Tech Responsiblity
Topics:
– Entertainment – Smartphones – Social Media –
– Computers – Video Games – Music –
Phase Guide – Technological Responsibility 0-18 – Start here
Entertainment
Start Here:
- Common Sense Media– Will let you know themes and content of books, movies or TV shows.
Explore with your Student:
- See Social Media, Music, or Video Games.
Grow as a Parent:
- YouTube Parent Guide –
- Plugged In– Movie reviews
- Common Sense Media– Will let you know themes and content of books, movies or TV shows.
- Kids in Mind – Movie and TV Review
- Meetcircle.com –parental controls for all your kids’ mobile devices
- Internet monitoring Options – Here are the options for internet monitoring service.
Social Media
Start Here:
- Parents Guide to Social Media – These PDFs will answer your questions and equip you to dive deeper with your teenager.
- When should my student get social media? – Harris Creek Baptist Church
Explore with your Student:
- Conversation Kit: Social Media – Explore tough topics together through teen-friendly videos that break down barriers for deeper conversations.
Grow as a Parent:
- 5 New Rules for Digital Parenting– Parent Cue
- Parents Guide to Social Media – These PDFs will answer your questions and equip you to dive deeper with your teenager.
- Parents Guide to Instagram – These PDFs will answer your questions and equip you to dive deeper with your teenager.
- Parents Guide to TikTok – These PDFs will answer your questions and equip you to dive deeper with your teenager.
- Parents Guide to SnapChat– These PDFs will answer your questions and equip you to dive deeper with your teenager.
- Effect of Social Media on Students– Orange Blogs
- Behind the Curtain of Social Media – Mike Su
- Health advisory on social media use in adolescence – May 2023 – American Psychological Association
- US Surgeon General speaks to social media.
- 3 reasons you shouldn’t call your teen a tech addict– Sticky Faith
- The Parents saying No to smartphones
- Love vs Like- Dilemma of Social Media– Parent Cue
- Split Image, ESPN Article on Social Media, Body Image, and Suicide
- Social Media, help or hurt?– CNN
- Snapchat Cosmo After Dark– Protect Young Eyes
- Research on Social Media and Mental Health– RSPH
- Teen Social Media Habits and Experiences– Pew Internet
- The Impact of social media on teens’ mental health.
- Social Media, help or hurt?– CNN
- Yolo App– anonymous feedback app on Snapchat
- Book –Right Click: Parenting Your Teenager in a Digital Media World (Fuller Youth Institute)
- Book – #Struggles: Following Jesus in A Selfie World – Craig Groeschel
- Book – The Shallows: what the internet is doing to our brains– Nicholas Carr
Technology: Smartphones & Computers
Start Here:
- Parents Guide to Cell Phones – These PDFs will answer your questions and equip you to dive deeper with your teenager.
- Book Tech Wise Family- Andy Crouch
Grow as a Parent:
- Parents Guide to Cell Phones – These PDFs will answer your questions and equip you to dive deeper with your teenager.
- Parents Guide to Smart Phone Addiction – These PDFs will answer your questions and equip you to dive deeper with your teenager.
- Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation? – The Atlantic
- Teen cell phone contract – Josh Shipp
- Parent/teen contract
- Cell phone agreement – (PDF) Parent Cue
- http://iparent.tv/
- Center for Humane Technology
- French ban on Smartphones in Schools– The Guardian
- Is it time to ban children from smartphones?– The Guardian
- Are You Guilty of Phubbing– MNN
- 18 Tips for surviving the surveillance age– The Guardian
- Sensible Screen Limits
- Book Tech Wise Family- Andy Crouch
- Book #Struggles: Following Jesus in A Selfie World – Craig Groeschel
- Book The Shallows: what the internet is doing to our brains– Nicholas Carr
Video Games
Explore with your Student:
- Conversation Kit: Video Games – Explore tough topics together through teen-friendly videos that break down barriers for deeper conversations.
Grow as a Parent:
- Parents Guide to Video Games – These PDFs will answer your questions and equip you to dive deeper with your teenager.
Music
Explore with your Student:
- Conversation Kit: Music – Explore tough topics together through teen-friendly videos that break down barriers for deeper conversations.
Grow as a Parent:
- Should I let my kid listen to secular music? – Axis Blog