Is technology bringing your family closer together, or is it driving your family apart?  The average American child spends 53 hours a week with media and technology.  It is easy for parents to use the screen to entertain their children and keep them happy (which normally means quiet).  Screen time that is not purposeful tends to be a waste of time and a negative influence.  Children are like wet cement, and many children are being imprinted by screens not by parents.  In my book: Growing Up Social: Raising Relational Kids in a Screen Driven World I seek to give parents practical help with screen management.