Electronic gifts for preteens and teens (other than video games)

Submitted by Rebecca Stanisic on 30 Nov 2021.

As your kids grow older, their gift requests may start to look a lot different than when they were younger. While they once circled all the toys in the holiday catalogues that arrived at the door, now they are sending parents text messages or Google Docs with links to their wish list items.

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Digital Health, Marketing & Consumerism, Media Production, Parents, Video Games

Managing tech at home during the holidays

Family guidelines for new tech devices 

“We used (this) contract in our home when my son got his first smartphone… it’s a great resource.” - Kim Schiffman, editor-in-chief at Today’s Parent 

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Good Role Models Onscreen

Submitted by Lynn Jatania on 11 Oct 2021.

Lynn JataniaRecently our youngest, who is 14, decided she wanted to watch Keeping Up with The Kardashians. 

 

 

 

 

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Body Image, Marketing & Consumerism, Parents, Television

Media Literacy Should Start Early – And Last A Lifetime

Submitted by Matthew Johnson on 23 Oct 2020.

Matthew JohnsonParents could be forgiven for thinking that our children are born media literate. They are mediatized, certainly, even before they are born: it’s a rare baby shower that doesn’t feature Elsa or Elmo in one form or another. As for digital literacy, kids take to devices like the proverbial ducks to water, quickly becoming expert at finding the videos and games they want.

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Authenticating Information, Digital Citizenship, Internet & Mobile, Marketing & Consumerism, Online Ethics, Parents

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