Parenting and modern tech

A new survey by Pew Research Center surveyed kids between the ages of 13 and 17 in the United States to look at the actual habits and impacts of their use of social media: http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/11/american-teenagers-social-media-study.html http://www.pewinternet.org/2018/11/28/teens-social-media-habits-and-experiences/ And a study out of Villanova University surveyed students about their cell phone use during sleep, as well as […]

A startup company has devised a way to identify and respond to cyberbullying:   https://www.forbes.com/sites/amitchowdhry/2017/10/31/how-bark-protects-kids-from-online-bullying/#4eaf27213d7f  

This article discusses how to help your teen manage how technology and devices can be a distraction from schoolwork: When Technology Distracts Teens from Completing Their Homework  

How to discuss how social media does not actually represent people’s real lives: Facebook Is Not Real Life: The Talk You Need To Have With Your Teen  

A great resource for reaching kids how to be safer online: https://blog.google/topics/families/be-internet-awesome-helping-kids-make-smart-decisions-online/  

A cautionary tale: Harvard has revoked at least 10 students’ acceptances due to inappropriate or racist online postings https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2017/06/05/report-harvard-revokes-acceptances-for-at-least-10-students-over-obscene-messages?s_campaign=Email:BComToday    

Cyberpsychologist Mary Aiken has written a new book called “The Cyber Effect” discussing how to deal with cyberbullying. http://www.cbsnews.com/news/cyberbullying-prevention-social-media-teenagers-mary-aiken-cyberpsychologist/ https://www.amazon.com/Cyber-Effect-Pioneering-Cyberpsychologist-Explains/dp/0812997859/ref=sr_1_fkmr1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1471989754&sr=8-1-fkmr1&keywords=The+Cyber+Effect”    

This study observed teens’ brain activity while they engaged in social media online, and the results are very interesting: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/05/160531104423.htm

A new paper by Murdoch University suggests that teens experience similar feelings of happiness and lower levels of sadness, jealousy and worry when with friends on social media and other online forums as they do when they are actually in the company of their friends than with their families http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-05-03/online-friends-equally-potent-teenagers-murdoch-university-study/7380810  

A new survey from Common Sense Media found that: Half of teens and over one-quarter of parents feel they’re addicted to their mobile devices. At least a few times a week, more than three-quarters of parents and 41 percent of teens feel the other gets distracted by a device and doesn’t pay attention when they’re […]

Over the last few months, researchers from Pew have been looking at parents, teenagers and the Internet. They observed teens’ behavior online and how parents are monitoring that behavior: http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/01/07/parents-teens-digital-monitoring/ http://www.pewinternet.org/2016/01/07/parents-teens-and-digital-monitoring/ http://parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/01/07/parents-monitoring-teenagers-online-and-mostly-getting-it-right/?_r=0