The HeartMatters Podcast: Recent Episodes
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Interviewing experts to help parents and caring adults safeguard the young hearts and minds of the children they love as they navigate the digital world.
Author Jonathan McKee shares what cyberbullying looks like, how parents can protect their kids from it, and his experience raising his children. Get Jonathan's books The Bullying Breakthrough: Real Help for Parents and Teachers of the Bullied, Bystanders, and Bullies (https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-bullying-breakthrough-jonathan-mckee/1128090026) and The Teen's Guide to Social Media... and Mobile Devices: 21 Tips to Wise Posting in an Insecure World (https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-teens-guide-to-social-media-and-mobile-devices-jonathan-mckee/1126459261)
Doug Crawford goes in depth about the five layers of protection we need to help safeguard our kids as they navigate the online world. These layers that form a pyramid, start with the base layer of relationship, then build on that in the following order: WiFi, device, location and app.
Arlene Pellicane is a mom, speaker, author of several books including Calm, Cool and Connected, and host of The Happy Home Podcast. She joins us to talk about Part One of the book she co-authored with Dr. Gary Chapman called Screen Kids. We talk about how the phone is like a childhood killer, and how screen time may be affecting our kid's brains, their relationships, their safety, and their emotional health.
Chris McKenna, Founder and CEO of Protect Young Eyes, talks about what he believes is the right age for children to have smartphones and social media, how the adolescent brain handles pornography, and 5 things a parent needs to know before talking with their child about pornography.
Jeff and Kelly share how pornography has affected their lives, their marriage and their family. They hold men's and women's groups where they use the Conquer Series video & book study to help others be set free from the bondage of pornography and sexual addiction. Listen to their words of wisdom and what they have learned after their journey through the study, as well as what they have learned walking others through it.
Kelly wants to share her experience and knowledge as the wife of a pornography and sex addict in hopes that she can help other wives not only better understand these addictions, but come to the realization that it is not their fault.
Kelly shares how the sexual abuse she suffered when she was a child led to her sexual addiction. She also talks about the wounds of that traumatic experience and how God wants to help us all deal with our wounds so we can be free from our coping mechanism whether it is sex, pornography, drugs, alcohol, overeating, shopping, etc. She tells us that through her Conquer Series groups, she can show you too how to be free.
What happened to Jeff when he was 7 years old led him to be sexually active and into pornography and sexual addiction. He talks about his past, his struggles, and how God led him to find the help he needed to be free from these addictions. He shares his story in hopes that those who are struggling with one or both of these addictions can also find healing, just as he did.