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Building Healthy Digital Habits
What are healthy digital habits?Healthy digital habits are ones that make our tech use manageable, meaningful and mindful. That means they:Talking to kids about advertising
Today's kids have become the most marketed-to generation in history, due to their spending power and their future influence as adult consumers. By talking to kids about advertising - how it works and how they're targeted - we can help them to become more savvy as consumers and more resistant to the pressures to be "cool."Dealing with Marketing: What Parents Can Do
Educate your kids about advertising and how marketers target young peopleBuilding Empathy in Children and Teens - Tip Sheet
How can we help young people develop affective empathy? The best approach depends on how old they are. Children begin to understand empathy as toddlers, but at this stage they are so completely “in the moment” that the best approach is to watch out for situations where we can model and talk about empathy with them. When a child does something or witnesses something that makes somebody feel sad, quietly explain to them how and why it made them feel that way. (It can be valuable to do this with other emotions, such as fear and happiness, as well.)Using Parental Controls
There are lots of ways of limiting what content your kids can see online, which apps and programs they can access and how much time they can spend online. What tools are available depends on what kind of device they’re using, and what browser they use to access the web.Communicating Safely Online: Tip Sheet for Parents and Trusted Adults
a. Types of Unhealthy Online RelationshipsOnline exploitation is when someone uses digital media to find teens and get them involved in romantic or sexual relationships.Understanding AI: Online Content
Generative AI is a new and evolving technology. It has many productive uses like acting as a research aid for homework or an assistant when planning an event.Family Online Rules
MediaSmarts’ research has shown that kids with household rules about Internet use are less likely to do things like post their contact information, visit gambling sites, seek out online pornography and talk to strangers online. Having a family agreement or set of rules for using the Internet is also a great way for parents and kids to work together on how to be safe, wise and responsible online.Managing Video Game Playing in the Home - Tip Sheet
Good-quality video games offer lots of benefits to children and teens.