Kirk Cameron Reveals His Kids’ Social Media Boundaries

Published: October 27, 2023

Kirk Cameron Reveals His Kids’ Social Media Boundaries

By Movieguide® Contributor

Actor and author Kirk Cameron joined FOX Business to share his take on children using social media and what boundaries he’s given his own kids.

“I actually made a documentary about raising children in a social media world called CONNECT, and every parent that has kids and remembers what they were like before social media and after social media knows what this report is going to tell us, that it is a train wreck ready to happen,” Cameron said, expanding on an announcement that Virginia’s attorney general is launching a social media probe.

“Whenever you monetize children, if you can do it without directly killing them, people will justify ways of milling that for every drop of money they can get out of it. It’s problematic but it’s also technology that we love,” the actor added.

This comes shortly after 41 states and Washington D.C. filed lawsuits against Meta. Movieguide® reported:

“Our bipartisan investigation has arrived at a solemn conclusion: Meta has been harming our children and teens, cultivating addiction to boost corporate profits,” said California Attorney General Rob Bonta.

“We have a youth mental health crisis in the United States,” added Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser. “The young people were brought down rabbit holes.”

While Cameron recognizes the detrimental effects of social media, he also understands that completely banning it isn’t always possible.

“It’s something we’ve got to be diligent about figuring out because I don’t think it’s going anywhere,” he said.

He shared how he and his wife have handled the technology within their family.

“My wife and I have focused on connecting relationally with our children,” Cameron revealed. “There’s no substitute for that. And that’s what social media, unfortunately, has done. It’s been substituting real relationships, real face time. It’s essential, and we can’t allow companies to monetize our children and give them a fake, plastic way of connecting with people that actually disconnects them from reality and from relationships.”

The couple are committed to spending real time with their kids, but Cameron confessed they have not banned social media altogether.

“We’ve not banned social media, and our children are young adults now, so they’re making their own choices,” he stated. “But we worked really hard to use technology just like I would use an automobile or a firearm. For the purpose for which it was designed and to do good with those things and use them responsibly.”

He added, “So again, spending time with your kids is critical, reading them books is critical. That’s why I’m writing children’s books on morality and spirituality and doing all I can to let them know that we are wired for relationships.”

Cameron’s most recent book, “The Fox, The Fair, and the Invention Scare,” teaches children about love and forgiveness.

“Jesus taught us to not only love our neighbors but to extend kindness to our enemies,” he shared. “It occurred to me that I need to not just talk the talk, but walk the walk. I need to practice what I preach.”

Movieguide® previously reported on Cameron:

Actor and producer Kirk Cameron says there are three things parents should do to help their children find their identity in Christ in today’s post-modern, social-media obsessed culture.

“I would tell parents to be the kind of confident, wholehearted, full of faith Christian that you want your children to become,” Cameron told The Christian Post. “Let them see an example in you as a mom or dad.”

“Second, I would advise staying in a relationship with them,” the father-of-six continued. “So many kids that go astray, you look at their relationship with their parents and it’s usually broken. It’s not healthy and strong.”