difficult question that is becoming more and more common. We cannot normalize the viewing of porn but due to the stigmatization that is associated with pornography, it is...
The Other Pandemic has Exploded
On March 13, a popular porn site announced they were giving users in Italy free access with subscriber privileges to their content. Then they did the same with France and Spain. Italy’s porn downloads shot up 57%, France’s 38%, and Spain’s 61%. Their traffic from...
Practical Advice & Research
Time to Clean Your Smartphone
Every number of years, usually when your closet or drawers are overflowing, you realize that you need to clean out your closet. It is generally easy to start - you can quickly identify the pairs of clothes you have not been wearing anymore because they don't fit or...
Filter and Accountability Setup for Home Computers and Mobile Devices
Recently we received a request from a community member who successfully enjoyed Qustodio on their computer and home devices. Their experience with the filter on the iPhone was not the greatest - ‘super glitchy and messing with our phones.’ Therefore, the Qustodio...
Sexting: A Message to Young People
As a young person growing up today, are you growing up in one of the easiest times, or is it one of the most challenging times? Most likely, you have never had to go to bed hungry. You have likely never had to worry about having clothes to wear or a...
Statistics in the News
Texting and Driving
The popularity of mobile devices has had some unintended and sometimes deadly consequences. An alarming number of traffic accidents are linked to driving while distracted, including the use of mobile devices while driving, resulting in injury and loss of life....
10 Observations on 10th Anniversary of iPhone
2017 marks the 10th anniversary of the release of the Apple iPhone, a device that has helped shape our culture in many different ways. Ten years has gone by so fast. In some ways it feels just like yesterday that the original iPhone came out. For such a small...
When Kids Are Home From School, Pornography Searches Increase 4700%
In this blog post from the Net Nanny website, Annemarie Lange uses statistics to describe the magnitude of addictions among young people. Just to quote one statistic: “ONLY 3% OF TEENAGE BOYS AND 17% OF GIRLS HAVE NEVER SEEN ONLINE PORNOGRAPHY.” This article from...
Tech Guides
Video Gaming & Online TV
Our friends at the Modern Media Committee in New Jersey (Franklin Lakes/Clifton) shared some documents on various topics. Online TV Video Gaming Media Usage: Are you addicted? They presented the solemn reality as follows: "Our children are a precious gift from the...
Parents: Important Chromebook feature is removed
As a parent, you should be faced with the insistent question of how much online supervision your children need. Learning how to use technology effectively and independently is crucial for their future, but it also exposes them to areas of the internet you’d rather...
Google Hangouts and Our Youth
The Google Hangouts App has been rather popular for our youngsters who do not have a cell phone but have access to a computer which is connected to the internet. They use this platform to message each other (or up to 150 people in a group!) about homework and...
Young People
Sexting: A Message to Young People
As a young person growing up today, are you growing up in one of the easiest times, or is it one of the most challenging times? Most likely, you have never had to go to bed hungry. You have likely never had to worry about having clothes to wear or a...
Audio Book – Pilgrim in Medialand
The Siouxland Modern Media Committee has created an audio book of Pilgrim in Medialand and has graciously shared this audio book with the Modern Media community. Introduction Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8...
Twelve Ways Your Phone is Changing You
It’s time that we took a good look at ourselves and reclaimed the use of our phones for good purposes. The always available distraction keeps us from more meaningful relationships. Instead, “we are becoming something like peacocks, preening and arranging our...