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Kids and Their Digital Lives:An Overview and Tips for Parents
to Ensure Safe, Responsible
Digital Citizens
Presenter Intro:
Merve LapusDirector 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.
We are
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
of 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
Common Sense Media8
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?
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.
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YOU GOT THIS!
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Merve Lapus
Director of School Partnerships
@molapus
@CommonSenseEd
@CommonSense