tips for parenting on social media
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Presentation initially delivered Feb. 29, 2012 at a public school in the Hamilton Wentworth District School Board.5 basic tips to help parents understand and mitigate the risks of their children using social media.TRANSCRIPT
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Parenting & Social Media
Tips for Safely Using Social Media
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About Me!
• Author• Online Lecturer for University of
San Francisco• Partner at Digital Always Media Inc.• Avid user of social media since early
90s• Parent (12yr old girl & 10 yr old boy)
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My Definition of Social Media
• Social Media (noun)a variety of medium used to draw together people with a common goal or objectiveSource: A. K’necht
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Popular Social Apps
• Facebook• Texting• Interactive
games• Chats• Blogs/Review
sites• Twitter
• YouTube• G+ (Google)• Apple - FaceTime• Skype
(webcams)• Email• Flickr
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Which Ones Do Your Kids Use?
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Social Media & Parenting• Which type parenting style is best?
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Tip 1: Have the talk
& Social Media
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Tip 2: Build Trust
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Tip 3: Automate Monitoring
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Google Alerts
• Set-up an alert on your child’s name +– School– Sports team– Other identifiable activities
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Setting up Google Alerts
• http://www.google.com/alerts
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Setting up Google Alerts
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Email Monitoring
• Configure email account to automatically bcc you on all email they receive
• Easy to do if you administer the email
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Email Monitoring• Register a personal domain for
your family or your child– FamilyName.ca/com– FirstInitialFamilyName.com/.ca– Etc.
• Make a memorable email– [email protected]/com– [email protected]/com
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• Make sure your child friends you• Don’t spy, but their posts will show
up in your stream• Respond when appropriate• Periodically take a look at what
they’re up to
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Don’t Assume!
www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/teenager-faces-47-charges-in-child-luring-case/article2329710/
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http://www.zdnet.com/blog/facebook/33-facebook-terms-kids-use-and-parents-should-know/8450
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Tip 4: Protect Yourself Now & In the Future
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Teach What Not to Post
• Only post/write what you’d want:– Announced over school’s PA system– Your grandmother to see– Displayed on main bulletin board at
school– Kids telling other kids at school
• Both today & in the future
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Once Posted to the Internet
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Once Post to the Internet
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http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2012/02/over-3-years-later-deleted-facebook-photos-are-still-online
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Tip 5: Don’t Share Too Much
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Don’ts for Parents
• Don’t check in on foursquare at your child’s school
• Don’t tweet out personal info on your kids
• Don’t post personal identifiable information on your kids (i.e. on Facebook) and make it public
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Do for Parents
• Do check social media application privacy settings regularly– Perhaps every 30 or 60 days
• Do know who has access to your posts and act accordingly
• Get active in social media to see what’s out there
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Do for Parents
• Turn off geo-tagging for photos on your phones when taking pictures of your kids
• Wait until your back from vacation to post public photos (burglars know how to use social media)
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The Paid Option
• SocialShield– Searches the web & consolidates
information– $9.99 US per month– http://www.socialshield.com
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So Now You Know!