Find ways to talk about technology.
Talk about positive ways to get the best out of technology… fight a positive battle not a negative one.
Share your teenager’s fascination in cyber technology, but model the sincerity, detachment and willpower that he or she will need. Share your interest and on that basis talk.
Talk to children about the value of time and that technology can save time. But excessive time-wasting through technology is an abuse of a gift.
Talk deeply about the need for sincerity in life, if there is any example of deception, visits to inappropriate sites, etc.
Talk about the differences between innocuous content, less appropriate content, and offensive material that must be shunned.
Help a young person realize that the most important value in life is to have a loving respect for all others. Technology can never be used to undermine this.
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