Brave Parenting

Brave Parenting
  • 5.0 (37)
  • Parenting
  • Updated Weekly

We are a network of brave parents who empower & equip others to intentionally develop & train children to have strong character & integrity. We believe brave parenting is doing the right thing even when it is hard. While it seems our children would rather be raised by the internet, the truth is they need strong and courageous parents who will invest in their character.

  1. 57m ago

    Ep. 229: Make Tech Slow Again – The Return of Friction

    There is a growing trend of “friction-maxxing” and going analog, especially among Gen Z. People are seeking slower, more friction-intensive technology so they can spend less time on it. And it appears that the market is responding accordingly. In this episode, Kelly reviews the increasing range of frictional products on the market. From turning your smartphone dumb to apps that take 2 weeks to deliver a message via carrier pigeon, all the way to boomboxes and bookstores, the trend is clear: we want to make tech slow again! We believe that behind the trendiness of analog life lies a spiritual conviction and a pre-commitment not to be manipulated by media and technology. Articles/Products referenced: Brave Parenting Podcast #174: Adding Friction to Your Phone 5 ways to add a little inconvenience to your day — and improve your brain Roost app Slowly app This app turns your iPhone into a tiny iPod-style dumbphone, case and all Dumbphone app Dumbify app Screen Zen Clearspace Unplulg app One Sec app Blank Spaces app Brick Kitchen Safe Cat Gatekeeper Unhook Newsfeed Eradicator Cold Turkey Freewrite CampSnap Polaroid Analog Summer Fewer People are Reading, But Bookstores are Making a Comeback Anyway Costco is Selling 1980s-Style Boomboxes. It’s Yet Another Sign of the Analog Renaissance Friction-Maxxing Could Be the Secret to a Simpler, Better-Designed Home Scripture references: Galatians 5:22-23 Titus 2:11-12 1 Peter 5:8 Romans 12:2 1 Corinthians 6:12 1 John 2:15-17 Ephesians 6:4 Esther 4:14 Ephesians 2:10   JUST RELEASED: The Managing Media Creating Character STUDENT Study Guide! An 8-week biblical study examining how character is impacted by media and technology. The study can be done individually, in a small group, or even as homeschool curriculum! Great for middle school, high school, and young college students to develop Christlike character, which can then guide their use of media and technology. Get your copy of the STUDENT Study Guide today! Need a kids-safe phone? Pinwheel is our favorite! Book a Speaking Event!! Buy the UPDATED book: Managing Media Creating Character (2024 Revised & Updated). Also available on Audible. Get Kelly’s new Study Guide & Workbook, with video teachings for small groups. Check out our brand new Brave Parenting Merch Sign up for the Brave Bullet Points newsletter! This helps us communicate what’s happening without social media – a win for everyone!

    36 min

  2. 4d ago

    Ep. 228: Handheld Gaming Devices-Switch & Steam Deck

    The Switch 2 and the Steam Deck handheld gaming devices are growing in popularity as people recognize the convenience of playing anywhere, anytime. In today’s episode, Kelly explains the basics of the Switch 2 and the Steam Deck, while exploring the similarities and differences between these personal gaming devices and a smartphone. A growing narrative surrounding these personal gaming devices is how they allow parents to continue gaming during the fragmented time of parenting. How should Christians think about handheld gaming – or any other personal screen time in front of kids? Articles referenced: Switch 2 Steam Deck History of the Handheld Game Console The Steam Deck Is The Perfect Device, For The Busy Parent. Sorry Valve, But the Steam Deck Outgrew My Need for a Steam Machine How Fatherhood Redefined My Gaming Passion Reddit: Is the Steam Deck beneficial when you have babies/little kids? Reddit: Managed to clear my backlog playing over 200 hours, only while having my newborn sleeping on my lap during his first 6 months. Reddit: Steam Deck saved gaming for parents YouTube: The Steam Deck is the BEST gift for Gamer Parents! Are Parents to Blame for Children’s Phone Addiction? Scripture referenced: Ephesians 6:4 1 Corinthians 11:1 Ephesians 5:1-2 Ephesians 5:15-16 Ephesians 5:8 JUST RELEASED: The Managing Media Creating Character STUDENT Study Guide! An 8-week biblical study examining how character is impacted by media and technology. The study can be done individually, in a small group, or even as homeschool curriculum! Great for middle school, high school, and young college students to develop Christlike character, which can then guide their use of media and technology. Get your copy of the STUDENT Study Guide today! Need a kids-safe phone? Pinwheel is our favorite! Book a Speaking Event!! Buy the UPDATED book: Managing Media Creating Character (2024 Revised & Updated). Also available on Audible. Get Kelly’s new Study Guide & Workbook, with video teachings for small groups. Check out our brand new Brave Parenting Merch Sign up for the Brave Bullet Points newsletter! This helps us communicate what’s happening without social media – a win for everyone!

    43 min

  3. Jun 27

    Ep. 227: Apple & Google Announce New Parental Controls

    Apple and Google both announced new parental controls for their iOS and Android devices within days of each other. Ironic? Probably not. Will these new controls be revolutionary? Probably not. In this episode, Kelly highlights the pressure these companies face to prove they can protect children. Meanwhile, Apple’s press release shows that they are still positioning themselves as the authority on what children need, while continuously pointing back to parents, saying, “This is your job – you can limit, you can control, you can approve, you can monitor…” Should new and improved parental controls be a permission slip to allow your child to have an iPhone? Should a new (and easier) Screen Time interface with expert recommendation change how you limit and monitor? How can parents think biblically about screen time? How big a deal is screen time anyway? All these things and more in today’s show. YouTube: How We Spend Our Day (1920-2026) Articles referenced: Apple previews new child safety features New expanded Android parental controls to support families around the world Scripture referenced: 1 Thessalonians 5 Proverbs 22:6 Matthew 22:37 James 1:27 Upcoming Events: Great Homeschool Convention – Round Rock, Texas July 9-11 Kelly & Ryan will both be leading workshops and Brave Parenting will have an exhibitor booth JUST RELEASED: The Managing Media Creating Character STUDENT Study Guide! An 8-week biblical study examining how character is impacted by media and technology. The study can be done individually, in a small group, or even as homeschool curriculum! Great for middle school, high school, and young college students to develop Christlike character, which can then guide their use of media and technology. Get your copy of the STUDENT Study Guide today! Need a kids-safe phone? Pinwheel is our favorite! Book a Speaking Event!! Buy the UPDATED book: Managing Media Creating Character (2024 Revised & Updated). Also available on Audible. Get Kelly’s new Study Guide & Workbook, with video teachings for small groups. Check out our brand new Brave Parenting Merch Sign up for the Brave Bullet Points newsletter! This helps us communicate what’s happening without social media – a win for everyone!

    56 min

  4. Jun 21

    Toys Are For Play, But Tech is For Everything (Thoughts on Toy Story 5)

    Toy Story 5 is capitalizing on a truly devastating part of our culture: the loss of childhood to technology. In this briefing, Kelly highlights some of the most important aspects of the movie to help parents grasp the weight of what it depicts. Can a tablet be the problem with kids no longer playing, and the solution to making more friends? What does it mean to grow up too fast? Is gaming the same as playing? Is the age of toys really over? Articles referenced: Plugged In: Toy Story 5 Scripture referenced: Proverbs 22:6   Upcoming Events: Great Homeschool Convention – Round Rock, Texas July 9-11 Kelly & Ryan will both be leading workshops and Brave Parenting will have an exhibitor booth JUST RELEASED: The Managing Media Creating Character STUDENT Study Guide! An 8-week biblical study examining how character is impacted by media and technology. The study can be done individually, in a small group, or even as homeschool curriculum! Great for middle school, high school, and young college students to develop Christlike character, which can then guide their use of media and technology. Get your copy of the STUDENT Study Guide today! Need a kids-safe phone? Pinwheel is our favorite! Book a Speaking Event!! Buy the UPDATED book: Managing Media Creating Character (2024 Revised & Updated). Also available on Audible. Get Kelly’s new Study Guide & Workbook, with video teachings for small groups. Check out our brand new Brave Parenting Merch Sign up for the Brave Bullet Points newsletter! This helps us communicate what’s happening without social media – a win for everyone!

    10 min

  5. Jun 17

    Ep. 226: The Essential Role of Grandparents in the Digital Age

    We live in a culture where it seems that the generations are at war with one another, families are falling apart – some going no contact, and children are increasingly without skills, purpose, and hope. Perhaps this is because we’ve lost sight of the benefits that intergenerational relationships bring. What children need to learn and experience is not what the internet offers. They need the slow, offline activities that grandparents can teach. They need to be reminded of their roots and to receive a heritage of faith, traditions, memories, virtue, and skills. In today’s podcast, Kelly argues for the essential role grandparents play in children’s lives. Both parents and grandparents listening will receive encouragement and practical steps to restore relationships, establish screen-free relational time between grandparents and grandchildren, persevere with kids who may resist slow, character-building activities, and understand why this is part of God’s design for the family. Articles referenced: The Troubling Rise of Family Estrangement Effects of grandparents’ involvement on young children’s resilience Socioemotional Engagement with Grandchildren: Associations with Loneliness and Quality of Life Grandparents Can Teach What the Internet Cannot Scripture referenced: Deuteronomy 4:9 Psalm 78:4-7 Proverbs 17:6 Psalm 127:3 Proverbs 13:22 Ephesians 2:10 Ruth 4:14-17   Upcoming Events: Great Homeschool Convention – Round Rock, Texas July 9-11 Kelly & Ryan will both be leading workshops and Brave Parenting will have an exhibitor booth JUST RELEASED: The Managing Media Creating Character STUDENT Study Guide! An 8-week biblical study examining how character is impacted by media and technology. The study can be done individually, in a small group, or even as homeschool curriculum! Great for middle school, high school, and young college students to develop Christlike character, which can then guide their use of media and technology. Get your copy of the STUDENT Study Guide today! Need a kids-safe phone? Pinwheel is our favorite! Book a Speaking Event!! Buy the UPDATED book: Managing Media Creating Character (2024 Revised & Updated). Also available on Audible. Get Kelly’s new Study Guide & Workbook, with video teachings for small groups. Check out our brand new Brave Parenting Merch Sign up for the Brave Bullet Points newsletter! This helps us communicate what’s happening without social media – a win for everyone!

    37 min

  6. Jun 10

    Ep. 225: A Biblical Framework for AI & Children

    AI tools can perform incredible feats of computation. They can also displace human relationships, outsource learning, distort reality, and pretend to have wisdom. Christian families have a responsibility not to conform to the patterns of this world (Rom 12:2) but to test everything, hold on to what is good, and reject what is evil (1 Thes. 5:21). In this episode, Kelly provides a four-pillar biblical framework for evaluating AI tools and whether they are appropriate or beneficial for children. The four pillars are (1) Imago Dei, (2) Attributes of God, (3) Truth, and (4) Formation. Each pillar offers a preventative or protective measure and a practical application question parents can use to disciple children in the age of AI. Articles referenced: Here’s why graduates are booing commencement graduation speakers this year There is Already a Word for the Deep Moral Failures of AI Scripture referenced: Psalm 8:4-5 Isaiah 40:25-28 Proverbs 9:10 James 1:2-4 Romans 5:3-4 2 Corinthians 12:9-10 Resources referenced: Foundation Worldview Webinar: AI, ChatGPT, and Your Kids: A Biblical Framework for New Technology Foundation Worldview Attributes of God Curriculum Upcoming Events: Great Homeschool Convention – Round Rock, Texas July 9-11 Kelly & Ryan will both be leading workshops and Brave Parenting will have an exhibitor booth JUST RELEASED: The Managing Media Creating Character STUDENT Study Guide! An 8-week biblical study examining how character is impacted by media and technology. The study can be done individually, in a small group, or even as homeschool curriculum! Great for middle school, high school, and young college students to develop Christlike character, which can then guide their use of media and technology. Get your copy of the STUDENT Study Guide today! Need a kids-safe phone? Pinwheel is our favorite! Book a Speaking Event!! Buy the UPDATED book: Managing Media Creating Character (2024 Revised & Updated). Also available on Audible. Get Kelly’s new Study Guide & Workbook, with video teachings for small groups. Check out our brand new Brave Parenting Merch Sign up for the Brave Bullet Points newsletter! This helps us communicate what’s happening without social media – a win for everyone!

    36 min

  7. Jun 8

    The Enhanced Games & Becoming ‘Superhuman’

    The Enhanced Games took place over Memorial Day weekend in Las Vegas, Nevada. The founders boasted they were making history and redefining what the human body is capable of. What was the evidence for this? Performance-enhancing drugs and bio-hacking in the name of becoming ‘superhuman.’ In this briefing, Kelly explains why stories like this matter and are valuable opportunities to talk to kids about what it means to be human. Kids are bombarded with messages to ‘enhance themselves’ with everything from skin care rituals to looksmaxxing. It is critical for parents to start this conversation. Articles referenced: Enhanced Games claim ‘we changed the world’ but only one record broken and three clean athletes win Welcome to sport’s ultimate taboo where athletes risk it all for millions in Las Vegas Scripture referenced: 1 Corinthians 6:19 Genesis 2:18 Psalm 139 2 Corinthians 12 Genesis 3:4 Romans 1:25   JUST RELEASED: The Managing Media Creating Character STUDENT Study Guide! An 8-week biblical study examining how character is impacted by media and technology. The study can be done individually, in a small group, or even as homeschool curriculum! Great for middle school, high school, and young college students to develop Christlike character, which can then guide their use of media and technology. Get your copy of the STUDENT Study Guide today! Need a kids-safe phone? Pinwheel is our favorite! Book a Speaking Event!! Buy the UPDATED book: Managing Media Creating Character (2024 Revised & Updated). Also available on Audible. Get Kelly’s new Study Guide & Workbook, with video teachings for small groups. Check out our brand new Brave Parenting Merch Sign up for the Brave Bullet Points newsletter! This helps us communicate what’s happening without social media – a win for everyone!

    8 min

  8. Jun 4

    Ep. 224: Is “Being Trusted” a Benefit of Smartphones for Kids?

    When it comes to a kid having their own smartphone, trust is a much more complex issue than Peter Gray alludes to. Allowing a smartphone requires a parent to trust the child, their own parenting, Big Tech, the attention economy, and the whole of sinful mankind with access to the internet. In today’s episode – Part 10 of 10 – Kelly counters the benefit of “being trusted” as a benefit to smartphone ownership. In reality, trust can be given and earned in many ways that do not involve persuasive and personalized design features. Scripture gives so much wisdom on how and who we are to trust. Articles referenced: Helping Kids (and Ourselves) Use Smartphones Safely On Being a Trustful, Autonomy-Supportive Parent How Much Work Are You Doing for Your Kids’ Happiness? (Dopamine Kids Book Review) Books referenced: Dopamine Kids: A Science-Based Plan to Rewire Your Child’s Brain Extremely Online Scripture referenced: Romans 11:35 Proverbs 27:12 Proverbs 1:16 Jeremiah 17:7-8 Proverbs 3:5 Matthew 6:25-27 Psalm 20:6-7 Ephesians 6:4 Proverbs 22:15 Ephesians 6:1 John 17:14-18 Romans 12:2   JUST RELEASED: The Managing Media Creating Character STUDENT Study Guide! An 8-week biblical study examining how character is impacted by media and technology. The study can be done individually, in a small group, or even as homeschool curriculum! Great for middle school, high school, and young college students to develop Christlike character, which can then guide their use of media and technology. Get your copy of the STUDENT Study Guide today! Need a kids-safe phone? Pinwheel is our favorite! Book a Speaking Event!! Buy the NEWLY UPDATED book: Managing Media Creating Character (2024 Revised & Updated) Get Kelly’s new Study Guide & Workbook, with video teachings for small groups. Check out our brand new Brave Parenting Merch Sign up for the Brave Bullet Points newsletter! This helps us communicate what’s happening without social media – a win for everyone!

    34 min
See All (100)

5
out of 5
37 Ratings

About

We are a network of brave parents who empower & equip others to intentionally develop & train children to have strong character & integrity. We believe brave parenting is doing the right thing even when it is hard. While it seems our children would rather be raised by the internet, the truth is they need strong and courageous parents who will invest in their character.

Information

  • Creator
    Brave Parenting
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2026
  • Episodes
    100
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Copyright 2019 Brave Parenting LLC
  • Show Website
    Brave Parenting

You Might Also Like