Parent Education Evening | Grammar School | Technology & Discipleship

This evenings Parent Education Evening at Brazos Christian School, focused on the intersection of technology and Christian discipleship for Grammar School students. Teachers Brian Durham and Katherine Shared discuss how technology, while useful, can negatively influence children by leading to less sleep, increased anxiety, and affecting their ability to focus and maintain meaningful relationships [00:46]. They share sobering data from their own upper school students, revealing an average of 4.5 hours of phone use and 101 pickups a day outside of school hours [06:15]. The presenters conclude by encouraging parents to be the primary agents of change, offering practical steps like setting boundaries for their own device use and implementing "wait until 8th grade" for phones and "16" for social media for their children [13:50].Below is a link to the slides from this presentation: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XnQ8Fd2ftVslxddJJOQmJMPKN1_f9Cvf/view?usp=sharing