This week we are looking into news headlines about cyber-flashing, self-harm on Twitter, deciding the world is too scary to have kids, and Pornhub’s Instagram account. Whether or not your kids read these headlines, chances are that they are absorbing some of the ideas that surround these news headlines. It’s so important to have conversations with your child in order for them to think critically about what is truth, what is good, and what is right.
Articles cited this week:
https://www.yahoo.com/video/southwest-airlines-pilot-reprimands-passenger-203719010.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/08/30/self-harm-hastags-twitter/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/gen-z-millennials-speak-out-on-reluctance-to-become-parents/
https://www.theverge.com/2022/9/5/23337535/instagram-removes-pornhub-official-account
Scripture discussed:
Ephesians 5:5-14
Psalm 53
1 Corinthians 6:19-20
Genesis 1:28
Psalm 127, 128, & 139
Proverbs 17:6
Matthew 19:14
Other resources discussed:
Fight the New Drug at fightthenewdrug.org
NCOSE (National Center on Sexual Exploitation) at endsexualexploitation.org