- Talk about media and tech
- Play, watch, learn together
- Teach new skills
- Do your research
Lisa Solomon
Regional Manager, Los Angeles
Do you know the most effective way to help your child have a healthy relationship with media? Learn what it takes to be your kid's media mentor by reading our new Common Sense post: Here's the Secret to Raising a Safe, Smart Kid. It's not about lots of limits, but it's not about being hands off, either. A few highlights include:
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Thank you to all the parents who attended Diana Graber's valuable "How To Keep Your Kids Safe" workshop on Tuesday, May 10. Diana Graciously provided a link to her presentation for all who were unable to attend.
Please feel free to poke around her Cyberwise website to learn more! It's full of free information for parents and teachers. The idea of pretending to be someone you're not never gets old and kids are highly susceptible to faking their identities. There's a name for this in the online world -- catfishing -- and it's common enough to have inspired both a movie and TV show. But creating a false persona isn't the only bait-and-switch game out there. New apps let kids boost, create, or totally fabricate reality, tapping into the pressure some feel to project a certain public image. Teens are especially vulnerable, since so much of their social lives play out online. Check out our recent post, Catfishing Apps That Let Kids Fake Everything from Texts to Tweets, to get educated on what's out there.
There's a wealth of resources on Common Sense designed to help you educate kids on how to use social media safely and responsibly, and how to help them think through the consequences of creating fake profiles. Lisa Solomon LA Regional Manager Common Sense Media Common Sense is proud to share our newly released research brief: Technology Addiction: Concern, Controversy, and Finding Balance. It addresses many of the questions that we all have about our children's use of media and technology. Are our kids addicted to their devices? And, even if children aren't actually addicted, how should we understand unhealthy media use? Along with the report, we've also released the results of a poll, Dealing with Devices: The Parent-Teen Dynamic which asks 1,240 teens and parents how they feel about the technology in their lives. Click here for the illuminating results.
Key research findings include:
So, what can you do?
Finally, join in a Common Sense Webinar, Dealing with Devices: What Your Family Needs to Know, by registering here. It's on May 19 at 11am PST. Lisa Solomon Regional Manager, Los Angeles |
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