Category Archives: Parenting

SmartPhone Safety Nets

Posted on May 7, 2013 by Jonathan McKee

If your child accesses iTunes today and simply clicks on the music video charts, one of the top 10 videos features topless girls dancing… something anyone can see in the free preview of the video. Sad, but true. Literally today. … Continue reading →

Posted in Internet, Media, Movies, Music, Parenting, Sexuality, Youth Culture | 5 Comments

18 Years Old

Posted on April 14, 2013 by Jonathan McKee

Taught a parenting workshop today in Philly, getting ready to teach another one tomorrow (Monday) night at a church in Jersey. One of my favorite elements of teaching these workshops is talking with parents afterwards, trying my best to answer … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, Parenting, Youth Culture | 2 Comments

Ashley’s Rules for Parents

Posted on April 9, 2013 by Jonathan McKee

The blogosphere is currently bursting at the seams with insightful posts and articles from parenting authors providing helpful social media rules and guidelines for their teens and tweens, everything from iPhone rules, Instagram guidelines, to general social media parenting advice … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, Internet, Parenting, Youth Culture | 3 Comments

Alec

Posted on March 27, 2013 by Jonathan McKee

You haven’t heard from me for awhile because I’m taking some time off to hang with family and visit our son Alec where he attends college at Azusa Pacific University in Southern CA. Lori, myself and my parents (our girls … Continue reading →

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First Launch

Posted on March 8, 2013 by Jonathan McKee

This coming Sunday I’m teaching a brand new parenting workshop at a church just outside of Milwaukee, based on a parenting curriculum Doug Fields and I are co-authoring. This all started with a series of blog posts I wrote about … Continue reading →

Posted in Parenting, Speaking/Training, Travel | 1 Comment

Scream & Shout

Posted on February 19, 2013 by Jonathan McKee

The music industry is at it again, pimping easily accessible smut for our kids’ eyes and ears. This time, it’s a new music video from Will I Am… and most parents don’t have a clue. That’s what scares me the … Continue reading →

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Replacing Monologue with Dialogue

Posted on February 11, 2013 by Jonathan McKee

What is the biggest impact an adult can make in the life of a young person? I don’t even have to blink. The answer is, constant dialogue. The key word there is dialogue, not monologue. Adults are pretty good at … Continue reading →

Posted in Parenting, Uncategorized, Youth Ministry Management | 2 Comments

What 110 Million Viewers Gleaned from CBS

Posted on February 4, 2013 by Jonathan McKee

Some might wonder why 110 million worldwide viewers gathered yesterday to watch a game, which, when the guys with the pencil protectors finish their calculations, will probably turn out to be the most-watched TV show in U.S. history. Maybe it … Continue reading →

Posted in Jonathan's Rant, Media, Parenting, TV, Youth Culture | 6 Comments

Mom’s iPhone Rules

Posted on January 31, 2013 by Jonathan McKee

He begged his Mom for an iPhone, and finally received it on Christmas day… along with a very personal and detailed iPhone contract… written by his mom! 13-year-old Greg seems like any other middle school kid, but his mom, Janelle … Continue reading →

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Tossing Aside Innocence… in 1954

Posted on January 30, 2013 by Jonathan McKee

Last weekend I saw something so relevant to youth culture today that it could have been created last week. As it is… it was painted in the 1950’s. Saturday my wife and I joined some friends and visited our local … Continue reading →

Posted in Parenting, Youth Culture | 5 Comments