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A Few Back-to-School Posts from the Past
Each year I write a back-to-school post, that challenges parents and educators to think about the ever-changing lives we live as parents and teachers in our increasingly digital world.This year my...
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Does Digital Life Distort Our Conversation Skills?
Do our conversation skills weaken as we continually connect — virtually and physically — with our digital devices? How does this always-connected environment affect our children and youth? Are...
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Building Ethical Thinking Skills – Thoughts on Disconnected: Youth, New Media...
In an always connected world how can we help our students and our children become better, more thoughtful problems solvers when they encounter a challenging dilemma? What can adults do to encourage...
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After Buying a Device & Before Giving It to Kids: What to Do
Every 21st Century parents needs a holiday digital parenting checklist that describes the tasks to accomplished between purchasing a new digital device and watching a child gleefully unwrap it. This...
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What to Do About Screen Time – A Diane Rehm Show Discussion
This past week I listened to New Research On Teens, Toddlers and Mobile Devices, an engaging radio program about digital parenting on The Diane Rehm Show (NPR). In early November 2015 Rehm featured...
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Talking about Privacy & Digital Footprints In Grades 7-12
Over the past couple of years, I’ve heard middle and high school kids say that they are sick-and-tired of hearing about their digital footprints — with many exclaiming that they already know what they...
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What Digital Risks Should We Worry About the Most? Digital Fear — Part #1
When we teach and interact with digital kids about their hyper-connected lives, I wish we could de-emphasize the fear factor and re-emphasize education and understanding, helping young users become...
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On Digital Parenting Fear, Part #2 – We Must Know More About Kids’ Digital Lives
In our connected world unfamiliar activities make adults worry about kids, and violent and exploitative events, some connected to the digital world, make us fear for our children’s safety. This past...
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Incorporating 21st Century Vocabulary Words Into the Conversation & the...
To become successful, intelligent, and mindful 21st Century learners, young people need to understand and apply a small group of vocabulary words that now have expanded digital world meanings. Parents...
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Screen Time: Myths & Facts (and More)
Check out a cool infographic over at Tuned in Parents that addresses many screen time questions. The image was created using information from a broad array of evidence-based research conducted by...
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Another Digital Parenting Book That’s Scary – Sigh…
So many digital parenting books and articles generate fear and anxiety, and American Girls: Social Media and the Secret Lives of Teenagers is no exception. The big question is whether or not this book,...
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Screenagers: An Excellent New Documentary & Digital Parenting Resource
I just finished reading a New York Times Well Blog article about Screenagers, a new documentary that addresses the the challenge that too much screen time presents for families. The March 15, 2016...
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Sandra Day O’Connor — A Video Game Entrepreneur?
When she retired as a Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Sandra Day O’Connor could have headed to the golf course or just relaxed. But she did not. Instead she started an educational organization,...
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Building Habits of Moderation into the Conversation and the Curriculum
When my brother and I were growing up in the Midwest, my dad had a big sign — about one foot by two feet — with the word MODERATION. The sign sat in the living room, just off the study, so that it was...
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Digital Kids & Parents Talk About Technology Rules
A recent study, about parents, children and the technology rules that families adopt will be a terrific resource for schools and parent groups to share. Most parts of the research paper are fairly easy...
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Building Habits of Privacy Into the Curriculum & the Conversation
Young people confuse privacy with safety. While most kids carefully follow the rules that parents and teachers set out — no names, addresses, telephone numbers, or other personal information — when it...
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Digital Devices & Parent-Teen Time Issues — New Research
Check out the interesting new research just out from Common Sense Media about the issues and challenges when it comes to 21st Century digital kids and their mobile devices. The image depicts a range of...
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U.S. Government to Search Social Media Accounts for Security Clearances
Are there specific situations when others — people we do not know — check out and examine our social media data? An article in the Washington Post, U.S. to Scan Social Media Accounts Before Issuing...
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How Photos & Data Collecting Take Away Our Privacy
Finding good resources to help young people learn and understand more about data and photo collecting is key to building strong citizens in our 21st Century digital world. We adults can also learn a...
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Digital Kids’ Summer — Collaborative Projects and a Handout
** Please feel free to share this post with parents at your school or parent group using this PDF. ** Summertime, summertime, sum, sum, summertime — enjoy the song! Summer 2016 is almost here. It’s a...
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