Do you sometimes feel like a digital trespasser?

One day at the turn of the millennium, my young children were playing the PC game 'SIMS' which was all the rage (I can still hear the music now). I'd enjoyed seeing them create their simulated family house design, choosing to furnish and lay out the rooms and contents. Or to manage their character's energy, sleep levels and earning power. I realized they kept sending the Sim 'parents' upstairs to engage in a bit of hanky-panky under the bedclothes. Sparks flew in more ways than one.

That was the day I realized my parental boundaries has been prematurely breached under my very nose.

The example seems tame now by comparison and we are twenty-plus years on from those bedtime antics.

But I had seen a need for a wholesome character-formation role-playing game. Scripting its game-lore I went on to write an illustrated children's book upon which this exciting product will be fashioned. 'Trunk'd' is about embracing the whimsical, the imaginative, and mysterious aspects of faith by working out how to live well. It will be tailor-made for the Alpha generation, those who urgently need tools for intuitive spiritual formation and character development. Exciting, interactive options will differ according to player decisions. I see the game 'Trunk’d' as a much needed evolution of conventional notions of discipleship and a fresh way of engaging young believers, the spiritually curious or naive in a mesmerizing adventure story.

But first!

Parents, guardians, grandparents - we can rally all who want to stare down this monster of digital dangers. Let's come together to equip and prepare our precious children to thrive in an age of relativity and confusion. Caught between attention-seeking social media, intangible crypto-currencies, identity crises and fluid sexuality debates, artificial Intelligence, fake news, augmented and virtual reality - parenting our children and protecting their childhood can feel like a 24/7 battle against the Universe.

Our children have never been more vulnerable or anxious.

Parents, we need ready access to the best thinking and each other's breakthrough stories, insights and strategies so we can make the most of the brief time we have to prepare our kids' resilience. We can no longer pop round to the physical doorstep of the local bully to tackle his or her parent head-on. The threats are far more subtle and diverse and we need to be sharper than ever at spotting dangers. Yes we still can and must instill values, guide behavior, and captivate the hearts of millions for fruitful and characterful lives.

Before a famine for true integrity and faith robs the next generation of the power to make good choices.