Parenting

Nathan Sutherland on parenting with technology: the difference between tools and 'drool tech,' and why hedges work better than walls.

Nathan Sutherland of Gospel Tech rejoins all three hosts to talk parenting and video games. Why some games are engineered to overstimulate, how to tell whether a game is the cause of a problem or just a symptom, and a RESET framework (relationships, emotions, sleep, enjoyment, time) for discerning when play forms a child well and when it quietly pulls them away.

A major Meta lawsuit and what it signals for platforms, youth, and accountability.

A year after his ChatGPT prayer went viral, John Piper revisits AI on David Platt's Radical podcast. Austin and Joel hear less of a reversal than a sharpening. AI is a real kind of intelligence, and what makes us human is the spirit, not the feeling.

A grab-bag on AI in warfare, kids and tech, and a wild news cycle.

A round-table of Christian dads on screens, summer, and raising kids with wisdom.

Kelly Kapic returns on limits, finitude, and the freedom of being a creature who cannot do it all.

Brad Littlejohn and Clare Morell on policy, parenting, and a positive vision for family tech.

What is a teen worth to a platform? A conversation on youth, Instagram, and how parents and pastors can respond.

Samuel James argues the internet is not just a tool but a set of liturgies quietly forming what we desire.

Chris Martin on the anxiety social media breeds, the gap between our front- and backstage selves, and how churches should show up online.

Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra on a theology of play: when do games simply delight us, when do they disciple us, and how should parents think about both?