Parenting 2.0Raising Responsible Digital Citizens

CONTENTS

The Digital LandscapeI.

CyberbullyingII.

Solutions and StrategiesIII.

THE DIGITAL LANDSCAPE

Digital Natives

• Born after 1990

• Highly connected

• 97% play video games

• 75% have cell phones

• 68% use IM

• 70% use SN sites

• Easily adapt and adopt

• Generate content

Presenter Notes:Point here is to emphasize difference in upbringing between child and parent and show the disconnect that exists. Use the phrase “digital divide” when referring to this disconnect.

THE DIGITAL LANDSCAPE

Brave New World

• Personal relationships

heavily influenced by

“bubble” that the Internet

represents

• Accept web as

dominant medium

for social interaction with

peers

• More comfortable with a

public persona

Presenter Notes”“Bubble” is the distance and anonymity web provides, leading to exaggerated versions of our personalities. Normal filters we have for face-to-face interaction are disabled. Web is the social spot for kids. Not gas station parking lot or dead end.

THE DIGITAL LANDSCAPE

The Time Machine

• Time spent online up to 13 hours per week from 8 hours five years ago

• Social Networking and games dominate time spent

• Pediatricians recommend no more than 2 hour/day for youth

• Doral Academy recommends no more than 1 hour/day for youth Presenter Notes:

American Academy of Pediatrics says no more than 2 hours total screen time per day for kids 16 and under.

THE DIGITAL LANDSCAPE

Friend or Foe?

• Easy to fake online persona

• Predators adapting to Social

Networks

• Practice of “Sextortion”

includes using digital

content for blackmail 15-year-old girl on Facebook

Presenter Notes:Recent examples: Man in UK created 8 different fake Facebook profiles to groom “up to 1,000 kids”; NAMBLA pages found on Facebook; in sextortion cases kids are tricked into revealing themselves in some way, and then the person uses the digital content to blackmail them into other things; in other cases the kids are tricked into doing things for other reasons, such as believing someone hacked into their Facebook profile or can get them into trouble somehow.

THE DIGITAL LANDSCAPE

Adults Only?

• Pornography more available and graphic than ever before

• Increasing chances of accidental exposure due to spam attacks on social networks

• Average age for first exposure to pornography is 11 Presenter Notes:

Main thing to emphasize is just pornographic content on web growing and getting worse every day. Stress that kids are getting their sex-ed this way.

THE DIGITAL LANDSCAPE

Web is essentially like a market in Bangkok: anything you are looking for can be found, and none of it is very safe. Wouldn’t want to drop a kid off here.

CONTENTS

The Digital LandscapeI.

CyberbullyingII.

Solutions and StrategiesIII.

Presenter Notes: Just note that Cyberbullying is leading cause of concern in online safety today. Two recent suicides linked to Cyberbullying.

WHAT IS CYBERBULLYING?

• Bullying through

electronic means

• Text, Facebook,

YouTube common

mediums

• Potentially fatal

(Megan Meier,

Phoebe Prince, Alexis

Pilkington)

Megan Taylor Meier was an American teenager from Dardenne Prairie, Missouri, who died of suicide by hanging three weeks before her fourteenth birthday. Phoebe Prince had moved from Ireland to South Hadley, in the U.S. state of Massachusetts.[3] Her suicide, after suffering months of bullying from school classmates, brought international attention to the problem of bullying in US schools. In March 2010, a state anti-bullying task force was set up as a result of her death. Alexis Pilkington was a popular athlete, a well-liked star who had already landed a soccer scholarship to college. But none of that stopped the 17-year-old from becoming the target of nasty online comments.

HOW IS IT DIFFERENT?

• UbiquitousPhones, computers

• PublicVisible to anyone

• ConstantSchool, play, home

• ViralSocial mediums

• SeriousRisk of suicide

Presenter Notes:Point here is to stress that Cyberbullying can be worse than physical bullying because kids can’t escape it, it’s very public, and it’s permanent

HOW TO DETECT?

Communication

• Ask specific questions about online activities

• Ask them what they think about online bullies

• Tell them to tell you if they encounter kids being mean online

HOW TO DETECT?

Vigilance

• Changes in online

activities

• Changes in mood

• Shifts in attitude towards

social activities

CONTENTS

The Digital LandscapeI.

CyberbullyingII.

Solutions and StrategiesIII.

STRATEGY

Be a Parent

• Decide when your kids are ready

• Stress respect of others

• Consider maturity of peers and child

• Set clear rules

• Set clear consequences

STRATEGY

Cyberbullying

• Take the problem

seriously

• Assure your child you

will make it stop

• Don’t react to the bully

• Record and report

Presenter Notes:Photo is of a parent responding to cyberbullies, which only worsened the problem. Parents should first comfort the child, tell them they did the right thing by coming to them, record the activity for proof, and then go through the proper channels to report the problem, starting with bully’s parents.

STRATEGY

Be Proactive

• Download and sign

InternetSafety.com

Gameplan

• Get savvy

• Get interactive

• Get the right tools

THERE ARE MANY PRODUCTS AVAILABLE THAT CAN HELP PARENTS BORN BEFORE 1990

(LOL)…THIS IS ONLY ONE OF THEM…

SOLUTIONS

MusicMonitor music downloaded

through iTunes and limit

access to explicit content.

WebsitesMonitor and filter websites

based on categories and auto

enablement of Safe Search.

VideosMonitor and filter Online TV by

show rating and block

inappropriate YouTube clips.

Instant MessagingMonitor or block instant

messaging applications and

online chat rooms.

GamesLimit online interactions with

popular games and restrict access

to gaming websites.

Social NetworkingMonitor postings on social network

sites for personal information or

block social networking sites.

SOLUTIONS

Instant AlertsText Message, Email or Phone

alerts when someone visits

inappropriate content.

EmailChoose to block email, allow it

with only approved contacts, or

allow unrestricted email.

Activity ReportsSmart, informative reports of

online activity with summary

reports sent to your inbox.

Remote ManagementChange your settings anytime

from anywhere using only your

web browser.

Time LimitsChoose the times of the day that

the Internet is available or set a

total time that can be spent online.

Multiple ProfilesSetup monitoring and filtering

policies for each user.

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