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Kids and Their Digital Lives:

An Overview and Tips for Parents to Ensure Safe, Responsible Digital Citizens

Presenter Intro: Merve Lapus

Director of School Partnerships Common Sense Education @molapus @CommonSenseEd @CommonSense

the nation's leading nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the lives of kids and families by providing the trustworthy information, education, and independent voice they need to thrive in a world of media and technology.

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How do we use media in balance as a family, find quality content, set expectations around healthy use to prevent conflict, and raise media savvy consumers and creators?

Kids in Today’s Technology Landscape ...

• increasingly have access to

the Internet and mobile technologies at home and school

• hold the promise for learning,

communicating, and sharing in the palm of their hands

• are not always aware of the

consequences of their actions in the digital world

Source: Domo, 2015

Yep … Every minute

• f every

day ...

How many hours per week does the average American child between 8-18 spend with media and technology? a) 35 b) 42 c) 63 d) 77

Source: Common Sense Census, 2015

Kids 8-12 spend an

• avg. of 6 hours

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The Common Sense Census: Media Use by Teens and Tweens, November, 2015.

Media use is off the charts

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The Common Sense Census: Media Use by Teens and Tweens, November, 2015.

Watching TV Listening to Music Playing Video Games Reading Watching Online Videos Use Social Media

What media do kids spend the most time with daily?

Myth!

Myth or Truth ?

Parents spend less time on devices than kids/teens

Parents spend 9:22 minutes with screen media daily, including for personal and work use. 7:43 of that time is devoted to personal screen time. Tweens spend an average of 6 hours/day and Teens an average of about 9 hours/day on screens.

Source: Common Sense Technology Addiction, 2016 & Plugged in Parents 12/2016

What percent of tweens feel like their parents are addicted to their technology? a) 41% b) 15% c) 30% d) 60%

Common Sense Media Focus Groups, 2014.

Adults don’t get it. They think I’m addicted to technology — but I’m not. I’m addicted to my friends.

Same child development, more powerful tools.

Good News! Media Can Be Beneficial.

Overcoming Summer Slide

• Keep Kids Reading
• Balance
• Graphic Novels/Mystery/Fan-Fiction
• Make Lasting Memories
• Collect Photos and Videos to tell stories
• Digital Journal and Portfolios
• Try Tech
• Unique Learning Opportunities
• Coding/Foreign Language/Creation

"Schools must prepare students for jobs that do not yet exist, creating ideas and solutions for products and problems that have not yet been identified, using technologies that have not yet been invented.”

• Linda Darling Hammond, Stanford University

Social media alienates kids.

Myth!

Myth or Truth ?

57 percent of all teens have made new friends online 84 percent of boys who play networked games with friends feel more connected when they play online 68 percent of teen social media users have had online friends support them through tough or challenging times

Why stop at one?

Social Media Red Flags

Age-inappropriate content Public default settings Location tracking and sharing Real-time video streaming Ads and in-app purchases “Temporary” pics and videos Subpar reporting tools Anonymity Cyberbullying/negative culture

Persistent + Searchable = Digital Footprint

Self reflect before you self reveal!

The “Disinhibition Effect” is real

Privacy Settings

Trolls Don’t Only Live Under Bridges Anymore...

Bullies are nothing new, but cyberbullies can hide behind a keyboard.

It’s never too early to talk to your kid about digital citizenship, being kind online, and calling out cruelty! It’s never too early to talk to your kid about digital citizenship, being kind online, and calling out cruelty!

Digital Citizenship

It’s never too early to talk to your kid about digital citizenship, being kind online, and calling out cruelty! It’s never too early to talk to your kid about digital citizenship, being kind online, and calling out cruelty!

• Think critically
• Behave safely
• Participate responsibly

It’s never too early to talk to your kid about digital citizenship, being kind online, and calling out cruelty.

There’s some iffy stuff out there.

We Can Help!

All About That Balance

Physically healthy and sleeping enough?

Source: "New screentime rules from the American Academy of Pediatrics," Sonia Livingstone

Pursuing interests and hobbies (in any form)? Ask yourself, is my child: Engaged with and achieving in school? Connecting socially with family and friends (in any form)? Having fun and learning in their use of digital media?

Device-free zones and times

When all else fails, tracking software might, too.

Nick Shaw of Norton Security

"Technology is going to help you," he says, "but it's not going to get away from the fact that you should be having more conversations about this with your kids."

Parent and child

What parents can do

Model good behavior Share your values Pay attention Engage together Embrace their world

Explain digital footprints Set rules Don’t dismiss the pressures Teach self-reflection

Use privacy settings Keep passwords private Explain legal issues Build positive online rep

Respect others Encourage “upstanding” Share resources Use Common Sense

They can’t learn to swim… ..if we don’t let them in the water.

Image by Vorakorn from freedigitalphotos.net

You got this! (image positive thumbs up, slightly humorous

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YOU GOT THIS!

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Merve Lapus Director of School Partnerships edsupport@commonsense.org

@molapus @CommonSenseEd @CommonSense