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Plugged-in Parents:

KEEPING TEENS SAFE, HAPPY, & HEALTHY IN A DIGITAL AGE

Plugged-in Parents:

KEEPING TEENS SAFE, HAPPY, & HEALTHY IN A DIGITAL AGE

Presented by Beckendorff Junior High Counselors Natalie Jones (A-E) Angie Sticker (F-L) Christina Blanco (M-R) Alicia Leung (S-Z)

WELCOME

On the front of your card: Write one non-negotiable rule that you have related to your child and technology usage On the back of your card: Any questions you have related to today’s topic

Choose

• Help kids make good choices.

Check

• Check what they're doing.

Chat

• Follow up with a chat.

3 C’s of Good Parenting

All About That Balance

Ask yourself — How does digital media affect my child in the following areas?

• Physically healthy and sleeping enough?
• Pursuing interests and hobbies?
• Connecting socially with family and friends?
• Having fun and learning in their use of digital media?
• Engaged with and achieving in school?

Why is it difficult to find balance in a digital media world?

Why is it difficult to find balance in a digital media world?

• Accessibility
• How Kids Connect
• Misinformation
• Parents didn’t grow up with technology
• Mixed Messages
• Overwhelming
• Always Changing
• There’s no “One Right Way” Solution
• Complexity of Age (Boundaries Vs. Freedom)

How Junior High Students Spend Their Time Online

Positive Things We’ve Seen at BDJH

• Speak Up App/Reporting
• Students “Standing Up” for one

another

• Students Socializing through

technology

• Bear TV
• Unlimited Access to Knowledge
• Creative Tool
• Canvas
• Home Access Center
• Connectivity
• Community Building
• Spreading Positive Messages

Inappropriate/Challenging Things We’ve Seen at BDJH

• Academic Distraction
• Fake Instagrams
• Communicating with Strangers

Online

• Sending Inappropriate Pictures
• Excluding Others
• Cyberbullying
• Inappropriate Language
• Lack of Empathy
• Overexposure/Never Unplugged
• Unlimited Access to All Things
• Addiction

What can you do to bring balance to all areas of your child’s life?

Model

• Be a media mentor and set the

standard.

Monitor

• Use limits, not lectures, and be up

front about checking their media use.

Mediate

• Be ready to step in if necessary,

but let teens make some choices

• n their own.

Model

• Use media with your kid.

○ use apps with your child on their device and then let them see you on your device

• Know your own rules and follow them.

○ Time restrictions ○ Family non-negotiables

• Model the media behavior you want to see in your kids.

○ Digital Citizenship

Monitor

• Set expectations and rehearse.
• Device Monitoring software
• Restrict access when needed
• Ask questions

Mediate

• Talk about digital citizenship
• Talk about possible problems/scenarios before they happen
• Talk about real life social media problems
• Hold your child accountable if they break family rules
• Adjust your expectations if needed
• Honest open dialog

Set Yourself Up For Success

What are best practices around digital media and devices ?

• Use media with your kid.
• Know your own rules.
• Set expectations and rehearse.
• Talk about digital citizenship.
• Model the media behavior you want to see in your kids.

Resources

Books

• Social Media Wellness by Ana Homayoun
• Parenting Well in a Media Age by Gloria D. Gaetano
• Generation iY by Tim Elmore
• Glow Kids by Nicholas Kardaras
• iGen: Why Today’s Super-Connected Kids are Growing up Less Rebellious,

More Tolerant, Less Happy-and Completely Unprepared for Adulthood by Jean M. Twenge

Resources

Websites

• Common Sense Media
• Family Online Safety Institute

Monitoring Apps

• OurPact
• Bark
• NetNanny