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Self-help ✦ Penny’s Take 🎧 Audiobook

5 Habits of the Tech-Ready Family

Chris McKenna · 2026
🎙 Narrated by Chris McKenna
77/100
👍 Worth It

McKenna (Protect Young Eyes founder) addresses what many parenting books sidestep entirely — pornography, sextortion, and AI companions — with neuroscience explaining why these technologies exploit developing brains and five practical parent habits as the counter-move. The explicitly Christian framework is integral throughout, limiting appeal to secular parents, but within that frame Publishers Weekly called it 'comprehensive' and 'illuminating.' McKenna narrates his own book and his pastoral warmth makes heavy subject matter approachable rather than alarming.

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🎙 Narration: excellent McKenna self-narrates and his founder-level authority and pastoral communication style translate naturally — listeners reported finding the content easy to absorb even while driving.

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Verdict receipt0–100
Faith & family safety84
Substance / usefulness81
Craft & writing79
Originality78
Evidence & accuracy77
Hype vs delivers75
Age-fit81
👁 Human-eye gut-check76
Penny’s verdict77
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