Krista Boan's guest appearances

Krista Boan

Grace Enough Podcast

Miss Teacher Mom

Screen Sanity

Elyse Fitzpatrick

Shannan Martin

Sarah Harmeyer

Lisa Whittle

Rebecca Bender

Mo Isom

Costi Hinn

Max Lucado

Nancy Wilson

Tricia Goyer

Beth McCord

Jim Burns

Courtney Reissig

Rebekah Hargraves

Jen Wilkin

OwlTail

What's the right age for a smartphone? It's a question all parents will wrestle with while raising children with eternity in mind. We're already seeing a decline in joy and resilience among children and teens, and research shows that this generation is facing a social and emotional crisis with direct links to the online world. My guest this week, Krista Boan, says "We're swimming upstream against a cultural tsumani," in regard to parenting in the digital age. How do we fight the wave of technology's negative side effects while enjoying and appreciating its benefits? Krista offers an important follow up to last week's episode by Drew Dyck and encourages parents to be proactive about expectations and rhythms regarding phones and screens at home. Her organization, START, is a non-profit that offers parents all sorts of tools, resources, and tips that will help equip parents to navigate our current digital culture. I especially loved Krista's words about showering our children with scriptural truth and grounding them in their identities as they enter the online world.Krista is the co-founder of Start: Stand Together and Rethink Technology, where her team endeavors to help families pursue digital health so that kids grow up captivated by life, not screens. She lives in Kansas City with her husband and four children.  Resources: Good Pictures Bad Pictures: Porn-Proofing Today's Young KidsGood Pictures Bad Pictures Jr.: A Simple Plan to Protect Young Minds

What's the right age for a smartphone? It's a question all parents will wrestle with while raising children with eternity in mind. We're already seeing a decline in joy and resilience among children and teens, and research shows that this generation is facing a social and emotional crisis with direct links to the online world. My guest this week, Krista Boan, says "We're swimming upstream against a cultural tsumani," in regard to parenting in the digital age. How do we fight the wave of technology's negative side effects while enjoying and appreciating its benefits? Krista offers an important follow up to last week's episode by Drew Dyck and encourages parents to be proactive about expectations and rhythms regarding phones and screens at home. Her organization, START, is a non-profit that offers parents all sorts of tools, resources, and tips that will help equip parents to navigate our current digital culture. I especially loved Krista's words about showering our children with scriptural truth and grounding them in their identities as they enter the online world.Krista is the co-founder of <a href="https://www.westartnow.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Start: Stand Together and Rethink Technology</a>, where her team endeavors to help families pursue digital health so that kids grow up captivated by life, not screens. She lives in Kansas City with her husband and four children.   Resources: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Good-Pictures-Bad-Porn-Proofing-Todays/dp/0997318732" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Good Pictures Bad Pictures: Porn-Proofing Today's Young Kids</a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Good-Pictures-Bad-Jr-Protect/dp/0997318724/ref=pd_lpo_14_t_0/131-2556937-8643215?_encoding=UTF8&amp;pd_rd_i=0997318724&amp;pd_rd_r=81b02305-8897-403b-968e-b8aac6e0a539&amp;pd_rd_w=Ds5Y9&amp;pd_rd_wg=2m81i&amp;pf_rd_p=337be819-13af-4fb9-8b3e-a5291c097ebb&amp;pf_rd_r=1E2AK0EDVWVMRRBXN4CH&amp;psc=1&amp;refRID=1E2AK0EDVWVMRRBXN4CH" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Good Pictures Bad Pictures Jr.: A Simple Plan to Protect Young Minds</a>

Raising Kids in a Digital Age: Part 2 with Krista Boan

Krista, the co-founder of We Start Now chat about building an internal framework within your child when it comes to values and digital habits. Krista also shares a variety of tips to help parents and families flourish in the digital age.1:57 Take a moment to introduce our listeners to you, your family, and tell us a little about We START NowA couple of years ago, my oldest daughter was in fifth grade. At that time, the hot Christmas gift was a smartphone and I knew that our family was not ready for a smartphone....I really became concerned about that and started reaching out asking if anybody else wanted to talk about it. What happened was it became a conversation ironically, of a close tiny group of people who started talking about this issue and it grew to 3000 people almost overnight. People who really were talking about what does it look like to give our kids smartphone. How do we get them ready for that? What age is the right age?"START. It's an acronym that stands for sit together and rethink technology. 5:16 What are some of the key take aways that you applied as your family began to re-think technology?Gabb Wireless phone"I think that there is a very hopeful, promising movement of the next generation of parents who are beginning to say, we want to do it different and it's gonna look a little bit more incremental."6:40 I read a study recently that the average U.S. household has eleven connected devices with seven of those, including screens to view content.  What are some first steps and things that we can do to really begin to rethink technology? SHOW NOTES continued---------------------------------------------------Follow Krista and We Start Now on IG and We Start NowFollow Grace Enough Podcast on IG and FB---------------------------------------------------------Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Krista, the co-founder of We Start Now chat about building an internal framework within your child when it comes to values and digital habits. Krista also shares a variety of tips to help parents and families flourish in the digital age. 1:57 Take a moment to introduce our listeners to you, your family, and tell us a little about We START Now A couple of years ago, my oldest daughter was in fifth grade. At that time, the hot Christmas gift was a smartphone and I knew that our family was not ready for a smartphone....I really became concerned about that and started reaching out asking if anybody else wanted to talk about it. What happened was it became a conversation ironically, of a close tiny group of people who started talking about this issue and it grew to 3000 people almost overnight. People who really were talking about what does it look like to give our kids smartphone. How do we get them ready for that? What age is the right age?" START. It's an acronym that stands for sit together and rethink technology.  5:16 What are some of the key take aways that you applied as your family began to re-think technology? Gabb Wireless phone "I think that there is a very hopeful, promising movement of the next generation of parents who are beginning to say, we want to do it different and it's gonna look a little bit more incremental." 6:40 I read a study recently that the average U.S. household has eleven connected devices with seven of those, including screens to view content.  What are some first steps and things that we can do to really begin to rethink technology?  SHOW NOTES continued --------------------------------------------------- Follow Krista and We Start Now on IG and We Start Now Follow Grace Enough Podcast on IG and FB --------------------------------------------------------- Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="http://podcastchoices.com/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a> Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="http://podcastchoices.com/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a> Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="http://podcastchoices.com/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a> Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="http://podcastchoices.com/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a> Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="http://podcastchoices.com/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a> Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="http://podcastchoices.com/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a> Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a>

71: Krista Boan | Tips for Parents in the Digital Age