Taking Charge of Tech
September 04th, 2025 by G.
We were in a ward last Sunday where the lesson was ‘Taking Charge of Tech.’ They had taken the Church lesson for parents and converted it into a one-sheet handout front-and-back. It was surprisingly good. The Purpose, Plan, Pause mantra is sound.
My daughter was an FSY counselor this summer. She said the ‘taking charge of tech’ discussions were normally her favorite. Everyone was engaged and spiritual. Her main lessons were ‘change has to come from you’ and ‘you can’t just say no to bad tech use, you have to say yes to something positive.’ We had a long family discussion in the car the next day (we were on a family trip) and it went really well.
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September 04th, 2025 06:13:35
Zen
September 4, 2025
I would like to see that handout.
For myself, I have struggled with distracting tech. This is, of course, built to specifically exploit our mental and psychological triggers for attention. It was startling to realize that if you control someone’s attention, you effectively control much of their mind.
I have spent a lot of time learning how to retain my focus, even when on a computer all day. Social media is a particular thing I just have to avoid, or it soaks up all my time and attention.
There is a lot that could be said here. I don’t want to go full Butlerian Jihad, but I am really beginning to understand why some people go that far.