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Raising Kids
Raising Kids in a Screen-Saturated World
Our lives are influenced by technology like never before. Screens and devices have become a part of our daily lives bringing many benefits, as well as challenges not least to the area of parenting.
Our kids are digital natives, never having known a world that wasn't saturated with screens, their knowledge and experience rapidly outstrip that of even the most technologically literate parents. Raising them to make safe and godly choices in this area is difficult as many of us are still working out how to use technology wisely ourselves.
Eliza Huie, a parent and Christian counselor, gives 5 tips to help us parent in this screen-saturated world. Her advice is biblical, practical, and non-judgmental as she explores how we can use our access to technology to help ourselves and our kids grow in love for God and service to one another.
Our kids are digital natives, never having known a world that wasn't saturated with screens, their knowledge and experience rapidly outstrip that of even the most technologically literate parents. Raising them to make safe and godly choices in this area is difficult as many of us are still working out how to use technology wisely ourselves.
Eliza Huie, a parent and Christian counselor, gives 5 tips to help us parent in this screen-saturated world. Her advice is biblical, practical, and non-judgmental as she explores how we can use our access to technology to help ourselves and our kids grow in love for God and service to one another.
92 pages, Paperback
Published June 1, 2022
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June 8, 2026
I appreciated this book, especially the discerning questions in it that we can ask ourselves about our and our children’s screen use. I also greatly appreciated the focus on getting to the heart of our tendency to overuse screens and the call to biblical parenting.
What I was disappointed by was that I’m not sure this book, even understanding it is almost more of a booklet than a book, went far enough in warning and the negative side of screen use for children and teenagers. These things really need to be talked about in the technology conversation. Perhaps it needs an update, having been written eight years ago, as a lot more research has been done proving the negative effects of childhood screen use. Still helpful, but needs to go further!
What I was disappointed by was that I’m not sure this book, even understanding it is almost more of a booklet than a book, went far enough in warning and the negative side of screen use for children and teenagers. These things really need to be talked about in the technology conversation. Perhaps it needs an update, having been written eight years ago, as a lot more research has been done proving the negative effects of childhood screen use. Still helpful, but needs to go further!
July 13, 2026
Great place to start for parents. Practical and to the point. A great foundation for your approach to screens in parenting
April 19, 2024
First book(let) in this series I’ve read. Really practical and scripture saturated. Would be a great resource to buy and have at a resource center for churches to give away. It’s not strict rules and regulations, but it is biblical wisdom in an approachable way.
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July 21, 2024A helpful, short book that instills wisdom for parents about tech use. Recommended!
October 28, 2018
A good little book to set the cogs whirring...
December 26, 2024
Practical and mindset changing.
July 27, 2026
For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another (Galatians 5:13).
This is an excellent little book on a topic that is relevant to all parents: how to raise digital natives. As Huie explains, “Children are natives in digital territory. They speak the language and know the lay of the land. Life on a digital device is a familiar environment…Parents differ in their experience with technology. Older parents feel the gap and would readily classify themselves as digital immigrants, easily lost and confused in a world that is always on and connected. But even younger parents who don't remember life without connection to technology soon discover that their children advance much faster than they do when it comes to the world of technology. The tips in this book are for parents seeking to lay a good foundation while raising children in a screen-saturated, continually innovative, always-on world. They are for parents who are concerned about guiding their children to live lives of digital integrity that honour the Lord. This little book is a resource for all parents seeking to better understand how to raise up children in a world where technology dominates.”
Helpfully (and correctly), Huie sees technology as neutral in itself, and memorably summarises our task as one of teaching our children to steward a freedom. Expanding on this, she explains that, “Living in a screen-saturated world requires parents and children to steward a freedom. Every time your family touches technology, an opportunity is presented-serve yourself (the flesh) or love and serve one another…In addition to stewarding this freedom, parents have a high calling from the Lord to guide their children in all things. Consider this passage as well: You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way and when you lie down, and when you rise (Deuteronomу 6:5-7).” Understood in these terms, our screen strategy with our kids is simply part of our wider responsibility to teach and lead them, and to help them to live for God’s glory when circumstances are often difficult, ambiguous or confusing.
The advice and tips she provides are helpful, thoughtful, and practical. These cover ideas such as modelling digital discipline and courtesy, when to give a device to your child, and remembering that you are the parent.
The chapter on knowing your enemy was particularly memorable and very encouraging: “Once you have a better picture of who the enemy is, engage in the fight. Resist the temptation to give up. This takes dependence on the Lord and a heart of humility. Your kids need you to parent them, to fight for them and alongside them, and to live with integrity in this screen-saturated world. Call to mind the promise of Galatians 6:9: "... let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up." The Lord is fully invested in your good and He will give you the harvest of the good seeds you are seeking to sow in your family.”
Finally, she encourages us to enjoying and engage with screens: “Screens have shaped us. Their influence is undeniable. However, the Lord remains committed to being the shaping influence in our lives forever. He began a good work in us and will finish it (Philippians 1:6). Living in a screen-saturated world doesn't have to be the most influential aspect of our lives. The Lord is invested in changing us to become more and more like our Saviour and His influence is far more powerful than any glowing rectangle. As you raise your kids in this screen-saturated world, trust that His love and grace will change us for the good. In His mercy, He causes us to want to live a life that is saturated with His purposes for His glory.” Amen!
This is an excellent little book on a topic that is relevant to all parents: how to raise digital natives. As Huie explains, “Children are natives in digital territory. They speak the language and know the lay of the land. Life on a digital device is a familiar environment…Parents differ in their experience with technology. Older parents feel the gap and would readily classify themselves as digital immigrants, easily lost and confused in a world that is always on and connected. But even younger parents who don't remember life without connection to technology soon discover that their children advance much faster than they do when it comes to the world of technology. The tips in this book are for parents seeking to lay a good foundation while raising children in a screen-saturated, continually innovative, always-on world. They are for parents who are concerned about guiding their children to live lives of digital integrity that honour the Lord. This little book is a resource for all parents seeking to better understand how to raise up children in a world where technology dominates.”
Helpfully (and correctly), Huie sees technology as neutral in itself, and memorably summarises our task as one of teaching our children to steward a freedom. Expanding on this, she explains that, “Living in a screen-saturated world requires parents and children to steward a freedom. Every time your family touches technology, an opportunity is presented-serve yourself (the flesh) or love and serve one another…In addition to stewarding this freedom, parents have a high calling from the Lord to guide their children in all things. Consider this passage as well: You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way and when you lie down, and when you rise (Deuteronomу 6:5-7).” Understood in these terms, our screen strategy with our kids is simply part of our wider responsibility to teach and lead them, and to help them to live for God’s glory when circumstances are often difficult, ambiguous or confusing.
The advice and tips she provides are helpful, thoughtful, and practical. These cover ideas such as modelling digital discipline and courtesy, when to give a device to your child, and remembering that you are the parent.
The chapter on knowing your enemy was particularly memorable and very encouraging: “Once you have a better picture of who the enemy is, engage in the fight. Resist the temptation to give up. This takes dependence on the Lord and a heart of humility. Your kids need you to parent them, to fight for them and alongside them, and to live with integrity in this screen-saturated world. Call to mind the promise of Galatians 6:9: "... let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up." The Lord is fully invested in your good and He will give you the harvest of the good seeds you are seeking to sow in your family.”
Finally, she encourages us to enjoying and engage with screens: “Screens have shaped us. Their influence is undeniable. However, the Lord remains committed to being the shaping influence in our lives forever. He began a good work in us and will finish it (Philippians 1:6). Living in a screen-saturated world doesn't have to be the most influential aspect of our lives. The Lord is invested in changing us to become more and more like our Saviour and His influence is far more powerful than any glowing rectangle. As you raise your kids in this screen-saturated world, trust that His love and grace will change us for the good. In His mercy, He causes us to want to live a life that is saturated with His purposes for His glory.” Amen!
December 8, 2019
Excellent brief resource by Eliza Huie is a must-read for parents of teens. Huie frames the book with seven tips of things not to do as a parent of teens and then in each chapter provides encouragement of what to do.
Her seven tips are:
1) Don’t overreact;
2) Don’t preach or lecture;
3) Don’t disconnect;
4) Don’t think, “Not my kid”;
5) Don’t avoid discussing the changes they are experiencing;
6) Don’t underestimate the role you play in your teen’s life;
7) Don’t send teens the wrong messages about sex.
Huie’s advice is winsome, thoughtful, and practical.
Perhaps one of the greatest temptations for parents is to overreact. Huie cautions, that overreaction, however, “inhibits continual communication.” When Huie tells us to not preach or lecture, she reminds us that, “By listening more, and talking less, you actually gain a greater voice into their heart.”
Huie helps us understand the changes our teens go through. Quoting Dr. Frances Jensen, “The most important thing to remember is that the teenage brain is ‘seeing’ these hormones for the first time. Because of this, the brain hasn’t figured out how to modulate the body’s response to this new influx of chemicals.”
When Huie reminds us of our role, she quotes Ted Tripp who says, “In the years from infancy to adulthood, your authority diminishes, but your influence should increase.”
This slim book is well worth your time. If you are a parent of a teen or pre-teen, I encourage you to benefit from Huie’s wisdom in Raising Teens in a Hyper-Sexualized World.
For more reviews see www.thebeehive.live.
Her seven tips are:
1) Don’t overreact;
2) Don’t preach or lecture;
3) Don’t disconnect;
4) Don’t think, “Not my kid”;
5) Don’t avoid discussing the changes they are experiencing;
6) Don’t underestimate the role you play in your teen’s life;
7) Don’t send teens the wrong messages about sex.
Huie’s advice is winsome, thoughtful, and practical.
Perhaps one of the greatest temptations for parents is to overreact. Huie cautions, that overreaction, however, “inhibits continual communication.” When Huie tells us to not preach or lecture, she reminds us that, “By listening more, and talking less, you actually gain a greater voice into their heart.”
Huie helps us understand the changes our teens go through. Quoting Dr. Frances Jensen, “The most important thing to remember is that the teenage brain is ‘seeing’ these hormones for the first time. Because of this, the brain hasn’t figured out how to modulate the body’s response to this new influx of chemicals.”
When Huie reminds us of our role, she quotes Ted Tripp who says, “In the years from infancy to adulthood, your authority diminishes, but your influence should increase.”
This slim book is well worth your time. If you are a parent of a teen or pre-teen, I encourage you to benefit from Huie’s wisdom in Raising Teens in a Hyper-Sexualized World.
For more reviews see www.thebeehive.live.
January 22, 2021
Raising Kids in a Screen-Saturated World by: Eliza Huie
Non-Fiction / Christian Literature (Paper)
This is a tiny book which is a part of a large series called “Raising Kids,”by Crossway Books within world of biblical counselors. I did not find it to be entirely helpful on the very specific topic of “Screen-saturation” or media use for kids. They created a very pertinent questions for parents to consider, but did not proceed to answer it very well as specifically as they asked it. The answer they gave had no errors in it by itself—essentially stating that our homes need to be places for open and honest conversation and grounded in an individual and group need for God’s grace and forgiveness—but did not answer any specific “how to’s” with the unique pressures and relational-changing machines of social media. They provided what I believe is, in fact, the answer to every question. So yes and amen, and, uh, ya! See ya later.
Recommended by: My Husband who purchased the series for us
Non-Fiction / Christian Literature (Paper)
This is a tiny book which is a part of a large series called “Raising Kids,”by Crossway Books within world of biblical counselors. I did not find it to be entirely helpful on the very specific topic of “Screen-saturation” or media use for kids. They created a very pertinent questions for parents to consider, but did not proceed to answer it very well as specifically as they asked it. The answer they gave had no errors in it by itself—essentially stating that our homes need to be places for open and honest conversation and grounded in an individual and group need for God’s grace and forgiveness—but did not answer any specific “how to’s” with the unique pressures and relational-changing machines of social media. They provided what I believe is, in fact, the answer to every question. So yes and amen, and, uh, ya! See ya later.
Recommended by: My Husband who purchased the series for us
January 31, 2022
Fantastic resource for parents! Short but chock full of helpful tips and questions! The last few pages with questions to ask your child based on age and a list of other books and articles on the topic is also gold! I highly highly recommend this little book!
August 26, 2019
Useful short and practical book to make us think about how we use our screens and how to use them wisely.
May 21, 2020
Simple, clear, concise, to the point. Very short read, but challenging and convicting, as well as encouraging. The reminder to be a humble parent was such a great point.
May 16, 2025
very helpful, thoughtful short book that keeps the main Gospel principles the main thing. a balanced, beginning to the conversation of purposeful parenting kids in the area of connected device usage.
September 11, 2026
Quick and easy read. Great resource for parents.
February 23, 2025
This book is the perfect introductory book into this topic. It’s short and quick to read. There are several ideas that she introduces that I had never thought about before, like asking your kids how they feel when they see us using devices.
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