Welcome to our second Newsletter for Parents. Just to let you in on a little information, this month is CAMP! (Echo's into the distance) Word of Life Camp is just a couple of weeks away so make sure all your papers are turned in and the campers are starting to get packed.
We are still a bit shy of the fundraising goal so if you or anyone you know would like to donate to help us out with that get in contact with either Pastor Sam or Pastor Adam for more information.
We leave June 23rd (Sunday) and return the 30th (Saturday). Also this year make sure you bring your youth to the Battle of the Dad's to compete alongside their team.
As for the rest of the summer activities coming up in the next couple of weeks, stay tuned to this blog and our youth calendar for more detailed announcements...
Battle of the Dad's
Park Day
Miami Airsoft
30 Hour Famine
Beach Day
Pool Day
Sports/fun Day
VBS
Youth Week
And of course don't forget our weekly Wednesday Night Bible Studies @ 7pm, and coming soon along with youth week, a Full Friday Night Youth Worship service.
Thank you and God Bless...
See below for a great article from thesource4ym.org
Posted on June 5, 2018 by Jonathan McKe
Yes and finally yes? (It’s about time!)
We’ve all heard stories of tech companies concocting evil plans to launch new gadgets and apps addicting children to their devices. Sound like a rumor? Sadly, these legends have proved to be true on many levels. Like when former Facebook president Sean Parker had second thoughts about what the social network was doing to our children’s brains and cast a little insight behind the scenes.
“It was developed to be addictive,” he admitted.
He wasn’t alone in his concerns. In fact a coalition of 97 child health advocates (including iGen author Jean Twenge) asked Zuckerberg to actually shut down Facebook messenger for kids (targeting 6-12 year olds) for the sole reason that kids this age shouldn’t even be on social media!
In a world where teen depression, anxiety and suicide are all at an unprecedented high, people finally seem to be taking a second look at many of these dangers many of us have been warning young people and their parents about for years now. Even tech companies seem to actually be taking some of these concerns to heart.
In May Google introduced an array of time management tools helping users “better manage screen time, track app usage, and limit the phone’s ability to distract.” (Hmmmm… it’s almost as if they actually want us to “get stuff done in the constantly connected workplace.“)
Nice.
Apparently Apple didn’t want to be one of the only companies not making efforts in this area, so they’ve just announced a new initiative called “digital health” which will monitor how much time kids spend on devices.
It’s like parents voices are actually being heard.
I have to admit, I was pretty surprised last week when I heard SnapChat actually removed “Cosmo after Dark” after uproar from parents. Pretty cool, huh?
Are you having conversations with your kids about their entertainment media diet?
Here’s some articles that might help: