- Depression, stalking,sexting, even suicide.

What do they all have in common?

The internet, smartphones, and social media.

So how can you protect yourkids from these online dangers?

Take a look.

- [Narrator] Caleb Kinchlowwears many hats in media.

Producer, videographer, editor and host.

He's also the grandson of beloved

former 700 Club co-host, Ben Kinchlow.

Caleb loves technology,but he sees the need

to protect his kids from its dangers

and he wants to helpother parents do the same.

He says many of them are unaware

of what kids can easilyaccess, or what to do about it.

In his book, "Parents,Kids and Technology,"

Caleb offers explanations,practical tools,

and encouragement to keep

your family safe in a tech world.

- Well please welcome to the 700 Club,

one of our very own, Caleb Kinchlow.

It's great to have you with us today.

- Thank you for having me here.

- Everyone loved your grandfather so much.

How's your family doing?

- They're doing very well, very well.

My grandfather and I spenda lot of time together,

I'm having a lot ofdifferent conversations

about life, and faith,and actually in part

one of the reason whyI even wrote this book.

- Really, that's awesome.

Well, you wrote this book to give parents

some solid advice and sound wisdom

on how to deal with technology,there's so much of it,

it's a lot to stay on top of.

What made you so passionateabout this, Caleb?

- Well, Terry, over thepast few years we've seen

these headlines involvingdepression, suicide and anxiety,

and there are two consistentthings with these headlines.

One, they involve technologyor social media of some sort,

and two, that the parents were just really

unaware of what was happening,

which is why I decided tomake this type of resource,

and also why, at the end of each chapter,

there's discussionguides and key takeaways

to really have those hardconversations with your kids.

- So today kids have sucheasy access to technology.

You know, my husband and I often say,

goodness, when we were growing up

if you had a problem atschool or on the way home,

there was no way tocommunicate with your family.

But kids have phoneswhen they're so young,

and on your phone, yourphone is a walking computer,

you can do everything with with it,

so how do parents stay ontop of all these things

that are at the door to our kids'

minds, and hearts, and lives?

- Right, you know, this iswhat a lot of parents seem to,

this has become a humorous idea,

but have you kids teachyou what's happening.

So this is what I mean by this,

so we actually do thisin our household as well

with our son, DeMarcus, he's 14.

So if he wants to downloadan app or something,

he has to send a notification to us,

that's how our phones are set up.

So once we get the notification,

then we can talk about the dangers,

we can talk about the pros and cons.

So by doing this, it makesit where it's not just

me as a parent, me mywife and I as parents,

having to hover overand handle everything,

it provides a type of -- on him as well

to be involved in theconversation to work together.

- To do your book you interviewed

hundreds and hundreds of kids, students.

What are they sayingare the greatest issues,

the greatest problemsfrom their perspective?

- The consistent thingwas that social media

is really used as a tool for validation.

- [Terry] Yeah, for adults too.

- For adults too, definitely, definitely,

but particularly kids whoare obviously younger,

who are really in thatemotional, volatile state.

Some of the kids said things that,

well, I want someone to knowthat I'm having a good time

even if I'm not having a good time.

Or that I have more followers than you,

which means that I must have more people

that care about who Iam and what I'm doing.

But the problem is that it's not real,

it doesn't extend beyondthese social platforms.

- Well people are also talking about

the fact that there isless interaction socially,

one-on-one with people today,both adults and children,

but especially, I think,damaging to children

because we can do all of this just online.

We feel like we'recommunicating with each other,

but we're not communicatingwith each other.

- Right, absolutely.

And the thing with technology,

and this is one of the key things,

is that when you give your child

unrestricted access to a mobile device,

is the equivalent of taking a sewage line

and connecting it to them.

And the thing about that sewage line

is that our kids really don'thave the emotional maturity

to truly wade through all the issues.

You see what wisdom does,wisdom goes to the future,

looks at that outcome, and then comes back

and helps us to make a decision.

- [Terry] And works accordingly.

- Works accordingly to it,and they just don't have it.

- You say in your bookthat technology changes,

but principles stay the same.

So, how does this help parents?

- Right, so obviously we know

that technology is constantly evolving,

but as adults we've all been kids before.

Now the only difference though is that

the vehicle for communication has changed.

So as a kid I understand what it felt like

to maybe be bullied,to wanna try to fit in,

so parents don't have to bescared of the technology,

because instead of just writingnotes, it's just online.

So when parents are talking to their kids,

address from a place of, hey,you already experienced this.

It may not be on a social platform,

but I know what it feelslike to be, try to fit in,

to try to figure out those issues.

- So what are some safetymeasures that parents can take?

You talked about havingthe child involved,

and having to ask you about,

and converse with you aboutapps and other things.

But what are some other safety measures?

- Actually, in the book I have

a whole list of detailed ways to do that,

but just one way thatI really just keen on

is you have to put filters on everything.

See, for a parent--

- Can't kids remove them if they're savvy?

- They can if they're savvy,

but also you can talk to themabout some of the filters,

so that way it's not just youhaving to control everything.

See, the thing about it is, if the device

has an On switch and Wi-Fi,

you have to know more thanjust the name of the device.

You have to understand the access,

and all the devices have filters

to block some of this adult content.

- Yeah, I just wannasay, if you've got kids

you need Caleb's book.

It's called, "Parents,Kids and Technology,"

it's available wherever books are sold.

You're gonna have to stay on top of this,

'cause you just had another baby.

- Yes, yes.

- So, congratulations to you.

- Thank you.