After the recent alarming figures that revealed the true extent of screen use among young people, Alex Cooney, CEO of Cybersafe Kids, gives parents some much needed guidance in how best to prepare and educate your child for an increasingly digital world.
When we ushered in the phone-based childhood around 2010, we didn’t anticipate these harms. Now, 14 years later, we have research that shows the multifaceted negative impacts of a childhood that includes hours a day spent on smartphones and social media.” We can’t deny the fact that our children are growing up in the digital age so rather than questioning when is the “right time” to purchase a smartphone for my child perhaps we should be asking ourselves instead how can I best prepare and educate my child to have a safe experience online when I do decide to give them a smartphone?
That doesn’t mean that they can’t have access to family tablets or game consoles that they’re allowed to use at certain times and in certain places but in the main, you as the parent/caregiver are keeping an eye on them when they’re online, talking to them about the dos and don’ts of being online, doing things with them online so you have the opportunity to talk about these things in real-time and putting in place clear and consistent boundaries around use and access – essentially preparing...
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