WINNING YOUR KIDS BACK FROM THE MEDIA
A Christian media course that misses its promised destination.
Should You Watch It?
Parents do need help teaching children to use media wisely without being shaped by Hollywood. This package aims at that need, but the review finds that it does not deliver on its central promise.
The five-session course is slick, yet even the reviewer’s four children found it boring and irrelevant. The first episode also embarrassed them with bathroom humor. More importantly, the practical, theoretical, and anecdotal assistance promised in the book and course is largely missing.
The material may have worked better as a relationship-building tool. For now, watch it at home only if you want to evaluate its approach carefully—not because it offers the comprehensive media guidance your family may need.
The Story
NO SPOILERS — WE KEEP THE SURPRISESThis instructional multimedia package combines five 20-minute sessions with a 169-page book and a leader’s guide. Its stated goal is to help parents and children develop discernment and use media properly, without being conformed to Hollywood’s images.
Is It Any Good?
Two stars means this package has some polish but falls short in substance. The review calls it a slick multimedia product, yet says it is boring and irrelevant, even for the reviewer’s children.
Its central weakness is advice without insight. The course promises practical, theoretical, and anecdotal help, but the review found very little of what parents would need to carry its ideas into family life.
The Worldview
The course begins from a Christian concern: children need discernment so they can use media without being conformed to Hollywood’s images. That concern aligns with a biblical call to think carefully and resist the pressure of the surrounding culture.
The review, however, says the course does not provide many of the solutions needed to accomplish that goal. It describes the material as advice without insight and identifies a serious gap between the package’s title and what it actually offers. The source provides no fuller worldview analysis, so no additional claims can be made here.
The longing underneath the course is for families to engage media wisely rather than passively absorb its values. Scripture says, “Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind” (Romans 12:2).
The Content Guide
The specifics — spoilers included by nature — so you can judge for your own family.
Content Summary
Christian with very little scatological humor
Talk About It
Questions for the drive home, the dinner table, or the youth group.
What does it mean to use media with discernment rather than simply accept Hollywood’s images?
Romans 12:2 · Philippians 4:8How can parents and children build a relationship in which they talk honestly about what they watch?
Deuteronomy 6:6–7 · James 1:19When does advice become genuinely helpful, and what kind of wisdom does a family need before making media choices?
Proverbs 4:7 · James 1:5How should Christians respond when a resource promises more than it delivers?
Matthew 7:16–20 · Ephesians 4:25The Final Word
Parents deserve practical help teaching children to navigate media, and this package does not provide enough of it. Its Christian purpose is worthwhile, but its execution is boring, irrelevant, and too thin for its promise. Our answer is WAIT FOR HOME—and even then, evaluate it carefully. For stronger options, see.
