A group from
our church attended a conference (for parents and Sunday School teachers) on
children and technology, hosted by a large children’s ministry in
Argentina.
Today,
children switch “screens” all day long: from the TV screen, to computer screen,
to video game screen, to cell phone screen… our children are a
technology-generation. The conference
opened Mexican parents’ and teachers’ eyes to the abundant access to and
effects
of technology on children.
The speaker
provided tips on how to monitor children’s access to technology, so that it
would benefit, and not harm children by distracting them from the truth of God
and His
path of life.
I was
surprised to see how many Mexican adults at the conference are not
technologically-savvy. The other ladies
from our church who attended do not know how to even turn on a computer, much
less know of “Facebook”. I hope that
this conference prompts Christian parents/teachers to invest more time in learning
the benefits of technology and monitoring their children in its use.
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