Today our topic is kids and technology. I'll be talking about why every parent should be talking with their kids about unplugging distractions and plugging into life, and because it's our first episode I'll share a bit about how I got into teaching parenting and cyber safety.
Kids today have no sense of being unplugged from their devices. Ever.
Introduction to our host Lisa Honold's parenting story
Your kids need your guidance, your life experience, to navigate all the tricky situations online. It's not fair to hand them a phone and "hope for the best".
Tune in for future episodes on guiding your teens and tweens to be smarter, safer digital citizens, supervising what they are doing online and building your relationship as your kids want more independence.
Our sponsor today is the Center for Online Safety. Their mission is to keep kids safe online and they offer training for parents and schools to protect kids from cyberbullying, predators, pornography and other inappropriate content.
Ask your child:
When you have screen time, what’s the first thing you want to do online? (If they’re under 10 years old, you may think you know this answer, but it changes a lot!)
As a follow up, you can ask--How does it make you feel if you don’t get to do this?
If you’ve got a teen on social media:
Who is one famous person you follow on social media. And why do you like to follow them?
What are you plugging into this week? What are you choosing to unplug from? Our host shares her thoughts.
