You’re really just saying, “For safety’s sake-īob: -“put the phone down. Part of that driving contract-there were very few things that we said on it but one of the concrete statements was: “Under no circumstances are you allowed to text while driving.”īob: “Can I text at a stoplight? If I’m there and the light’s red, can I pull out my phone and text then?”īrian: You know, I don’t want to get legalistic about this!īob: They’ve got these contracts. What are the rules in your household about texting and driving?īrian: My son-when he got his license-the day that he got his driver’s license-he had to actually sign a driving contract. I’ve got to get to this subject of texting one more time. He founded 360Family in 200-speaks to parents and teens. He spent a number of years being a high school administrator.
It’s because he’s the author of Tech Savvy Parenting. These kids-they really can whirl them out there can’t they?īrian: They can! Well, I think I can beat you if we’re doing a contest with typing on a typewriter or a keyboard-I could take you to school-but when it comes to a cell phone, my kids obliterate me!ĭennis: Well, there’s a reason why Brian Housman is a little upset that his daughter can type faster in texting than he can. Well, I want to ask our guest today, Brian Housman: “How many words a minute can you text?” ĭennis: I barely made an average of 40 words a minute in typing in high school. I saw the statistic, just this week-was it 168?-that’s the average number of texts, per day, for somebody who is a teenager?ĭennis: Have you seen how fast they can type? I want you to know that I seldom feel old-I have a lot of energy / I’m excited-but when I watch these teenagers-īob: You watch them type with their thumbs?īob: Remember, back in the day, when it was just a numeric pad?-and they had to know how many?-one, two, three, four-those were the guys that I thought were pretty impressive-the ones who could do that.
Stay tuned.Īnd welcome to FamilyLife Today. How do we make sure they’re protected, and what do we do to make sure they can still form healthy relationships? We’re going to talk about all of that today. So what do we do, as parents, as we’re raising children in a Facebook ®, Twitter ®, and Instagram culture? Our host is the President of FamilyLife ®, Dennis Rainey, and I'm Bob Lepine. She points it at me and she goes, “I just got my first picture on Instagram ® with 100 likes!” I looked at her like: “You’ve got to be kidding me?! That’s what you called me in here for?” But, to her, this was a big deal! I think that gets into the whole issue of texting addictions-is our kids feel like they have to be always on.īob: This is FamilyLife Today for Tuesday, March 24 th. I walk in her bedroom, and she’s got her cell phone. Brian Housman says we can try to pretend like that’s not true or we can figure out how we’re going to deal with that, as parents.īrian: My daughter, just a few weeks ago-I was in the living room and I hear her shrieking from her bedroom, “ Dad!!!’ I come running in there-which, I think she’s hurt-you know, because she’s screaming. Bob: Our kids today are growing up in a social media culture.
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