Jonathan McKee - Parenting Generation Screen: Guiding Your Kids to Be Wise in a Digital World

This is the book for helping parents create a media safe home and the book to help you lead your kids toward making good decisions about their digital life. In my opinion, Jonathan McKee is one of the leading experts in the world of guiding our kids through this important part of their life. This will be my go-to book.

JIM BURNS, PHD, president of HomeWord; author of The Purity Code and Understanding Your Teen

I think I will keep a stack of Jonathans Parenting Generation Screen in my car to hand to parents I dialogue with each week... because it deals with the exact issues they ask me about: When do I give my kids a phone? Should I let them have it in their bedroom? How much social media is too much? I love the wisdom and practicality Jonathan brings to his books... and wish I had this one five to ten years ago!

SHAUNTI FELDHAHN, bestselling author of For Women Only and For Parents Only

Parenting Generation Screen is the book I have been waiting for. As a parent of high school, junior high, and elementary students, it helped me tremendously to think through reasonable technological boundaries with my kids. I appreciate that Jonathan offers some practical, research-based suggestions, yet he focuses on the importance of relationships. Every parent needs to read this book and discuss it with others.

SEAN MCDOWELL, PHD, associate professor of apologetics at Talbot School of Theology; author of Chasing Love: Sex, Love and Relationships in a Confused Culture

If your kid is about to graduate grade school or high schoolor is anywhere in betweenthen you need Jonathan McKees Parenting Generation Screen. McKee jams practical wisdom on every page and even offers discussion questions at the end of each chapter that will jumpstart conversations between you and your teens. Get this bookand get your kid back!

DAVID R. SMITH, author of Christianity... Its Like This: An Uncomplicated Look at What It Means to Be a Christ-Follower

In a world where the average age that kids get their first smartphone is just ten years old, parents are struggling to keep up with their childrens interaction with screens. Parenting Generation Screen gives moms and dads the tools they need not only to provide healthy screen limits but also to engage their kids in ongoing conversations about becoming screen-wise.

DOUG FIELDS, author of Intentional Parenting

No generation of young people has ever been so impacted by technology. It may be years before we understand the true impact of screen devices on our kids. In the meantime, Jonathan McKeemy go-to youth experthas written a powerful and concise primer to help you navigate the world of screens. Parenting Generation Screen will help you engage your kids, understand their challenges, and set proper boundaries. If youve got young people in your life, Parenting Generation Screen is yet another essential resource from Jonathan McKee.

J. WARNER WALLACE, detective featured on Dateline; author of So the Next Generation Will Know: Preparing Young Christians for a Challenging World

Im so thankful that Jonathan wrote this book! Its a literal guide to navigating cultural differences created by screens. Not only is it a great resource for parents, but I would especially encourage grandparents to read it as well.

GREG ALDERMAN, senior pastor of Christ Community Church, California

As a parent, we can often feel uninformed and overwhelmed when it comes to the world of smart phones and social media. Jonathan has given us yet another valuable resource, weaving compelling information with practical action steps and biblical wisdom. This is the handbook parents have been searching for to provide help navigating the challenges of parenting Generation Screen.

ROB CHAGDES, family ministry pastor of Prairie Lakes Church, Iowa

The content of the book will equip and guide you as parents in a digital world. I believe that Jonathans book needs to be in every parents hand as it will make you thrive in helping your kids make wise decisions.

ANDREW MCCOURT, senior pastor of Bayside Church

Improper use of screens is the most serious threat to our kids emotional, intellectual, and physical health in this decade. Every parent knows that screens can be devastating for kids but has no idea how to set boundaries that kids will actually honor. We are afraid. In Parenting Generation Screen, Jonathan gives advice that not only dissipates that fear but teaches us step by step how to set those boundaries. Most extraordinary is that his method actually helps kids grow closer to their parents. No parent in the 21st century can afford not to read this book.

MEG MEEKER, MD, national bestselling author of Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters; find her at: meekerparenting.com

Jonathan McKee offers a gift all 21st-century parents needpractical tips of what to say and do that convert technology from a barrier that keeps families apart to a bridge that draws us closer together.

KARA POWELL, PHD, executive director of the Fuller Youth Institute; chief of leadership formation at Fuller Seminary; co-author of 3 Big Questions That Change Every Teenager

If there was such a thing as an adolescence survival kit for parents, this book would be in it. The wisdom here goes well beyond dealing with teens and screens and speaks to the hearts of parents and parenting. Read this book and youll not only be prepared for the road ahead, but youll also have a stronger relationship with your kids.

PETE SUTTON, pastor of student ministry at The Compass Church

Jonathan McKee has become a trusted voice for parents and teens striving to navigate 21st-century culture in wise and discerning ways. In his latest book, he examines screen use and identifies ways families can avoid technologys biggest stumbling blocks. This is a comprehensive, must-read handbook for any parent whose kids have screens in their hands.

JIM DALY, president of Focus on the Family

While there is much to be said about screens and the impact these new frontiers have on our teens, I am even more appreciative of this tool that Jonathan McKee is putting in the hands of parents. He reminds us all that conversations and relationships are better than rules and that parents can still have the greatest influence in the lives of their teens. Dont rush through this book and dont react; but after things sink in, I encourage you to act. Even though limiting screen time matters, communicating with your teen about it matters more.

JONATHAN MEYER, founder of Ignite Youth Leadership Conference; veteran youth pastor of 25+ years

Wowevery parent needs this book! Not only will it answer a multitude of questions you have, but it will help you ask and answer questions you have never even thought about. Jonathans book is the most practical and comprehensive book Ive ever read on this topic. Once you read it, youll want to give it to every parent you know.

CYNTHIA ULRICH TOBIAS, bestselling author of 14 books, including You Cant Make Me (But I Can Be Persuaded), The Way They Learn, The Way We Work, Every Child Can Succeed, and A Woman of Strength and Purpose

Read this easy-to-read-and-learn-from book now. Jonathans insights will encourage both your heart and your mind. His compassion for parents and children of all ages comes through on every page. He wont shame you, and youll feel no guiltno matter what you have or havent done. His ideas are important, founded on solid research and many relevant experiences, and absolutely achievable. Best of all, he shows you how to involve your children in planning to be more screen-wise. You and they will know what to do, when to do it, how to do it, and why to do it. You will all have plenty of hope for the future!