The Tech-Wise Family
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Making conscientious choices about technology in our families is more than just using internet filters and determining screen time limits for our children. It's about developing wisdom, character, and courage in the way we use digital media rather than accepting technology's promises of ease, instant gratification, and the world's knowledge at our fingertips. And it's definitely not just about the kids. Drawing on in-depth original research from the Barna Group, Andy Crouch shows readers that the choices we make about technology have consequences we may never have considered. He takes readers beyond the typical questions of what, where, and when and instead challenges them to answer provocative questions like, Who do we want to be as a family? and How does our use of a particular technology move us closer or farther away from that goal? Anyone who has felt their family relationships suffer or their time slip away amid technology's distractions will find in this book a path forward to reclaiming their real life in a world of devices.
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Overall, an easy read with some good practical tips for overcoming the challenges of technology. I especially liked his idea of “nudges” – that is setting up our space so that it is easier to do the right thing. A simple example is charging your phone at night away from the bedroom (that way it's not the last thing you look at before going to sleep or the first thing you pull out before getting out of bed).
That being said, while I agree that technology has much corrupting power that we need to be careful of, I did feel that Andy's philosophy of technology was a bit unbalanced in the anti-technology direction. Not that he and his family avoided technology–his confessions at the end of each chapter make it clear they were certainly technophiles. But, he always seems hesitant to mention positives of technology (usually as a concession and often with a “but” about something even the good uses of technology cause us to miss out on) and ever eager to mention to negatives.
