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Sue Summers
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.
Sue has been a library media specialist in Jefferson County, Colorado, for over 20 years. She was selected as the winner of Cable in the Classroom’s “Leaders in Learning” Media Literacy award, was a member of Turner Learning’s National Faculty, and served as a board member for the media literacy advocacy organization, PRIIME TIIME Today.
She has taught master’s level courses at Colorado Christian University and developed and taught two graduate courses on media training.
The author of four books on raising media-savvy kids, Sue has also co-authored a timely devotional book for women. Sue was married to her late husband, Dr. Bob, for 27 years. Her daughter and son are each married and live in the Denver area, along with Sue’s four grandchildren, ages 24, 22, 20, and 19.
“It is no surprise that public schools have not embraced critical thinking skills as an ongoing part of education, but why have churches, Christian schools, and homeschool parents shied away from this topic as well? It may be due to a lack of Bible-based resources.”
– Sue Summers
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"I highly recommend Let’s Raise Media-Savvy Kids! by Sue Summers, who has more than 30 years of expertise teaching about the impact of media on our youth, including today’s social media platforms. There are 42 million Christian families in America whose children will learn to drive a car. I find Summers’ excellent book as foundational as a driving manual for learning to navigate the world of media.
Let’s Raise Media-Savvy Kids! provides an extraordinary road map to help homeschool parents, Christian teachers, and youth pastors engage and equip teens with the skills needed to navigate today’s culture while standing for Christ. Just like a trustworthy “Compass for Life,” this book is a figurative GPS resource based on God’s Word. Summers calls it the “Grid of Truth.”
Teens face a hazardous road in today’s digital culture and Let’s Raise Media-Savvy Kids! is filled with practical ways to integrate a Christian worldview into this critical part of your teen’s life. With the accompanying booklet, Let’s Raise Media-Savvy Kids! A Parent’s Guide, parents can continue the dialogue at home and support their teachers and youth leaders in these valuable life skills.”
Kevin Decker
Christian Publishing Industry Executive
"Let’s Raise Media-Savvy Kids! demystifies how to teach youth about the influence of today’s culture using creative, well researched lessons, as seen through the lens of a Biblical worldview. Sue Summers provides references to videos and clever websites, useful to provoke in-depth discussions. This is the perfect resource for every Christian teacher, home school parent, youth worker, and pre-teen/teen influencer.”
Donna Shepherd
Founder, PRIIME TIIME TODAY
"Parents need all the help they can get. Let’s Raise Media-Savvy Kids! delivers. Parents, and all adults who play important roles in the lives of youth, will become aware of the power of media. They will learn to guide children to understanding in bitesize pieces while developing critical thinking skills that youth will find useful every day.”
Cherilyn Smith-Bidstrup
Educator and Parent
"Let’s Raise Media-Savvy Kids! is a welcome tool for youth leaders. The subjects covered will provide a firm foundation for the Christian adults they will soon become. The lesson plans are organized for thought-provoking discussions and key group involvement in learning. Sue Summers has created a strong program for covering key Christ-centered principles.”
Debbie Miller
Retired IBM Sales Executive
"Very good and comprehensive program. Excellent variety of activities!”
Freddy Davis
Author, The Truth Mirage: An Introduction to Worldview for Biblical Christians
"Sue Summers makes a valuable contribution to a worthy and much-needed topic: How to counteract the misinformation and disinformation so prevalent in the world, especially in these days of deception. Summers is clearly well-versed and experienced in the subject, and she presents a thorough and comprehensive examination of all types of media. The Bible warns us that the Antichrist “will use every kind of evil deception to fool” the world, according to 2 Thessalonians 2:10 (NLT).
The study guide, Let’s Raise Media-Savvy Kids! makes effective use of thought-provoking questions to prompt discussion. As Dr. W. Edward Demmings said: “Without questions, there is no learning.” The separate Parent’s Guide serves parents well as a helpful tool to introduce and accompany the 25-lesson discussion and study guide.”
W. Blake Watkins
Author, The G.O.L.I.A.T.H. Code: A Biblical Battle Plan
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