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June 26, 2025 Ep. 188: Instagram is Not Worth Twenty Years of My Life
Today, we continue in our series of testimonies from those who have boldly decided to quit social media. Joining Kelly on the podcast is Lucy Staples. Lucy’s story is representative of many teens we have spoken to, whose parents restricted their social media use throughout most of high school. When Lucy was finally able to get Instagram and TikTok, she experienced what only wisdom and maturity can provide: doubt that it was good for her and regret for the time she’d already lost inside the apps.
Parents do not want to miss this conversation. It will motivate you to hold strong despite the pushback! No parent ever wished they had given their teen access to social media earlier in life, but many regret allowing too much, too soon.
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Buy the NEWLY UPDATED book: Managing Media Creating Character (2024 Revised & Updated)
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Teach your kids how to have a biblical worldview with Foundation Worldview!
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Check out the Pinwheel phone – it’s our favorite not-as-smart kid-safe smartphone on the market.
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47 min
June 18, 2025Ep. 187: Radical Freedom from Instagram
In this episode, Kelly talks with Pearson Segina, a 23-year-old student pastor who felt the conviction by God to not just stay off Instagram, but to delete his account altogether. The faith and obedience of this young man will so inspire parents!
Also in this episode:
Is it possible to use social media to the glory of God?
Youth Pastors on social media
The importance of physical Bibles in the church
Watch Pearson’s original sermon on “Radical Freedom.”

Book a Speaking Event!!
Buy the NEWLY UPDATED book: Managing Media Creating Character (2024 Revised & Updated)
Get Kelly’s new Study Guide & Workbook, with video teachings for small groups.
Teach your kids how to have a biblical worldview with Foundation Worldview!
Use PROMO CODE: BRAVE to save $10 on any curriculum purchase.
Check out the Pinwheel phone – it’s our favorite not-as-smart kid-safe smartphone on the market.
Sign up for the Brave Bullet Points newsletter! This helps us communicate what’s new without social media – a win for everyone!
43 min
June 11, 2025 Ep. 186: What’s it Like to Quit Social Media?
Today, Kelly and Chelsea speak with Reagan Rose from Redeeming Productivity about what he has learned and, more importantly, what he has gained from quitting social media. As someone who leads an online ministry, it seems counterintuitive for him to quit. Still, his reflections after one year reveal the beauty of what is possible for anyone who commits to leaving the social media sites for good.
Check out Reagan’s original YouTube video reflecting on quitting social media and his theology of leisure.
Redeeming Productivity

Book a Speaking Event!!
Buy the NEWLY UPDATED book: Managing Media Creating Character (2024 Revised & Updated)
Get Kelly’s new Study Guide & Workbook, with video teachings for small groups.
Teach your kids how to have a biblical worldview with Foundation Worldview!
Use PROMO CODE: BRAVE to save $10 on any curriculum purchase.
Check out the Pinwheel phone – it’s our favorite not-as-smart kid-safe smartphone on the market.
Sign up for the Brave Bullet Points newsletter! This helps us communicate what’s new without social media – a win for everyone!
47 min
June 04, 2025 Ep. 185: Seventy-Five Percent of Parents of Little Kids Do Nothing to Limit Screen Time
Today’s episode continues the review of Common Sense Media’s 2025 Consensus: Media Use by Kids 0-8. This week, we are reviewing the parents’ concerns regarding media use. Kelly unpacks the reasons given for allowing screen time at these young ages and how the concerns parents reported in the survey do not seem to match the allowances given.
This episode is so important as it highlights the deception so many parents of young kids are under. Parents of Gen Z must come alongside these younger parents and graciously warn them of the consequences of living a content-driven life.
Articles referenced:
Common Sense Media 2025 Consensus: Media Use by Kids 0 to 8
Book referenced:
Shepherding Your Child’s Heart by Tedd Tripp
Scripture referenced:
Deuteronomy 6:7
Proverbs 29:25
1 Corinthians 6:20
Book a Speaking Event!!
Buy the NEWLY UPDATED book: Managing Media Creating Character (2024 Revised & Updated)
Get Kelly’s new Study Guide & Workbook, with video teachings for small groups.
Teach your kids how to have a biblical worldview with Foundation Worldview!
Use PROMO CODE: BRAVE to save $10 on any curriculum purchase.
Check out the Pinwheel phone – it’s our favorite not-as-smart kid-safe smartphone on the market.
Sign up for the Brave Bullet Points newsletter! This helps us communicate what’s new without social media – a win for everyone!
29 min
May 28, 2025 Ep. 184: Society’s Youngest Consume Nearly 2.5 Hours of Media per Day
Today, we review Common Sense Media’s 2025 Consensus Report on Kids’ Media Use in ages 0-8 where they reveal that society’s youngest are consuming 2.5 hours of media every day. We talked about this briefly in Tablets Are Taking Over Toddlerhood, but in this podcast, Kelly reviews several of the report’s key findings and examines them through the lens of scripture and parental discipleship.
Articles referenced:
Common Sense Media 2025 Consensus: Media Use by Kids 0 to 8
Scripture referenced:
Matthew 11:28
Proverbs 22:6
Book a Speaking Event!!
Buy the NEWLY UPDATED book: Managing Media Creating Character (2024 Revised & Updated)
Get Kelly’s new Study Guide & Workbook, with video teachings for small groups.
Teach your kids how to have a biblical worldview with Foundation Worldview!
Use PROMO CODE: BRAVE to save $10 on any curriculum purchase.
Check out the Pinwheel phone – it’s our favorite not-as-smart kid-safe smartphone on the market.
Sign up for the Brave Bullet Points newsletter! This helps us communicate what’s new without social media – a win for everyone!
28 min
May 15, 2025 Do Kids Need Their Own Phone to Stay Connected to Friends?
In this Brave Briefing, Kelly addresses the ever-present plea of kids to have their own phone to connect with friends. Is the only real option to give them a smartphone? We do not believe so and therefore present the simple and powerful alternative: The Home Smartphone.
Resources referenced:
Pinwheel Kid-Safe Phones
Corded handset for Smartphone
Articles referenced:
How Parenting and Self-Control Mediates the Link between Social Media and Youth Mental Health
Common Sense Media Consensus: Media Use in Tweens & Teens
WATCH the Brave Briefing on YouTube
Get the newly published Managing Media Creating Character STUDY GUIDE & WORKBOOK!
SIGN UP for our Brave Bullet Points Newsletter
GET the Revised & Updated book Managing Media Creating Character
6 min
April 28, 2025 Are We Loving Our Neighbors or Ourselves?
In this Brave Briefing, Kelly asks whether we are loving our neighbor or ourselves in response to an article published by The Telegraph in the UK lamenting how smartphones have caused us to lose all sense of common decency. The reference is to selfies taken with Pope Francis’ open casket at St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome.
Not only does the article’s author have a valid point, but Scripture also speaks clearly to the respect due to others and the command to love our neighbors.
Articles referenced:
Smartphones are Destroying Our Common Sense of Decency
Why the Phone-Free Atmosphere of the Masters Still Matters
Scripture referenced:
2 Timothy 3:1-4
Matthew 22:39
Philippians 2:3
WATCH the Brave Briefing on YouTube
Get the newly published Managing Media Creating Character STUDY GUIDE & WORKBOOK!
SIGN UP for our Brave Bullet Points Newsletter
GET the Revised & Updated book Managing Media Creating Character
6 min
April 23, 2025Ep. 183: Biblical Takeaways from Netflix’s Adolescence
The popular Netflix series Adolescence can easily bring about fear for the future of today’s children because of the content of the internet. The show is generating a lot of conversation about misogyny and the “manosphere,” but few are evaluating it biblically. In this episode, Kelly and Brave Parenting Ambassador Mandy consider and discuss what Scripture offers in understanding the themes of Adolescence:
The parents’ role in training and discipling children
How modern public education is equally shaping adolescents
The many dangerous ideologies perpetuated on social media that shape worldview
How human’s sinful nature could lead any adolescent down this dark path
Learn how you can be a Brave Parenting Ambassador like Mandy here!
Articles referenced:
Do Parents Actually Want Kids Watching Adolescence in School?
American Worldview Inventory 2024: Millions of Americans Embrace Common Unbiblical Perspectives
Scripture referenced:
Romans 5:12
Exodus 20
Genesis 4:6-8
Proverbs 29:25
Proverbs 4:23
Ephesians 2:10
Deuteronomy 6:7
Ephesians 6:4
Jeremiah 17:9
Romans 3:23
Romans 3:10
Genesis 3
Romans 12:2
1 Peter 5:8
Proverbs 22:15
2 Timothy 1:7
Hebrews 12:11
2 Corinthians 4:16-18
Book a Speaking Event!!
Buy the NEWLY UPDATED book: Managing Media Creating Character (2024 Revised & Updated)
Get Kelly’s new Study Guide & Workbook, with video teachings for small groups.
Teach your kids how to have a biblical worldview with Foundation Worldview!
Use PROMO CODE: BRAVE to save $10 on any curriculum purchase.
Check out the Pinwheel phone – it’s our favorite not-as-smart kid-safe smartphone on the market.
Sign up for the Brave Bullet Points newsletter! This helps us communicate what’s new without social media – a win for everyone!
1 hr 7 min
April 21, 2025 Netflix’s Adolescence Should Make Parents Rethink Their Strategy
The popular Netflix series Adolescence is raising many questions about the online content kids consume. Media and technology are often blamed for stealing kids’ childhood, but in light of this show, we have to consider why parents willingly hand their child over to isolation behind a screen.
In this Brave Briefing, Kelly considers the role of the parents in the show Adolescence. Rather than brew over the toxic content available for kids to see, parents have the opportunity to respond with action. Doing something different, preventative, and brave is the only way to change the trajectory of modern adolescence.
Scripture referenced:
Deuteronomy 6:7
Proverbs 22:6
Romans 12:2
Articles referenced:
How Parenting & Self-Control Mediate the Link Between Social Media Use and Youth Mental Health

WATCH the Brave Briefing on YouTube
Get the newly published Managing Media Creating Character STUDY GUIDE & WORKBOOK!
SIGN UP for our Brave Bullet Points Newsletter
GET the Revised & Updated book Managing Media Creating Character
6 min
April 09, 2025 Episode 182: Minecraft Movie Review
Today, Kelly and Ryan give a synopsis and review of the new Minecraft movie, which just opened in theaters nationwide.
They discuss the overall plot, the quality of the language and content, and what type of conversations you can have with your kids after seeing the movie.
Be sure to check out our new Brave Parenting Guide to Minecraft (the game – not the movie)!
Scripture referenced:
Genesis 3:17-19
Proverbs 22:6
Book a Speaking Event!!
Buy the NEWLY UPDATED book: Managing Media Creating Character (2024 Revised & Updated)
Get Kelly’s new Study Guide & Workbook, with video teachings for small groups.
Teach your kids how to have a biblical worldview with Foundation Worldview!
Use PROMO CODE: BRAVE to save $10 on any curriculum purchase.
Check out the Pinwheel phone – it’s our favorite not-as-smart kid-safe smartphone on the market.
Sign up for the Brave Bullet Points newsletter! This helps us communicate what’s new without social media – a win for everyone!
28 min

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