Chris McKenna is a former CPA with Ernst and Young, turned youth pastor, turned family tech specialist and youth advocate. As you will hear in our conversation today, Chris has a passion for seeing young people use tech well and a nearly limitless knowledge of what it takes to keep safe and healthy for our kids.

Resources:

• the article on routers: The Ultimate Guide to Understanding Routers
• a great article on putting parental controls on all devices: Parental Control for Every Digital Device
• the Protect App — more than 500 lessons, bilingual. A great way to start these conversations
• follow Chris and the PYE team on Facebook and Instagram
• you can find more great resources on the Protect Young Eyes website

Quotable Quips From Chris McKenna:

1. “Delay is the Way” (19:00)
2. “Raising healthy youth isn’t a NO tech strategy, it’s a SLOW tech strategy”
3. “It’s fine if you’ve said “no”, but educate them as if you’ve said “yes”

4. Families need a Digital Trust Framework: 5 attributes in families whose kids use tech well. ALL families, whether “no, slow, or go”, are healthier with tech when they do these five things:

5. copy me

   • co-play: “tech is a WE activity, not a ME activity”.
   • curiosity
   • conversation
     • coaching

6. "No matter your tech battle, you’ll lose that fight if you do it on your own."