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How to Protect Our Children from the Negative Influence of Media
Tina Griffin is a former Hollywood actress, pop culture expert, writer, speaker, and mom of 4 munchkins. She was a previous guest on the Eternal Leadership Podcast. Her episode has the distinct honor of being the show’s most downloaded episode.
In this episode, she passionately shared her insider knowledge of what goes on behind the scenes of Hollywood’s projects. She also revealed how some celebrities are doing a balancing act between what they do onscreen and how they are the complete opposite when they are at home with their kids.
More than ever before, kids are being exposed to all kinds of “cool”, seemingly harmless pop culture trends that are slowly destroying kids’ foundational development.
Co-host Sandra raised the point about the “inoculation theory”, which states that “the first message someone receives is 93% of the time seen as the most credible.”
With that in mind, it makes sense to know what’s out there. That gives us the opportunity to prepare and discuss those sensitive and sometimes complex topics with our kids before they find out about them somewhere else. The worrying part is that “somewhere else” may be their friends who could potentially influence them negatively.
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The most effective way to battle negative content on tv and on the Internet is to provide kids with several positive options. These days, there are thousands of available sources of wholesome content that kids will enjoy.
John, Sandra, and Tina also discussed the pros and cons of monitoring kids’ phone and Internet usage. Is it alright to go through every single text message they receive, and all the websites they visit? Listen to this episode to discover insights and tactics that we might not have even considered before.
“We trust you, we just don’t trust anybody else.” – Tina Griffin, addressing kids who complain about their strict parents
What You’ll Learn
- What is the “inoculation theory” and how does it affect kids?
- The pressures of actors and actresses in Hollywood that lead to bad decisions
- How celebrities raise their kids
- What rapper Eminem does to “protect” his daughter from his music
- Why Steve Jobs did not allow his kids to use Apple products at their home
- Tina’s best ammo in persuading kids to see what she sees
- Shocking statistics about explicit content in the media
- Actual audio clip of an underground band giving horrible advice to youngsters
- What Tina would discuss with President Trump if given the opportunity to meet
- How to use bad experiences in the past to teach your kids
Resources
- Tina Griffin’s episode at the Eternal Leadership Podcast, the show’s most downloaded episode
- Every Man’s Battle by Stephen Arterburn and Fred Stoeker
- Counter Culture Mom – Tina Marie Griffin’s Website
- Hollywood Insider Show by Counter Culture Mom
- Text mediaguide (no spaces) to 44222 to get Tina’s free media guide with links to positive, child-friendly media content options
Bio 
For over two decades, former actress and pop culture expert, Tina Griffin has built a reputation as being a leading media expert. She’s traveled globally for the past 15 years to reveal how pop culture and media is glamorizing harmful behaviors without showing the consequences and how these messages are eroding the foundational development of today’s youth. Tina has been sharing her eye-opening pop culture message – Hollywood Exposed – at school assemblies, parent meetings, colleges, leadership conferences, music festivals, camps, cruise ships, church services and other venues. This is a very up-to-date, timely, interactive show, including quotes from celebrities as well as actual interview footage affirming that positive media, friends and choices lead to a successful life.
Tina went from baling hay and milking cows on a dairy farm in Wisconsin to working as an actress in Hollywood. At the age of 20, she drove 2,000 miles west and enrolled at California State University – Los Angeles to pursue a film and TV broadcasting degree and start her acting career. When she isn’t traveling and speaking, you will find her busy writing radio spots, blogging, cooking, camping, traveling, homeschooling her 4 munchkins or having a romantic date night with her best friend – husband Luke.
Tina’s mission is to challenge the next generation to live counter-culturally to what the critics claim is “harmless entertainment.” Young adults will be who they are meant to be, rather than who they are told to be.
