Smartphone Sanity: A proven plan to protect your kids, build trust, and bring smartphone balance to your home.

by David Eaton, Jeremiah Callihan, Axis

Includes $28 of Axis resources on Snapchat, Sexting, and Social Media!Whether you are shopping for your kid's first phone, or they've had a smartphone for years . . . you need Smartphone Sanity. "I wish there were 100s of groups like Axis. We are losing the next generation. We need help from people like Axis to reach teenagers." - Tim Keller, PhD, Author, & Pastor The smartphone is causing a seismic shift in the lives of the rising generation. Smartphone Sanity will give you all the tools you need to keep your family safe & to put the Gospel at the center of your family's smartphone conversation. Smartphone Sanity answer the question, "When should I get my kid a phone?"; explain parental controls for both iPhone & Android; help you set up a Family Phone Agreement that builds trust; show you all the Internet, App, Social Media, & Texting SNEAKS; and, give you confidence & a path to bring your family together. David Eaton & Jeremiah Callihan are the Cofounders of Axis, a Non-Profit that helps over 100,000 parents & teenagers a month communicate & understand each other at the intersection of tech, pop-culture, & the Gospel.

Genres: Parenting, Technology

334 pages, paperback

Published August 30, 2019

Reviews

[Sarah Miles · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved this book. Practical and inspired. It gives a great biblical-worldview perspective on the pervasive pain technology brings to the modern family. I really appreciated the thoughtful family activities that spurred much conversation with our kids. Also, the Family Phone Agreement is really going to set our family on the right foot. Highly recommend!!

[Austin · Rating 2 out of 5]

I couldn't finish this book, and it's G.K. Chesterton's fault (and Tim Miller's, for introducing me to the Chesterton quote that has thoroughly shaped my thinking about intergenerational relations).
Young people think they're so clever, and they "get it" in ways that few or none of their predecessors get it. This book, for however much cleverness and sociological insight it contains, is simultaneously too smarmy and self-aware. Axis is "the people who get it," and they're not shy about trying to help you get it too.
Unfortunately, "getting it" is not paired with sufficient humility to realize that wisdom was not born with them. In person I bet Eaton, Callihan, and associates at Axis actually are humble , thoughtful, servant-hearted people who are cleverer and more gifted than I could ever hope to be. But they didn't communicate those characteristics in this book. They came across as smug know-it-alls who are so "with it." They are "with it" and they can tell you about how "with it" they are and how easy it can be for even the densest rube among us to be as "with it" as they are. Did they mention that they've had dozens, no, hundreds of conversations with young people who are frustrated with the majority of adults who are not "with it" like the "with it" people at Axis?
I finally wearied of the dubious belief that there is something unique about Gen-Zers that requires us to understand them in a way that no previous humans have ever been understood.
Slightly above average ideas, but poorly presented.

[Christina · Rating 5 out of 5]

Absolutely fantastic resource, filled with additional resources, to help families start profitable conversations about smartphone use. Principles are applicable to teens and parents alike, and families will definitely benefit from reading and applying the lessons in this book.