Ages 5-15 · Book 4, Discernment · 4,299 places
The Family Media Plan
Written with the children, in their words, which is the only version anybody keeps.
Built on Ellis Abel and the Two Wolves Within — “Choose what you feed within.” A character series, not a curriculum with a worldview attached.
The five sessions
- Session 1
Audit one real day of inputs, honestly, adults included
- Session 2
Read the story and name the choice point inside it
- Session 3
Learn the one check: who made this, and what do they want
- Session 4
Apply the check to something they actually watch
- Session 5
Set the family or class rule they helped write
Questions leaders ask
Is the family media plan in your area a religious program?
No. Ellis Abel is a character series. Each volume carries one named core value — this one is discernment — and the story does the teaching. There is no doctrine in it, nothing to opt out of, and it is used in public schools, libraries and secular programs as readily as anywhere else.
What ages does this work for?
Ages 5-15. The story is read aloud, so a child who cannot read yet is fully in it, and the discussion prompts are written in two bands so one adult can hold a mixed-age room.
We have tried things like this in your area before and stopped. Why is this different?
Because it is ten minutes and it survives a missed night. There is no streak to break and nothing to catch up on — you pick up at the next chapter.
What if my child will not talk about it?
Then read it anyway and say nothing. Children answer days later, in the car, about something else entirely. The prompts are there when they are ready, not a toll you have to pay to finish the book.
The rules that make it work
This takes no side on any platform
No app is named as good or bad. That is what makes it usable in a public school, and it is also what makes it still true in three years.
Teach the question, not the rule
Rules expire when the technology changes. "Who made this and what do they want from me" works on something that has not been invented yet.
The child writes the rule
A limit imposed from above is complied with until it can be evaded. A limit a child helped write is one they can explain to a friend.
Adults do the inventory too
A grown-up listing their own real day, honestly, in front of the children, is the moment the session stops being a telling-off.
Self-talk is an input
The harshest voice most children hear is their own, and it is on the list with everything else because it works the same way.
Nobody is shamed for their list
The first honest inventory is always ugly. A room that reacts to that is a room that will only ever see edited lists afterwards.
Family Media Plan by metro area
Northeast
- Family Media Plan — New York, NY
- Family Media Plan — Philadelphia, PA
- Family Media Plan — Boston, MA
- Family Media Plan — Pittsburgh, PA
- Family Media Plan — Providence, RI
- Family Media Plan — Hartford, CT
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- Family Media Plan — Albany, NY
- Family Media Plan — Worcester, MA
- Family Media Plan — Allentown, PA
- Family Media Plan — Poughkeepsie metro area, NY
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- Family Media Plan — Harrisburg, PA
- Family Media Plan — New Haven, CT
- Family Media Plan — Portland, ME
- Family Media Plan — Scranton, PA
- Family Media Plan — Lancaster, PA
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- Family Media Plan — Springfield, MA
- Family Media Plan — Waterbury, CT
- Family Media Plan — Reading, PA
- Family Media Plan — Manchester, NH
- Family Media Plan — Trenton, NJ
- Family Media Plan — Atlantic City, NJ
- Family Media Plan — Utica, NY
- Family Media Plan — Norwich, CT
- Family Media Plan — Erie, PA
- Family Media Plan — Binghamton, NY
- Family Media Plan — Barnstable, MA
- Family Media Plan — Burlington, VT
- Family Media Plan — Kingston, NY
- Family Media Plan — Amherst, MA
- Family Media Plan — Chambersburg, PA
- Family Media Plan — Bangor, ME
- Family Media Plan — State College, PA
- Family Media Plan — Vineland, NJ
- Family Media Plan — Lebanon, PA
- Family Media Plan — Johnstown, PA
- Family Media Plan — Pittsfield, MA
- Family Media Plan — Glens Falls, NY
- Family Media Plan — Altoona, PA
- Family Media Plan — Lewiston, ME
- Family Media Plan — Williamsport, PA
- Family Media Plan — Watertown, NY
- Family Media Plan — Gettysburg, PA
- Family Media Plan — Ithaca, NY
- Family Media Plan — Elmira, NY
Midwest
- Family Media Plan — Chicago, IL
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- Family Media Plan — Wichita, KS
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- Family Media Plan — Springfield, MO
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- Family Media Plan — Green Bay, WI
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- Family Media Plan — Sioux Falls, SD
- Family Media Plan — Duluth, MN
- Family Media Plan — Cedar Rapids, IA
- Family Media Plan — Evansville, IN
- Family Media Plan — Fargo, ND
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- Family Media Plan — Springfield, IL
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- Family Media Plan — Racine, WI
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- Family Media Plan — Iowa City, IA
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- Family Media Plan — Bloomington, IL
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- Family Media Plan — Terre Haute, IN
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- Family Media Plan — Traverse City, MI
- Family Media Plan — Rapid City, SD
- Family Media Plan — Monroe, MI
- Family Media Plan — Jefferson City, MO
- Family Media Plan — Niles, MI
- Family Media Plan — Sioux City, IA
- Family Media Plan — Bismarck, ND
- Family Media Plan — Wausau, WI
- Family Media Plan — Manhattan, KS
- Family Media Plan — Springfield, OH
- Family Media Plan — Battle Creek, MI
- Family Media Plan — Ames, IA
- Family Media Plan — Mansfield, OH
- Family Media Plan — Lawrence, KS
- Family Media Plan — St. Joseph, MO
- Family Media Plan — Sheboygan, WI
- Family Media Plan — Muncie, IN
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- Family Media Plan — Michigan City, IN
- Family Media Plan — Kankakee, IL
- Family Media Plan — Grand Forks, ND
- Family Media Plan — Mankato, MN
- Family Media Plan — Fond du Lac, WI
- Family Media Plan — Bay City, MI
- Family Media Plan — Lima, OH
- Family Media Plan — Dubuque, IA
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- Family Media Plan — Cape Girardeau, MO
- Family Media Plan — Columbus, IN
- Family Media Plan — Kokomo, IN
- Family Media Plan — Midland, MI
- Family Media Plan — Grand Island, NE
- Family Media Plan — Minot, ND
South
- Family Media Plan — Dallas, TX
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- Family Media Plan — Washington, DC
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- Family Media Plan — Charlotte, NC
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- Family Media Plan — Oklahoma City, OK
- Family Media Plan — Louisville, KY
- Family Media Plan — Richmond, VA
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- Family Media Plan — Birmingham, AL
- Family Media Plan — Tulsa, OK
- Family Media Plan — Greenville, SC
- Family Media Plan — New Orleans, LA
- Family Media Plan — Knoxville, TN
- Family Media Plan — Sarasota metro area, FL
- Family Media Plan — McAllen, TX
- Family Media Plan — Charleston, SC
- Family Media Plan — Baton Rouge, LA
- Family Media Plan — El Paso, TX
- Family Media Plan — Columbia, SC
- Family Media Plan — Cape Coral, FL
- Family Media Plan — Lakeland, FL
- Family Media Plan — Greensboro, NC
- Family Media Plan — Little Rock, AR
- Family Media Plan — Deltona, FL
- Family Media Plan — Winston-Salem, NC
- Family Media Plan — Palm Bay, FL
- Family Media Plan — Augusta, GA
- Family Media Plan — Durham, NC
- Family Media Plan — Fayetteville, AR
- Family Media Plan — Jackson, MS
- Family Media Plan — Chattanooga, TN
- Family Media Plan — Port St. Lucie, FL
- Family Media Plan — Huntsville, AL
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- Family Media Plan — Lexington, KY
- Family Media Plan — Killeen, TX
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- Family Media Plan — Ocala, FL
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- Family Media Plan — Myrtle Beach, SC
- Family Media Plan — Lafayette, LA
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- Family Media Plan — Fayetteville, NC
- Family Media Plan — Montgomery, AL
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- Family Media Plan — Roanoke, VA
- Family Media Plan — Hagerstown, MD
- Family Media Plan — Fort Walton Beach metro area, FL
- Family Media Plan — Kingsport, TN
- Family Media Plan — Waco, TX
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- Family Media Plan — College Station, TX
- Family Media Plan — Tuscaloosa, AL
- Family Media Plan — Laredo, TX
- Family Media Plan — Slidell, LA
- Family Media Plan — Amarillo, TX
- Family Media Plan — Lynchburg, VA
- Family Media Plan — Daphne, AL
- Family Media Plan — Tyler, TX
- Family Media Plan — Lake Charles, LA
- Family Media Plan — Hilton Head Island, SC
- Family Media Plan — Macon, GA
- Family Media Plan — Fort Smith, AR
- Family Media Plan — Panama City, FL
- Family Media Plan — Charlottesville, VA
- Family Media Plan — Gainesville, GA
- Family Media Plan — Athens, GA
- Family Media Plan — Monroe, LA
- Family Media Plan — Punta Gorda, FL
- Family Media Plan — Jacksonville, NC
- Family Media Plan — Johnson City, TN
- Family Media Plan — Lexington Park, MD
- Family Media Plan — Warner Robins, GA
- Family Media Plan — Auburn, AL
- Family Media Plan — Florence, SC
- Family Media Plan — Charleston, WV
- Family Media Plan — Houma, LA
- Family Media Plan — Bowling Green, KY
- Family Media Plan — Dover, DE
- Family Media Plan — Midland, TX
- Family Media Plan — Burlington, NC
- Family Media Plan — Abilene, TX
- Family Media Plan — Jackson, TN
- Family Media Plan — Greenville, NC
- Family Media Plan — Blacksburg, VA
- Family Media Plan — Odessa, TX
- Family Media Plan — Vero Beach metro area, FL
- Family Media Plan — Homosassa Springs, FL
- Family Media Plan — Decatur, AL
- Family Media Plan — Hattiesburg, MS
- Family Media Plan — The Villages metro area, FL
- Family Media Plan — Florence, AL
- Family Media Plan — Dothan, AL
- Family Media Plan — Sherman, TX
- Family Media Plan — Valdosta, GA
- Family Media Plan — Winchester, VA
- Family Media Plan — Wichita Falls, TX
- Family Media Plan — Rocky Mount, NC
- Family Media Plan — Alexandria, LA
- Family Media Plan — Dalton, GA
- Family Media Plan — Texarkana, TX
- Family Media Plan — Albany, GA
- Family Media Plan — Morgantown, WV
- Family Media Plan — Hammond, LA
- Family Media Plan — Harrisonburg, VA
- Family Media Plan — Jonesboro, AR
- Family Media Plan — Wheeling, WV
- Family Media Plan — Cleveland, TN
- Family Media Plan — Salisbury, MD
- Family Media Plan — Staunton, VA
- Family Media Plan — Morristown, TN
- Family Media Plan — Elizabethtown, KY
- Family Media Plan — Lawton, OK
- Family Media Plan — Goldsboro, NC
- Family Media Plan — San Angelo, TX
- Family Media Plan — Brunswick, GA
- Family Media Plan — Anniston, AL
- Family Media Plan — Owensboro, KY
- Family Media Plan — Steubenville, WV
- Family Media Plan — Sebring, FL
- Family Media Plan — Pinehurst, NC
- Family Media Plan — Beckley, WV
- Family Media Plan — Sumter, SC
- Family Media Plan — Gadsden, AL
- Family Media Plan — Paducah, KY
- Family Media Plan — Rome, GA
- Family Media Plan — Victoria, TX
- Family Media Plan — Hot Springs, AR
- Family Media Plan — Hinesville, GA
- Family Media Plan — Parkersburg, WV
- Family Media Plan — Enid, OK
- Family Media Plan — Eagle Pass, TX
West
- Family Media Plan — Los Angeles, CA
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- Family Media Plan — Riverside, CA
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- Family Media Plan — Fresno, CA
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- Family Media Plan — Honolulu, HI
- Family Media Plan — Bakersfield, CA
- Family Media Plan — Albuquerque, NM
- Family Media Plan — Boise, ID
- Family Media Plan — Oxnard, CA
- Family Media Plan — Stockton, CA
- Family Media Plan — Colorado Springs, CO
- Family Media Plan — Provo, UT
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- Family Media Plan — Spokane, WA
- Family Media Plan — Reno, NV
- Family Media Plan — Modesto, CA
- Family Media Plan — Santa Rosa, CA
- Family Media Plan — Visalia, CA
- Family Media Plan — Vallejo, CA
- Family Media Plan — Salem, OR
- Family Media Plan — Santa Maria, CA
- Family Media Plan — Salinas, CA
- Family Media Plan — Anchorage, AK
- Family Media Plan — Eugene, OR
- Family Media Plan — Greeley, CO
- Family Media Plan — Fort Collins, CO
- Family Media Plan — Boulder, CO
- Family Media Plan — Kennewick, WA
- Family Media Plan — Olympia, WA
- Family Media Plan — Merced, CA
- Family Media Plan — Bremerton, WA
- Family Media Plan — San Luis Obispo, CA
- Family Media Plan — Bend, OR
- Family Media Plan — Yakima, WA
- Family Media Plan — Santa Cruz, CA
- Family Media Plan — Prescott metro area, AZ
- Family Media Plan — Bellingham, WA
- Family Media Plan — Las Cruces, NM
- Family Media Plan — Lake Havasu City, AZ
- Family Media Plan — Yuma, AZ
- Family Media Plan — Medford, OR
- Family Media Plan — St. George, UT
- Family Media Plan — Chico, CA
- Family Media Plan — Billings, MT
- Family Media Plan — Coeur d'Alene, ID
- Family Media Plan — Yuba City, CA
- Family Media Plan — Redding, CA
- Family Media Plan — El Centro, CA
- Family Media Plan — Idaho Falls, ID
- Family Media Plan — Pueblo, CO
- Family Media Plan — Grand Junction, CO
- Family Media Plan — Logan, UT
- Family Media Plan — Maui, HI
- Family Media Plan — Santa Fe, NM
- Family Media Plan — Hanford, CA
- Family Media Plan — Flagstaff, AZ
- Family Media Plan — Mount Vernon, WA
- Family Media Plan — Napa, CA
- Family Media Plan — Albany, OR
- Family Media Plan — Bozeman, MT
- Family Media Plan — Missoula, MT
- Family Media Plan — Wenatchee, WA
- Family Media Plan — Sierra Vista, AZ
- Family Media Plan — Twin Falls, ID
- Family Media Plan — Farmington, NM
- Family Media Plan — Longview, WA
- Family Media Plan — Cheyenne, WY
- Family Media Plan — Corvallis, OR
- Family Media Plan — Helena, MT
- Family Media Plan — Fairbanks, AK
- Family Media Plan — Pocatello, ID
- Family Media Plan — Grants Pass, OR
- Family Media Plan — Great Falls, MT
- Family Media Plan — Casper, WY
- Family Media Plan — Lewiston, ID
- Family Media Plan — Walla Walla, WA
- Family Media Plan — Carson City, NV
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