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    Brave Parenting

    We are a network of brave parents who empower & equip others to intentionally develop & train children to have strong character & integrity. We believe brave parenting is doing the right thing even when it is hard. While it seems our children would rather be raised by the internet, the truth is they need strong and courageous parents who will invest in their character.

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    Ep. 236: Childhood Should Not Be Automated Aug 26, 2026
    Show notes

    Parents are repeatedly told in culture that their work is exhausting, difficult, and inequitable. Technology then comes along, offering ways parents can automate the difficult parts of parenting to reduce their mental labor. Lost in all of this is the necessary friction that helps children develop competencies, routines, resilience, and purpose. In this podcast, Kelly takes a look into a newly released tech tool that promises children “less help from grown-ups.” By examining their marketing ploy alongside Scripture, she offers clarity for how parenting and childhood are meant to be. Parents must challenge the common narrative that parenting should be easy and that task completion equates to childhood development. An automated childhood is a lost childhood.

    Articles referenced:

    Review: Skylight Buddy
    Skylight Buddy
    Skylight Calendar
    7 Basic Life Skills Kids Today Are Lacking, According to Teachers

    Scripture referenced:

    Deuteronomy 6:6-7
    Romans 12:9

    NEW!! The Managing Media Creating Character STUDENT Study Guide!

    An 8-week biblical study examining how character is impacted by media and technology. This is the study every youth group/student ministry needs to be doing!

    Get your copy of the STUDENT Study Guide today!

    Need a kids-safe phone? Pinwheel is our favorite!

    Book a Speaking Event!!

    Buy the UPDATED book: Managing Media Creating Character (2024 Revised & Updated). Also available on Audible.

    Get Kelly’s new Study Guide & Workbook, with video teachings for small groups.

    Check out our brand new Brave Parenting Merch

    Sign up for the Brave Bullet Points newsletter! This helps us communicate what’s happening without social media – a win for everyone!


    Ep. 235: GIRLS by Freya India Biblical Support – “Empowered” Aug 19, 2026
    Show notes

    In this six-part podcast series, we walk through Freya India’s book GIRLS: Gen Z and the Commodification of Everything, examining how online culture has shaped young women and how Christian parents can respond with biblical truth.

    In this fifth episode on Chapter 6, “Empowered,” Freya reveals multiple ways the culture sold a lie of empowerment to girls: New Age spirituality, manifesting, social justice causes, girlboss hustle culture, influencers, consumerism, and delayed adulthood. She describes the search for meaning and purpose in life but concludes that instead of turning to organized faith and religion, girls only mimicked faith practices. Kelly reviews the multiple puzzle pieces of empowerment and provides biblical support for Freya’s claims of enslavement over empowerment. What Freya calls harmful to young girls, we can biblically call evil. Finally, Kelly reviews ways parents can protect their children from counterfeit worship and guide them toward contentment rather than consumerism.

    Girls by Freya India
    Girls Substack

    Brave Parenting Guide to Coverstar
    Brave Parenting Guide to Zigazoo

    Scripture references:

    Genesis 1:27
    Romans 1:21-23
    Jeremiah 2:13
    Genesis 3:5
    Matthew 6:19-21, 24
    Proverbs 22:6
    1 Timothy 6:6-10
    1 John 2:15-17
    Matthew 7:9-11
    Romans 12:9
    James 1:6
    John 4:10
    Matthew 11:28-30
    Luke 9:23
    Romans 1:16
    Genesis 2:15
    Ephesians 4:14
    Exodus 2:17

    NEW!! The Managing Media Creating Character STUDENT Study Guide!

    An 8-week biblical study examining how character is impacted by media and technology. This is the study every youth group/student ministry needs to be doing!

    Get your copy of the STUDENT Study Guide today!

    Need a kids-safe phone? Pinwheel is our favorite!

    Book a Speaking Event!!

    Buy the UPDATED book: Managing Media Creating Character (2024 Revised & Updated). Also available on Audible.

    Get Kelly’s new Study Guide & Workbook, with video teachings for small groups.

    Check out our brand new Brave Parenting Merch

    Sign up for the Brave Bullet Points newsletter! This helps us communicate what’s happening without social media – a win for everyone!


    Ep. 234: GIRLS by Freya India Biblical Support – “Detached” Aug 12, 2026
    Show notes

    In this six-part podcast series, we walk through Freya India’s book GIRLS: Gen Z and the Commodification of Everything, examining how online culture has shaped young women and how Christian parents can respond with biblical truth.
    **This episode continues MATURE themes and is NOT recommended for children.**

    In this fifth episode on Chapter 5, “Detached,” Freya reveals how flirting, sexting, dating apps, hookups, and pornography have led to a grave state of relational and emotional detachment among Gen Z. Kelly summarizes Freya’s evidence and assertions about how online media and technology contributed to a generation feeling safer and more empowered alone. More importantly, she answers the question of: “how did we get here?” by examining what the Word of God says about sexual immorality and depravity. What is God’s sexual ethic? Why does it matter? And what can parents do to prepare Gen Alpha for the romantic relationship wasteland they are growing up into?

    Girls by Freya India
    Girls Substack

    Helping Your Kids Know God’s Good Design by Elizabeth Urbanowicz
    Brain, Heart, World Pornography Documentary

    Episode 79: It’s Time To Do Something About Pornography
    Episode 81: Sugar Dating
    Episode 82: Only Fans & “Digital Sex Work”
    Proverbs 7: Teaching Sexual Wisdom to Kids
    Episode 150: Big Tech & Sexual Exploitation

    Scripture references:

    Deuteronomy 10:12-13
    Genesis 19:15
    Job 31
    Romans 2:15
    Ecclesiastes 3:11
    Proverbs 6:32-33
    1 Corinthians 6:18
    Galatians 5:19
    Colossians3:5-8
    Romans 1:18-32
    Galatians 5:13
    2 Peter 2:19
    1 Corinthians 6:12
    John 15:18-19
    Matthew 7:13-14

    NEW!! The Managing Media Creating Character STUDENT Study Guide!

    An 8-week biblical study examining how character is impacted by media and technology. This is the study every youth group/student ministry needs to be doing!

    Get your copy of the STUDENT Study Guide today!

    Need a kids-safe phone? Pinwheel is our favorite!

    Book a Speaking Event!!

    Buy the UPDATED book: Managing Media Creating Character (2024 Revised & Updated). Also available on Audible.

    Get Kelly’s new Study Guide & Workbook, with video teachings for small groups.

    Check out our brand new Brave Parenting Merch

    Sign up for the Brave Bullet Points newsletter! This helps us communicate what’s happening without social media – a win for everyone!


    Ep. 233: GIRLS by Freya India Biblical Support – “Disconnected” Aug 05, 2026
    Show notes

    In this six-part podcast series, we walk through Freya India’s book GIRLS: Gen Z and the Commodification of Everything, examining how online culture has shaped young women and how Christian parents can respond with biblical truth.

    In this fourth episode on Chapter 4, “Disconnected,” Kelly summarizes how Freya India describes the redefinition of friendship and community by online platforms and social media networks. Can an AI pendant named “Friend” be our answer? The problem is that the new definition of friend (along with the terms and conditions that apply) leaves only feelings of disconnection and loneliness. Today, the solutions offered are online communities and AI companions – neither of which fit the biblical model for human connection and community.

    Through Scripture, Kelly explains the fundamental human need for community and relationships and how Christians are called to love one another, forgive, serve, and endure all things. Christian parents have a responsibility to model, teach, guard, and guide true community and friendships.

    In case you missed: Episode #230 Filtered, Episode #231 Diagnosed, and Episode #232 Documented.

    Articles/Books/Podcasts referenced:

    Girls by Freya India
    Girls Substack
    Ep. 139: AI Chatbots part 1
    Ep. 130: AI Chatbots part 2
    BP Guide to Replika
    BP Guide to CharacterAI
    The Best Thing for Your Brain is Other People – Even Annoying Ones

    Scripture referenced:

    Genesis 2:18
    Psalm 25:16
    Proverbs 17:17
    Proverbs 18:24
    Proverbs 27:6
    Proverbs 27:9
    Psalm 127:3-5
    Ephesians 6:1-4
    Exodus 20:12
    Acts 2:42-47
    Hebrews 10:24-25
    1 Corinthians 13:4-7
    1 Kings 19:1-8
    Matthew 26:36-46
    Luke 4:1-13
    John 15:3-15
    Colossians 3:12-14
    Matthew 18:15-17

    NEW!! The Managing Media Creating Character STUDENT Study Guide!

    An 8-week biblical study examining how character is impacted by media and technology. This is the study every youth group/student ministry needs to be doing!

    Get your copy of the STUDENT Study Guide today!

    Need a kids-safe phone? Pinwheel is our favorite!

    Book a Speaking Event!!

    Buy the UPDATED book: Managing Media Creating Character (2024 Revised & Updated). Also available on Audible.

    Get Kelly’s new Study Guide & Workbook, with video teachings for small groups.

    Check out our brand new Brave Parenting Merch

    Sign up for the Brave Bullet Points newsletter! This helps us communicate what’s happening without social media – a win for everyone!


    Ep. 232: GIRLS by Freya India Biblical Support – “Documented” Jul 29, 2026
    Show notes

    In this six-part podcast series, we walk through Freya India’s book GIRLS: Gen Z and the Commodification of Everything, examining how online culture has shaped young women and how Christian parents can respond with biblical truth.

    In this third episode on Chapter 3, “Documented,” Kelly examines the way smartphones and social media have trained young people to turn daily life, relationships, drama, opinions, and even children into content. This episode considers how documentation shifted from memory-keeping to performance, curation, voyeurism, and public approval. Kelly offers a biblical response rooted in living Coreum Deo (before the face of God), and encourages parents to guard and guide their children in quiet faithfulness.

    In case you missed: Episode #230 Filtered, and Episode #231 Diagnosed

    Articles/Books/Podcasts referenced:

    Girls by Freya India
    Girls Substack
    Peter Gray’s Benefits of Smartphone Ownership for Kids
    Like Follow Subscribe: Influencer Kids and the Cost of a Childhood Online by Fortesta Latifi
    The House of My Mother by Shari Franke
    The Weight of Glory C.S. Lewis

    Scripture references:

    Matthew 6:1
    Galatians 1:10
    Hebrews 4:13
    Psalm 139:7-8
    Luke 2:19
    Matthew 5:16
    1 Peter 4:15
    1 Timothy 5:13
    Matthew 18:6
    2 Corinthians 12:14
    Psalm 127:3
    1 Thessalonians 4:11-12
    Matthew 28:19
    1 Chronicles 28:20

    NEW!! The Managing Media Creating Character STUDENT Study Guide!

    An 8-week biblical study examining how character is impacted by media and technology. This is the study every youth group/student ministry needs to be doing!

    Get your copy of the STUDENT Study Guide today!

    Need a kids-safe phone? Pinwheel is our favorite!

    Book a Speaking Event!!

    Buy the UPDATED book: Managing Media Creating Character (2024 Revised & Updated). Also available on Audible.

    Get Kelly’s new Study Guide & Workbook, with video teachings for small groups.

    Check out our brand new Brave Parenting Merch

    Sign up for the Brave Bullet Points newsletter! This helps us communicate what’s happening without social media – a win for everyone!


    Ep. 231: GIRLS by Freya India Biblical Support – “Diagnosed” Jul 23, 2026
    Show notes

    In this six-part podcast series, we walk through Freya India’s book GIRLS: Gen Z and the Commodification of Everything, examining how online culture has shaped young women and how Christian parents can respond with biblical truth.

    In this second episode on Chapter 2, “Diagnosed,” Kelly unpacks Freya’s evidence of how “the market” began to profit off of the anxiety and distress of adolescents. Also, considering how mental health influencers, therapy apps, telehealth, medication culture, and peer contagion have taught girls to find their identity in their anxiety, depression, and diagnostic labels. Kelly offers biblical support for these concerns, rooted in lament, suffering, identity in Christ, and parents’ responsibility to guard against harmful voices while guiding children toward biblical categories for emotions.

    Girls by Freya India
    Girls Substack

    Scripture references:

    Matthew 6:27
    James 1:2-4
    1 Peter 4:13
    Philippians 3:10
    Lamentations 3:17-24
    Matthew 26:38
    Romans 5:3-5
    2 Peter 1:3
    1 Chronicles 28:10
    1 Corinthians 6:19

    NEW!! The Managing Media Creating Character STUDENT Study Guide!

    An 8-week biblical study examining how character is impacted by media and technology. This is the study every youth group/student ministry needs to be doing!

    Get your copy of the STUDENT Study Guide today!

    Need a kids-safe phone? Pinwheel is our favorite!

    Book a Speaking Event!!

    Buy the UPDATED book: Managing Media Creating Character (2024 Revised & Updated). Also available on Audible.

    Get Kelly’s new Study Guide & Workbook, with video teachings for small groups.

    Check out our brand new Brave Parenting Merch

    Sign up for the Brave Bullet Points newsletter! This helps us communicate what’s happening without social media – a win for everyone!


    Ep. 230: GIRLS by Freya India Biblical Support – “Filtered” Jul 15, 2026
    Show notes

    In this six-part podcast series, we walk through Freya India’s book GIRLS: Gen Z and the Commodification of Everything, examining how online culture has shaped young women and how Christian parents can respond with biblical truth.

    In this first episode on Chapter 1, “Filtered,” Kelly considers how Freya India’s argument that filters, FaceTune, beauty influencers, selfies, and algorithmic feeds have trained girls to inspect, alter, and display themselves for approval. The evidence makes it clear that this is not merely a beauty trend; it is a discipleship system rooted in an anti-Christian anthropology. Parents are encouraged not only to think biblically about beauty, but to shepherd their children with both loving boundaries and biblical guidance, teaching daughters that their worth is not found in beauty, attention, or online approval, but in the God who created, knows, and redeems them.

    Girls by Freya India
    Girls Substack

    Scripture references:

    Romans 1:16
    Psalm 23:1
    John 10:11-15
    Genesis 1:26-27
    1 Peter 5:2-4
    Psalm 139:13-14
    2 Corinthians 5:17
    Romans 12:2

    JUST RELEASED: The Managing Media Creating Character STUDENT Study Guide!

    An 8-week biblical study examining how character is impacted by media and technology. The study can be done individually, in a small group, or even as homeschool curriculum!
    Great for middle school, high school, and young college students to develop Christlike character, which can then guide their use of media and technology.

    Get your copy of the STUDENT Study Guide today!

    Need a kids-safe phone? Pinwheel is our favorite!

    Book a Speaking Event!!

    Buy the UPDATED book: Managing Media Creating Character (2024 Revised & Updated). Also available on Audible.

    Get Kelly’s new Study Guide & Workbook, with video teachings for small groups.

    Check out our brand new Brave Parenting Merch

    Sign up for the Brave Bullet Points newsletter! This helps us communicate what’s happening without social media – a win for everyone!


    Ep. 229: Make Tech Slow Again – The Return of Friction Jul 08, 2026
    Show notes

    There is a growing trend of “friction-maxxing” and going analog, especially among Gen Z. People are seeking slower, more friction-intensive technology so they can spend less time on it. And it appears that the market is responding accordingly. In this episode, Kelly reviews the increasing range of frictional products on the market. From turning your smartphone dumb to apps that take 2 weeks to deliver a message via carrier pigeon, all the way to boomboxes and bookstores, the trend is clear: we want to make tech slow again!

    We believe that behind the trendiness of analog life lies a spiritual conviction and a pre-commitment not to be manipulated by media and technology.

    Articles/Products referenced:

    Brave Parenting Podcast #174: Adding Friction to Your Phone
    5 ways to add a little inconvenience to your day — and improve your brain
    Roost app
    Slowly app
    This app turns your iPhone into a tiny iPod-style dumbphone, case and all
    Dumbphone app
    Dumbify app
    Screen Zen
    Clearspace
    Unplulg app
    One Sec app
    Blank Spaces app
    Brick
    Kitchen Safe
    Cat Gatekeeper
    Unhook
    Newsfeed Eradicator
    Cold Turkey
    Freewrite
    CampSnap
    Polaroid Analog Summer
    Fewer People are Reading, But Bookstores are Making a Comeback Anyway
    Costco is Selling 1980s-Style Boomboxes. It’s Yet Another Sign of the Analog Renaissance
    Friction-Maxxing Could Be the Secret to a Simpler, Better-Designed Home

    Scripture references:

    Galatians 5:22-23
    Titus 2:11-12
    1 Peter 5:8
    Romans 12:2
    1 Corinthians 6:12
    1 John 2:15-17
    Ephesians 6:4
    Esther 4:14
    Ephesians 2:10

    JUST RELEASED: The Managing Media Creating Character STUDENT Study Guide!

    An 8-week biblical study examining how character is impacted by media and technology. The study can be done individually, in a small group, or even as homeschool curriculum!
    Great for middle school, high school, and young college students to develop Christlike character, which can then guide their use of media and technology.

    Get your copy of the STUDENT Study Guide today!

    Need a kids-safe phone? Pinwheel is our favorite!

    Book a Speaking Event!!

    Buy the UPDATED book: Managing Media Creating Character (2024 Revised & Updated). Also available on Audible.

    Get Kelly’s new Study Guide & Workbook, with video teachings for small groups.

    Check out our brand new Brave Parenting Merch

    Sign up for the Brave Bullet Points newsletter! This helps us communicate what’s happening without social media – a win for everyone!


    Ep. 228: Handheld Gaming Devices-Switch & Steam Deck Jul 03, 2026
    Show notes

    The Switch 2 and the Steam Deck handheld gaming devices are growing in popularity as people recognize the convenience of playing anywhere, anytime. In today’s episode, Kelly explains the basics of the Switch 2 and the Steam Deck, while exploring the similarities and differences between these personal gaming devices and a smartphone. A growing narrative surrounding these personal gaming devices is how they allow parents to continue gaming during the fragmented time of parenting.

    How should Christians think about handheld gaming – or any other personal screen time in front of kids?

    Articles referenced:

    Switch 2
    Steam Deck
    History of the Handheld Game Console
    The Steam Deck Is The Perfect Device, For The Busy Parent.
    Sorry Valve, But the Steam Deck Outgrew My Need for a Steam Machine
    How Fatherhood Redefined My Gaming Passion
    Reddit: Is the Steam Deck beneficial when you have babies/little kids?
    Reddit: Managed to clear my backlog playing over 200 hours, only while having my newborn sleeping on my lap during his first 6 months.
    Reddit: Steam Deck saved gaming for parents
    YouTube: The Steam Deck is the BEST gift for Gamer Parents!
    Are Parents to Blame for Children’s Phone Addiction?

    Scripture referenced:

    Ephesians 6:4
    1 Corinthians 11:1
    Ephesians 5:1-2
    Ephesians 5:15-16
    Ephesians 5:8

    JUST RELEASED: The Managing Media Creating Character STUDENT Study Guide!

    An 8-week biblical study examining how character is impacted by media and technology. The study can be done individually, in a small group, or even as homeschool curriculum!
    Great for middle school, high school, and young college students to develop Christlike character, which can then guide their use of media and technology.

    Get your copy of the STUDENT Study Guide today!

    Need a kids-safe phone? Pinwheel is our favorite!

    Book a Speaking Event!!

    Buy the UPDATED book: Managing Media Creating Character (2024 Revised & Updated). Also available on Audible.

    Get Kelly’s new Study Guide & Workbook, with video teachings for small groups.

    Check out our brand new Brave Parenting Merch

    Sign up for the Brave Bullet Points newsletter! This helps us communicate what’s happening without social media – a win for everyone!


    Ep. 227: Apple & Google Announce New Parental Controls Jun 27, 2026
    Show notes

    Apple and Google both announced new parental controls for their iOS and Android devices within days of each other. Ironic? Probably not. Will these new controls be revolutionary? Probably not. In this episode, Kelly highlights the pressure these companies face to prove they can protect children. Meanwhile, Apple’s press release shows that they are still positioning themselves as the authority on what children need, while continuously pointing back to parents, saying, “This is your job – you can limit, you can control, you can approve, you can monitor…”

    Should new and improved parental controls be a permission slip to allow your child to have an iPhone? Should a new (and easier) Screen Time interface with expert recommendation change how you limit and monitor? How can parents think biblically about screen time? How big a deal is screen time anyway?

    All these things and more in today’s show.

    YouTube: How We Spend Our Day (1920-2026)

    Articles referenced:

    Apple previews new child safety features
    New expanded Android parental controls to support families around the world

    Scripture referenced:

    1 Thessalonians 5
    Proverbs 22:6
    Matthew 22:37
    James 1:27

    Upcoming Events:

    Great Homeschool Convention – Round Rock, Texas July 9-11
    Kelly & Ryan will both be leading workshops and Brave Parenting will have an exhibitor booth

    JUST RELEASED: The Managing Media Creating Character STUDENT Study Guide!

    An 8-week biblical study examining how character is impacted by media and technology. The study can be done individually, in a small group, or even as homeschool curriculum!
    Great for middle school, high school, and young college students to develop Christlike character, which can then guide their use of media and technology.

    Get your copy of the STUDENT Study Guide today!

    Need a kids-safe phone? Pinwheel is our favorite!

    Book a Speaking Event!!

    Buy the UPDATED book: Managing Media Creating Character (2024 Revised & Updated). Also available on Audible.

    Get Kelly’s new Study Guide & Workbook, with video teachings for small groups.

    Check out our brand new Brave Parenting Merch

    Sign up for the Brave Bullet Points newsletter! This helps us communicate what’s happening without social media – a win for everyone!


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