Lanyon Valley Anglican Church

Without a doubt, technology is changing rapidly, and living with around-the-clock Internet access bring new opportunities and challenges. So what steps can parents take to help their kids appropriately engage the World Wide Web and social media?

If you’re a parent who has wondered how to keep your kids safe online, you might like to know that Covenant Eyes have produced a resource for parents called ‘Parenting the Internet Generation: 7 Potential Threats and 7 Habits for Internet Safety’. It covers topics like cyber bullying, gaming, pornography and social networks.

Are there other resources that you as a parent have found helpful?

christianaudio.com give away a free audio book every month. You’ll need to create an account, but that’s free and relatively painless. I’ve found most of their free monthly audiobooks to be pretty good. This month their offering Ministries of Mercy: The Call of the Jericho Road by Tim Keller. It’s a book about God’s call for us to be ministers of mercy to people in need of shelter, assistance, medical care, or just friendship. It’s this call that prompted us to start [intlink id="28" type="page"]Lanyon Pantry[/intlink], and to help with the Winter Appeal.