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It’s been said that practice makes perfect. This is true in sports, music, and in all entertainment arts. Video gaming is no exception either- including violent games. With that said have you ever thought about what might be getting perfected in your children with respect to the video games that they regularly play? Is it possible that we could perhaps be a party to some serious issues brewing right in our own homes?

Dave Grossman is an internationally recognized scholar, author, soldier, and speaker. He is one of the world’s foremost experts in the field of human aggression and the roots of violence and violent crime. Dave is also a retired Lieutenant Colonel in the US Army. Dave founded the Killogy Research Group and he speaks on ways to reduce violence in society and deal with the aftermath of violent events such as school shootings. 

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When we think of addiction or any activity that can damage human emotions, bodies, and brain matter we often think only in terms of drug addiction. But what if our kids are regularly engaging in other things? Things that bring about the same kind of damage? Do you realize that our children’s screen time could be doing just that? The fact is digital abuse does affect the brain in the exact way that it is affected by cocaine and heroin. Digital abuse may also be affecting your child’s body and emotions in a similar way.

Melanie is the founder and director of Screen Strong. Melanie helps families avoid the problematic use of screens. She does this from the heart of a parent who has had to walk her own children through some hard screen addiction. Through Screen Strong, Melanie provides easy education on brain development and the effects of screen use on kids. She also provides solutions for parents. Melanie does not just tell parents to take away the devices, she helps them think through it so they can reconnect their family.

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For over 2,000 years Christian parents around the world have trained their kids to live counterculturally. This simply means they are different from the norms of their native land. For the most part in America, Christian parents have raised their kids to fit into America’s culture. From the beginning, Americans had largely accepted the moral principles of God’s word, but due to recent cultural shifts helping our kids fit into our culture means turning a blind eye to what God’s word teaches.

Tina is known as the Counterculture Mom. She has the inside scoop and a wealth of knowledge about Hollywood. In her younger years, she worked on TV shows like Jimmy Kimmel Live!, The Young and the Restless, Lizzie McGuire, 90210, and many others. Today she uses what she learned about pop culture and the entertainment industry to inform parents about how Hollywood is eroding the development of our kids.

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American parents are realizing that there is something amiss in our culture and that it is radically affecting their children. Kids today seem to have gained much more influence and authority in their homes than those of previous generations. It looks like progress to some, but to others, it is considered child abuse. Is it possible that the American culture is abusive? Many parents and grandparents would argue that our culture needs a complete overhaul. We need to heal humanity for the sake of our kids.

Richard is a psychotherapist, educator, and author. He travels throughout much of the world teaching about marital relations, parenting skills, healing from sexual abuse, and understanding gender identity and sexual orientation issues. Over the past 34 years he has helped hundreds in therapy and thousands through healing seminars as well as training physicians, psychologists, counselors, and ministry leaders how to assist those dealing with gender identity and sexual orientation concerns. His latest book is entitled “Healing Humanity: Time, Touch, and Talk.”

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It seems that people in our government are exercising or rather imposing their power and authority on parents. It may feel to you that our government is now the final authority to determine what is best for our children. While we the people have given the government certain liberties to intervene when blatant abuses occur in our homes, these liberties have sometimes been abused. Too often we the people have allowed it. Many of these governmental overreaches have had no logical, scientific, or moral undergurney.

Mike Farris is the president and CEO of Alliance Defending Freedom and he brings to the role a diverse background as an effective litigator, educator, public advocate, and communicator. He is widely recognized for his successful work on both the national and international stages. Mike has been fighting for our religious freedoms for many years. He was a founding president of both the Homeschool Legal Defense Association and also Patrick Henry College. Mike is the author of over 15 books. He is married to Vickey and they have ten children and many grandchildren.

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Today’s news is filled with any number of hot-button issues; racism, abortion, white privilege, gun control, climate change, LGBTQ+ issues, and more. These are just a few hot-button issues. Our kids are being influenced by the people that they trust to form value judgments that can often contradict much of what you may be teaching them. There are some dangerous perspectives on the issues at hand that can easily shape, if not hijack, the worldview of us and our children.

Joe Battaglia is a broadcaster, author, and president of Renaissance Communications which is a media company whose mission is to provide media platforms for gifted communicators of Biblical truth. He is the executive producer of the nationally syndicated radio program Keep The Faith, and for over 16 years has been involved in the promotion of highly successful hit movies like “Miracles from Heaven,” “War Room,” and “I Can Only Imagine.” His latest book is “Make America Good Again.”

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Raising kids has always been a challenge and a joy, but today the challenges in raising kids seem to overwhelm the best of parents and the joy can feel gone. Parents seem to have lost their voice in the home and in our culture. We are seeing many couples opting out of raising kids altogether. Our culture now appears to be working against traditional families and robbing them of the joy that once was.

Rick Boyer is recognized by many in the homeschool network as Uncle Rick. He is an author, speaker, and homeschool pioneer. For many years his audio recording have taken scripture, history, and adventure stories and turned them into character lessons for many children. Rick and his wife Marilyn created the homeschool curriculum “Character Concepts.” 

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If you are over 50 you have lived through some drastic changes, or rather deviations, in our culture. Even some of our kids have lived through these changes and our cultural attitudes and behaviors toward things that used to be considered abnormal. Less than 10 years ago, only a few people identified as gay. Yet in the last few years, we have seen those numbers rise and more than double. Are we preparing our kids to interact in a world that is changing drastically? Some of our own kids are feeling influenced to follow this lifestyle. What are we to do?

Joe Dallas is an author, conference speaker, and ordained pastoral counselor. He directs a biblical counseling ministry for those dealing with sexual and relational problems. He also works with their families. Joe says that one of his greatest joys is seeing people’s lives conformed to God’s will. Joe has also authored six books on human sexuality from the Christian perspective and his new book is “Christian in a Cancel Culture.”

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As parents have we been teaching our kids about the merits of hard work and the American free market? If so, how do we explain to them why our government appears to be fundamentally straying from the principles that once made our nation the envy of the world? A system that has always rewarded hard work and hailed a free market. Many experts believe that today’s kids will never acquire the economic status their parents enjoyed because too many are taught to believe socialism and free things from cradle to grave is the way to the new American dream. Or the Great Reset.

Cheryl is the online opinion editor and host of “Bold and Blunt” the podcast for the Washington Times. She is an in-demand public speaker and media guest who is passionate about topics related to Christianity and the country’s Judeo-Christian roots. She is also passionate about the Constitution, politics and policy, the United Nations and sovereignty issues, Congress and Capital Hill, and pretty much anything that lends itself to exposing matters that run counter to freedom, biblical principles, and the preservation of America as the greatest country the world has ever seen. Cheryl is also the author of “Lockdown: The Socialist Plan to Take Away Your Freedom.”

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Our kids are being raised in a media-saturated world where their media choices have become virtually endless. Some of this is good, but when does it turn into too much of a good thing and become bad? Can too many media choices dilute what good and bad choices look like? With respect to digital technology is it wise for our kids to have unrestricted access to the proverbial candy shop of media? Are there psychological, emotional, behavioral, physical, and spiritual risks when media access is unrestricted?

Phillip Telfer is firstly a child of God and a disciple of Christ. Phillip is a pastor and is also a founder of Media Talk 101. He is the author of “Media Choices: Convictions or Compromise.” He also enjoys roasting his own coffee and sharing it with his family and friends.

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