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
3 C’s of Good Parenting Choose ● Help kids make good choices. Check ● Check what they're doing. Chat ● Follow up with a chat.
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 Inappropriate/Challenging at BDJH Things We’ve Seen at BDJH ● Speak Up App/Reporting ● Academic Distraction ● Students “Standing Up” for one ● Fake Instagrams another ● Communicating with Strangers ● Students Socializing through Online technology ● Sending Inappropriate Pictures ● Bear TV ● Excluding Others ● Unlimited Access to Knowledge ● Cyberbullying ● Creative Tool ● Inappropriate Language ● Canvas ● Lack of Empathy ● Home Access Center ● Overexposure/Never Unplugged ● Connectivity ● Unlimited Access to All Things ● Community Building ● Addiction ● Spreading Positive Messages
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 on 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
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