The Tech-Wise Family: Everyday Steps for Putting Technology in Its Proper Place

“The Tech-Wise Family is one of the most important things I've read this year. Most of us have a sinking feeling that our children (and ourselves!) have slipped into a technology haze. Andy's book has helped organize my thinking and provided practical ways to put boundaries around technology's influence. And as an educator, this book includes great lessons to ensure technology has a proper, meaningful role in our nation's classrooms.”

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“As parents of two young boys and pastors of a church with hundreds of millennials, we found ourselves repeatedly shouting 'Yes!' to Andy Crouch's call to unplug. In The Tech-Wise Family we are reminded that there is fullness of life beyond the encroachments of the cybernetic revolution.”

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“Families need this book. Churches need this book. I need this book. One of the most important questions of discipleship in this digital era is how we relate to our technologies. The habits formed now could have even more important implications for the yet-unseen future. Andy Crouch guides us with brilliance, wisdom, humility, and authority.”

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“Micro practices have macro implications for our lives. The rituals we adopt around the tiny computers in our pockets can either eat us alive or release us for relationship. The Tech-Wise Family is profoundly insightful and immediately practical. Crouch invites us into habits and rhythms in which technology serves our calling to be human and helps us to resist the temptation to serve the gods that glitter. It's a book I wish our family had read ten years ago.”

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“We have never done this before: the human race has never parented with tech devices in every corner of our homes. For parents who battle the screen time, the password management, the filtering, and the begging, we finally have the book we've been waiting for. The Tech-Wise Family offers practical, positive approaches for parents to manage technology in the family and the biblical framework for why those approaches are appropriate and healthy. Modern parenting often feels like sprinting a marathon blindfolded, but voices like Andy Crouch add light to our journey and remind us of our end goal. Read The Tech-Wise Family, implement the principles, and watch your family thrive as a result.”

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“If your family's devices and gadgets seem to have staged a hostile takeover in your home, Andy Crouch can help. With winsome humor and down-to-earth advice, Andy will show you how to nurture a thriving home life through a wise and balanced use of technology.”

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“In a tech-wise world, 'tech' is a lot easier to come by than 'wise.' Andy Crouch has written a humane, deeply thoughtful book that will be a blessing in the best sense of that grand old word.”

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“I don't know many people who can prophetically speak into culture with more freshness and certain insight than Andy Crouch. His voice is a gift to the church and is needed more than ever right now. As a new parent who is asking all kinds of questions about raising kids in today's technological world, I couldn't have found this resource at a better time.”

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“Every day my husband and I face questions about how to handle technology with our three kids. No parent today can leave their kids to their own devices (pun intended). Andy's message and model has strengthened our commitment to use technology to unite--and not divide--our family.”

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“To be honest, before I opened this book, I expected to be challenged on the topic of screen time for my kids. I was, certainly. What I did not expect was to be offered a vision for family life and faith and character so compelling and inspiring that it made me weep, made me reconsider many aspects of our home, made me profoundly thankful for this beautiful and important book. I'll give away a case, at least.”

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“Getting tech wise starts with downloading God's wisdom on what it means to be human. Andy gives families the tools they need to decide together who they want to be and how technology can help rather than hinder. If you aren't sure how to put technology in its 'proper place' in your home, Andy will guide you and challenge your thinking.”

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