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Predators and Gaming: What’s a Parent to Do?
Most moms and dads know about online predators who slime their way into social media and potentially threaten our kids in one way or another.

And the Cinematic Shuffling Continues
The coronavirus is still out there, of course. But for many of us, life is returning to some semblance of normalcy. Restaurants are opening again.
Serious, Brutal, Doubt Is Biblical, and God Welcomes It
Jon Steingard, lead singer of the Christian rock band Hawk Nelson, recently announced via a lengthy post on Instagram that he had walked away from

Culture Clips: Gone With the Wind Is Gone … for Now
George Floyd’s death continues to reverberate in every aspect of culture, it seems, and some of the biggest tremors have been felt in the world

Wretched Aside, Family Films Rule Theater-Free Season
If you look at official box-office results, The Wretched is the uncontested coronavirus-season champion. The indie horror flick just passed the $1 million mark, theatrically

Movies to Help Your Family Talk About Racism
It can sometimes be hard to know the best way to respond to what’s happening in our world. Often times, we read stories or see

Culture Clips: A Different Sort of Blackout
Yesterday, the world’s social media feed was inundated with black squares instead of pictures. And no, it wasn’t because your Internet connection was taking its

What’s New and Streaming for June 2020
It’s June of 2020. But this year, instead of people longing to hit the great sunny outdoors, folks are yearning to get back indoors. We

What Did People Watch This Weekend? It’s Complicated.
I’m feeling a little nostalgic for the good old days, otherwise known as this past February. It was so easy to see what movies were

Bolivian Boys Discover They Can’t Become Spider-Man
Everyone knows that Spider-Man’s powers came from being bitten by a radioactive spider, right? And everyone also knows that super-power-bestowing radioactive spider bites aren’t real,
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Good media discernment is about guarding our eyes and hearts before we watch or listen. And it’s also about grappling with the entertainment we do see or hear. That’s why the Plugged In Blog is devoted to guarding, discussing and grappling. About Plugged In >>