There are some good mobile parenting pointers on the Web these days, one example being "Five things to do before giving your teenager a smartphone." But – practically speaking – these are just useful talking points in the broader, on-going conversation families need to have about how social-media tools like phones can be used to connect with others kindly, meaningfully, and successfully in … [Read more...] about Mobile parenting 2.0
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Parenting & the mobile app ratings in the works
As mobile apps multiply like rabbits and the number of kids downloading and playing with them seems to keep growing, the usefulness of app ratings to parents seems to be growing too. CTIA – the mobile phone industry trade association – gets this. It recently announced an app rating system it has been working on since 2010, Investors.com reports. The system, which CTIA worked on with the … [Read more...] about Parenting & the mobile app ratings in the works
Parenting in the digital age: Major insights
A lot of insights into digital-age parenting have been surfacing in the research this year – so much good stuff, in fact, that I'm going to crunch it way down into brief snapshots and give you the links so you can find what's relevant to you. 1. Tech parenting Right up front in "Toward Predicting Youth Resistance to Internet Risk Prevention Strategies," Sahara Byrne and Theodore Lee at … [Read more...] about Parenting in the digital age: Major insights
The benefits of parenting with respect
When I read "6 parenting rules for raising a critical thinker" by parent, author and child advocate Marjie Knudsen – who I had the pleasure of meeting last fall at the International Bullying Prevention Association conference in Seattle – I loved the rules but at first thought the headline was a bit off, since there didn't seem to be anything there about how to raise critical thinkers. Then I took … [Read more...] about The benefits of parenting with respect
US parenting & the Net: Study
Remember the old "no TV for a week" verdict when we misbehaved? Well, that's being nudged out by the new "no Internet for a week" one, according to the 10th-annual USC Annenberg Center for the Digital Future survey. "Parents are now limiting their children’s Internet access and television use in nearly identical ways," the Center reports. While for years three in five American households restrict … [Read more...] about US parenting & the Net: Study