How Did Love Become a Reality Show?
The Destruction of Intimacy in a Culture Built on IMAGE
Our culture is in a crisis of genuineness and trust. Using case studies from his psychotherapy practice combined with the latest media research, Peter Schmidt explains how our mental environment of electronic screens, while hawking "connectivity," actually makes us less real to one another.
WHAT IS THE MEDIA DOING...
- To my children?
- To my marriage and relationships?
- To people's perceptions of one another?
With chapters such as:
- Love Without Reality: The Perfect Storm
- Parenting Without Presence: Trojan Horses in the Nursery
- Courage, Creativity & Conversation
- Communities of Reality: Communities of Freedom
Peter Schmidt's new book
How Did Love Become a Reality Show?
answers these questions, and gives hopeful solutions
"...as a parent, I would say it's a must read for anyone raising children." - Mother of 2 teens
"Its analysis of the problems in marital (and other) relationships today is based on a truly profound Christian understanding of human psychology combined with a fascinating analysis of how our mass media culture exacerbates age-old problems." - Harold Fickett, author
We must detox our minds and rehab our perceptions of one another. How Did Love Become a Reality Show? will give you a very good start back to reality.
Between Stimulus & Response
What parents need to know about electronic screens and kids
"Peter Schmidt gives parents a head start in helping their children survive and thrive in today’s culture. As our kids are surrounded more and more by a mental environment of electronic screens, we need to know how this can affect them and what to do about it. This little booklet provides a creative, hopeful perspective." -Dr. Mo Gaffney, Head of Lower School, The Covenant School, Charlottesville, VA
"As a campus minister who worked with college students for over 30 years I have witnessed firsthand the addiction to media and its devastating effects on college students today. When I read Peter's booklet I thought, "I sure wish these kids' parents had read something like this when their children were in Kindergarten." -Ken Larson, National College Director, The Navigators
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