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Ep. 225: A Biblical Framework for AI & Children
Jun 10, 2026
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The Enhanced Games & Becoming ‘Superhuman’
Jun 8, 2026
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Ep. 224: Is “Being Trusted” a Benefit of Smartphones for Kids?
Jun 4, 2026
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Ep. 223: Is Developing Digital Skill a Benefit of Smartphones for Kids?
May 27, 2026
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Discipleship Has No Summer Break
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| 6/10/26 |  Ep. 225: A Biblical Framework for AI & Children | AI tools can perform incredible feats of computation. They can also displace human relationships, outsource learning, distort reality, and pretend to have wisdom. Christian families have a responsibility not to conform to the patterns of this world (Rom 12:2) but to test everything, hold on to what is good, and reject what is evil (1 Thes. 5:21). In this episode, Kelly provides a four-pillar biblical framework for evaluating AI tools and whether they are appropriate or beneficial for children. The four pillars are (1) Imago Dei, (2) Attributes of God, (3) Truth, and (4) Formation. Each pillar offers a preventative or protective measure and a practical application question parents can use to disciple children in the age of AI. Articles referenced: Here’s why graduates are booing commencement graduation speakers this year There is Already a Word for the Deep Moral Failures of AI Scripture referenced: Psalm 8:4-5 Isaiah 40:25-28 Proverbs 9:10 James 1:2-4 Romans 5:3-4 2 Corinthians 12:9-10 Resources referenced: Foundation Worldview Webinar: AI, ChatGPT, and Your Kids: A Biblical Framework for New Technology Foundation Worldview Attributes of God Curriculum 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! | — | ||||||
| 6/8/26 |  The Enhanced Games & Becoming ‘Superhuman’ | The Enhanced Games took place over Memorial Day weekend in Las Vegas, Nevada. The founders boasted they were making history and redefining what the human body is capable of. What was the evidence for this? Performance-enhancing drugs and bio-hacking in the name of becoming ‘superhuman.’ In this briefing, Kelly explains why stories like this matter and are valuable opportunities to talk to kids about what it means to be human. Kids are bombarded with messages to ‘enhance themselves’ with everything from skin care rituals to looksmaxxing. It is critical for parents to start this conversation. Articles referenced: Enhanced Games claim ‘we changed the world’ but only one record broken and three clean athletes win Welcome to sport’s ultimate taboo where athletes risk it all for millions in Las Vegas Scripture referenced: 1 Corinthians 6:19 Genesis 2:18 Psalm 139 2 Corinthians 12 Genesis 3:4 Romans 1:25   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! | — | ||||||
| 6/4/26 |  Ep. 224: Is “Being Trusted” a Benefit of Smartphones for Kids? | When it comes to a kid having their own smartphone, trust is a much more complex issue than Peter Gray alludes to. Allowing a smartphone requires a parent to trust the child, their own parenting, Big Tech, the attention economy, and the whole of sinful mankind with access to the internet. In today’s episode – Part 10 of 10 – Kelly counters the benefit of “being trusted” as a benefit to smartphone ownership. In reality, trust can be given and earned in many ways that do not involve persuasive and personalized design features. Scripture gives so much wisdom on how and who we are to trust. Articles referenced: Helping Kids (and Ourselves) Use Smartphones Safely On Being a Trustful, Autonomy-Supportive Parent How Much Work Are You Doing for Your Kids’ Happiness? (Dopamine Kids Book Review) Books referenced: Dopamine Kids: A Science-Based Plan to Rewire Your Child’s Brain Extremely Online Scripture referenced: Romans 11:35 Proverbs 27:12 Proverbs 1:16 Jeremiah 17:7-8 Proverbs 3:5 Matthew 6:25-27 Psalm 20:6-7 Ephesians 6:4 Proverbs 22:15 Ephesians 6:1 John 17:14-18 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 NEWLY UPDATED book: Managing Media Creating Character (2024 Revised & Updated) 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! | — | ||||||
| 5/27/26 |  Ep. 223: Is Developing Digital Skill a Benefit of Smartphones for Kids? | Recent Barna research revealed that teens spend an average of 4.8 hours a day on social media. In this time, are they learning critical digital skills essential for success in life? When kids play games on iPads or watch YouTube videos, are they learning essential skills? In today’s episode, Kelly continues the examination of Peter’s Gray list of benefits for kids’ smartphone ownership: Developing Digital Skills. What exactly are digital skills? Are they learned by swiping, tapping, and watching? And most importantly, what is God’s purpose for childhood – is it to master skills or to grow in wisdom and faith? From a pragmatic standpoint, this benefit seems legit. From a biblical standpoint, digital skills look a whole lot like digital devotion. Articles referenced: Helping Kids (and Ourselves) Use Smartphones Safely Scripture referenced: Genesis 2:15 Deuteronomy 6:6-7 Proverbs 22:6 Proverbs 2:1-8 Exodus 35:10, 26, 30-35 Acts 4 Romans 11:36 Colossians 3:23 Matthew 25:14-30 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 NEWLY UPDATED book: Managing Media Creating Character (2024 Revised & Updated) 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! | — | ||||||
| 5/25/26 | Discipleship Has No Summer Break | Summer is an amazing time of rest and refreshing. Because screen time is a central part of so many students’ lives, this detail often feels most important. But beyond screen time, we want to encourage parents to take a different approach and ask the question: “What kind of character will be formed in my child this summer?” Discipleship is teaching and reinforcing Christ-like Character in every aspect of life – and that doesn’t get a summer vacation. Scripture referenced: Romans 12:2 James 1:15 ANNOUNCING: 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 NEWLY UPDATED book: Managing Media Creating Character (2024 Revised & Updated) 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! | — | ||||||
| 5/21/26 |  Ep. 222: Is Connecting with Peers a Benefit of Smartphones for Kids? | We all know that friendship and connection to peers are a critical part of what it means to be human, especially during childhood. The question parents must contend with is what kind of peer connection do children need, and how does that connection shape a child’s character, faith, and worldview? Because we all know the smartphone is the most convenient tool for this connection, but at what cost and with what risk? In Part 9 of our series evaluating the proposed benefits of smartphones for kids, as described by Dr. Peter Gray on his Substack, “Play Makes Us Human,” Kelly challenges the claim that adults have ruined childhood in the physical world and that children have wisely recreated it in the virtual world. Articles referenced: Helping Kids (and Ourselves) Use Smartphones Safely The Culture of Childhood: We’ve Almost Destroyed It Scripture referenced: Genesis 2:18 Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 Proverbs 27:17 Romans 1:19-20 Proverbs 22:15 Proverbs 15:5 Proverbs 30:17 Proverbs 22:6 Proverbs 10:1 Exodus 10:12 Proverbs 13:20 1 Corinthians 15:33 Galatians 5:19-21 Ephesians 4:29 Deuteronomy 6:6-7 Ephesians 6:4 Ephesians 2:8-9 Romans 12:1-2 Products referenced: Tin-Can “home” phones Pinwheel “home” phones   Need a kids-safe phone? Pinwheel is our favorite! Book a Speaking Event!! Buy the NEWLY UPDATED book: Managing Media Creating Character (2024 Revised & Updated) 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! | — | ||||||
| 5/13/26 |  Ep. 221: Is Amusement a Benefit of Smartphones for Kids? | Enjoyment and entertainment are not inherently sinful, but because smartphones are engineered to capture time and attention, entertainment can grow to master a person’s life. And this is true for any age! In today’s episode, we are evaluating the benefit of smartphones for “amusement” as described by Dr. Peter Gray. Is this a real benefit for kids? Is it a biblically faithful way to raise kids? What is lost when airpods are always in? When distraction is always available? When ‘not thinking’ becomes the goal? Resources referenced: Episode #162 “The Problem with Music” Episode #200 “The Dangers of Hyperpersonalization” BP Approved Media & Tech for Kids Under 12 Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman Scripture referenced: 1 Corinthians 6:12 Psalm 46:10 Ephesians 5:15–17 1 Thessalonians 4:3 Proverbs 4:23 1 Corinthians 15:33 Philippians 4:8   Need a kids-safe phone? Pinwheel is our favorite! Book a Speaking Event!! Buy the NEWLY UPDATED book: Managing Media Creating Character (2024 Revised & Updated) 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! | — | ||||||
| 5/6/26 |  Ep. 220: Is Creative Self-Expression a Benefit of Smartphones for Kids✨ | creative self-expressionsmartphones+4 | — | Play Makes Us HumanManaging Media Creating Character (2024 Revised & Updated)+1 | — | smartphonescreative expression+5 | Pinwheel | 42m 04s | |
| 4/26/26 |  Relieved to be Caught – The Story of a Teen Hacker✨ | cybercrimeparenting+4 | — | Addicted to HackingHebrews 12:11+3 | — | teen hackercybercriminal+3 | — | 7m 45s | |
| 4/22/26 |  Ep. 219: Is Education a “Benefit” of Smartphones for Kids?✨ | educationsmartphones+2 | Dr Peter Gray | Leap FrogPinwheel+8 | — | smartphone educationcharacter+2 | — | 35m 11s | |
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| 4/15/26 | Ep. 218: Is Documentation a “Benefit” of Smartphones for Kids?✨ | smartphonesdocumentation+3 | — | PinwheelCamp Snap Camera+3 | — | characterawareness+3 | — | 43m 54s | |
| 4/8/26 |  Ep. 217: Is Navigation a “Benefit” of Smartphones for Kids?✨ | smartphonesnavigation+3 | Dr Peter Gray | smartphonesHelping Kids (and Ourselves)+2 | — | benefitformative lessons+2 | — | 27m 43s | |
| 4/1/26 |  Ep. 216: Is Outdoor Safety a “Benefit” of Smartphones for Kids?✨ | outdoor safetysmartphones+3 | — | Brave Bullet PointsManaging Media Creating Character+1 | — | safetyGPS+4 | — | 23m 41s | |
| 3/29/26 |  “Moral Panic” Over Social Media Just Became Moral Accountability✨ | social mediamoral accountability+2 | — | Brave Parenting Speaking EventMeta+6 | — | social media harmsmoral panic+2 | — | 6m 37s | |
| 3/26/26 |  Ep. 215: Are the “Benefits” for Kids Having Smartphones Really Beneficial?✨ | smartphoneschildren+3 | — | Brave ParentingPlay Makes Us Human Substack+3 | — | self-expressioneducation+3 | — | 50m 18s | |
| 3/18/26 |  YouTube Says They Don’t Want Addiction to Their Platform✨ | social media addictionYouTube+3 | — | YouTubeManaging Media Creating Character (2024 Revised & Updated)+8 | California | YouTubeMeta+4 | — | 6m 55s | |
| 3/11/26 |  Ep. 214: The Gamblification of Teens✨ | gamblingvideo games+3 | — | Kalshisports betting apps+7 | — | gamblificationmicrotransactions+3 | — | 45m 13s | |
| 3/5/26 |  Ep. 213: Unseen Evil in Video Game Avatars✨ | video game avatarsidentity+3 | — | RobloxFortnite+7 | — | avatar customizationcosmetic economy+2 | — | 51m 41s | |
| 2/25/26 |  Ep. 212: Is Online ‘Self-Expression’ a Necessary Part of Childhood?✨ | self-expressionsocial media+3 | — | Brave Bullet PointsDifferent Creative Playgrounds: Use Social Media for Creative Development+2 | — | social media addictioncreativity+2 | — | 49m 13s | |
| 2/18/26 |  When Everything Becomes Content | Meta Ray-Ban Smart glasses have exploded in popularity. They allow people to film strangers without consent or even their awareness, which means that ordinary public interactions can now be turned into social media content. How are Christian parents to think about this latest tech gadget? And strangers becoming content? Articles referenced: Pranksters and pickup artists are using Meta Ray-Ban glasses to harass strangers for content So-called ‘manfluencers’ are filming themselves trying to pick up women. Smart glasses are their perfect tool Scripture referenced: Genesis 1:26-27 Genesis 9:6 James 3:9 Matthew 22:37-40 Philippians 2:3-4 Romans 2:10 Matthew 6:1-6 John 12:43 Galatians 1:10 1 Peter 1:14-16 Romans 12:1-2   Book a Speaking Event!! Buy the NEWLY UPDATED book: Managing Media Creating Character (2024 Revised & Updated) 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! | — | ||||||
| 2/9/26 |  Co-Parenting with AI | Generative AI apps such as ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok, and Claude have rapidly become the go-to parenting sages. Every type of parenting question can be answered efficiently and with (what sounds like) expertise. Undoubtedly, these apps offer parents help during stressful times. But is this the way God intends for us to receive parenting advice and practical wisdom? What is lost when human relationships and struggle are removed from the parenting equation? Articles referenced: OpenAI CEO Can’t Imagine Parenting Without AI I Co-Parent with ChatGPT – I love turning off my brain and letting AI help raise my child Scripture referenced: Genesis 3 Deuteronomy 32:7 James 1:2-4   Book a Speaking Event!! Buy the NEWLY UPDATED book: Managing Media Creating Character (2024 Revised & Updated) 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! | — | ||||||
| 2/4/26 |  Ep. 211: When ‘Good’ Apps Go Bad | Often, apps begin with noble intentions of “connection” or “education.” While they promise to be different, they inevitably resort to classic tactics for maximum engagement: streaks, coins, leaderboards, FOMO, and notifications. In this episode, Kelly uncovers this trend using Duolingo and Zigazoo as examples. This trend of app devolution is important for parents to understand. You may not be able to keep track of every app update, but you know your child, and you can recognize when something has changed. Articles referenced: Brave Parenting Guide to Duolingo Brave Parenting Guide to Zigazoo TED Talk: How to Make Learning as Addictive as Social Media How Machine Learning Supercharged Our Revenue by Millions (Duolingo Blog) Scripture referenced: 1 Thes 5:4-6 1 Thes 5:19-21 1 Peter 5:8 Matt 18:8-9 ⇒ DOWNLOAD: App Evaluation & Test Everything Guide Book a Speaking Event!! Buy the NEWLY UPDATED book: Managing Media Creating Character (2024 Revised & Updated) 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! | — | ||||||
| 2/1/26 |  Big Tech is Doing Damage Control | After years of doing nothing, Big Tech social platforms started releasing new “teen safety” and “parental controls” to show how much they care about and prioritize children’s safety. The problem with these new safety features is that they are not enough. It’s the design of social media and games that creates spaces of chaos where everyone does what is right in their own eyes. Articles referenced: Time Limits for YouTube Shorts Scrolling Deeper Insights with Snapchat’s New Family Center Features Roblox’s AI-Powered Age Verification TikTok to Tighten Age Checks in Europe Meta Pauses Teen Access to AI Characters Instagram is Testing a New Definition of ‘Friends’ Scripture referenced: Judges 21:25 Book a Speaking Event!! Buy the NEWLY UPDATED book: Managing Media Creating Character (2024 Revised & Updated) 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! | — | ||||||
| 1/28/26 |  Rebelling Against Greedy Tech Wizards | In today’s Brave Briefing, Kelly reviews the new book, The Amazing Generation by Jonathon Haidt and Catherine Price. Written for a Gen Alpha audience, this book aims to inspire rebels who don’t let technology use them. This book serves almost as a hopeful sequel to The Anxious Generation, which highlighted the harms done to Gen Z by online media and technology. Listen in to this brief episode to get our take on this book. Get The Amazing Generation on Amazon. Book a Speaking Event!! Buy the NEWLY UPDATED book: Managing Media Creating Character (2024 Revised & Updated) 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! | — | ||||||
| 1/21/26 |  Ep. 210: Bricking Your Phone with Heather Wilkinson | Lots of companies promise solutions for taming screen time (for kids and adults). Joining Kelly today on the podcast is Heather Wilkinson, sharing her personal story about excessive screen time, parenting, and the most powerful force for change: The Brick. The Brick is a physical device you tap in order to unlock the phone restrictions you’ve set up for yourself. Kinda like tap-to-pay, but better! It still requires intentionality and self-discipline but it may just be what can help you as well! Check out The Brick for yourself. Books referenced: 12 Ways Your Phone is Changing You Book a Speaking Event!! Buy the NEWLY UPDATED book: Managing Media Creating Character (2024 Revised & Updated) 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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