Asking someone to analyze our culture is like asking a goldfish to analyze the water.
Our teenagers are surrounded by messages from movies, music, advertising, news, and social media, and most of us are just as immersed as they are.
Hiding the screens isn’t the answer. Culture finds its way in anyway.
Let’s Raise Media-Savvy Kids!™ shows you another way.
Instead of fear, it offers discernment. Instead of guessing, it gives you a simple way to help your teen review, reflect, and react to what they see and hear.
Media-savvy means having the skills to question, analyze, interpret, and evaluate media messages, with the Bible as the standard.
Because critical thinking isn’t automatic. It has to be taught.
And the best place to teach it is in everyday conversations.
That’s why your book comes with something very different:
This isn’t a chatbot that simply waits for you to ask questions.
It’s a coach.
And there’s an important difference.
A chatbot gives you an answer.
A coach asks you questions.
A coach helps you understand what your teen is really watching and hearing.
A coach helps you ask better questions than "Did you like it?"
A coach turns what you learn into one conversation your family can have this week.
That’s what the BookCoach AI is designed to do.
Imagine having Sue’s years of work on media and critical thinking at your side when a question comes up at home.
Your coach draws on Sue’s book, and her 25-lesson curriculum.
The AICoach isn’t a teacher. It stays faithful to hers, and tells you plainly when something isn’t covered.
The Three R’s: Review, Reflect, React. A simple way to evaluate any movie, show, song, ad, or post.
The Grid of Truth. The Bible as the standard that every cultural message is measured against.
The Healthy Skeptic. Not a sponge who believes everything, and not a cynic who believes nothing.
Five Questions for Every Media Message. Who created it? What is the message? How is it delivered? How does it affect me? How does it affect culture?
Before it tells you anything, your coach wants to know your situation.
Are you a parent, a youth pastor, a teacher, or a homeschooling family?
What shows, apps, or songs is your teen into right now?
What worries you? And what would a good conversation look like?
Your coach asks one question at a time, then helps you plan one practical next step. That might be a family media audit, a movie-night conversation, or an advertisement detective activity.
That’s what makes the combination of Let’s Raise Media-Savvy Kids!™ + BookCoach AI different.
The book teaches the skills.
And then you have a coach that can turn around and ask:
"Okay. Now let’s talk about your teen."
What are they watching?
What message is it sending?
How does it line up with what God says is true?
And what’s one conversation you can start this week?
That’s coaching.
Let’s Raise Media-Savvy Kids!™ gives you the method.
Then your BookCoach AI makes it personal.
You don’t just finish the book understanding the media.
You finish it with a coach ready to help you disciple your teen to live in the world, but not of it.
Read the book. Meet your coach. Raise teens who think.
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Your Book + 10-Day BookCoach AI Access
Your copy of Let’s Raise Media-Savvy Kids!™ will be shipped to you immediately after your order is completed.
With your book, you’ll receive 10 days of access to the BookCoach AI, so you can experience the coach for yourself and begin applying what you’re reading.
After your included 10-day access period, you may continue using the BookCoach AI for $59 per month.
Subscription Terms: Your 10-day access to the BookCoach AI is included with your purchase. After the 10-day period, continued access is $59/month. The subscription automatically renews monthly until canceled. You may cancel at any time before your next billing date to avoid the next monthly charge. Cancellation stops future charges and does not affect charges already incurred. No long-term commitment is required.
The book is yours to keep whether or not you continue with the BookCoach AI.
is a media-savvy author, speaker, and teacher based in Littleton, Colorado. She has dedicated 30 years to researching and creating effective ways to teach critical thinking skills about media to children and adults. In Let’s Raise Media-Savvy Kids!, she helps youth leaders and parents teach these skills from a Biblical worldview, emphasizing the importance of discernment for teens in today’s culture.