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Cultivating Positive Behavior Online and Offline
Teach your kids to use technology for a purpose. Show them ways you connect positively with people online. Look for opportunities to create positive experiences for them AND others online. Discuss ways you can compliment, build up, defend and include others through texting, social media and other online venues. And look for opportunities to be creative.
Teaching Our Kids to Be Awesome People Online
Digital citizenship is an integral part of teaching children how to maneuver the internet. It prepares them for what to do when someone asks for personal information. It teaches them to cite sources to prevent plagiarizing. It reduces risk for cyberbullying and helps promote a positive footprint in a virtual world. Helping them understand digital citizenship also promotes media literacy which enables them to be a wise customer and deliberate message user (DigCitUtah, 2017).
10 Ways Kids Can Use Technology For Good
There is no denying that we live in a digitally saturated world. It’s tempting, as parents, to dwell on the sinister side of technology, and to fear the harm it will cause to our children. But let’s remember there is a powerfully good side too! As we teach our kids to use tech wisely, we can inspire them to be awesome digital citizens and contributing members of a digitally-based society.
How To Raise A Bully
So you want your kid to be a bully. Maybe even an online bully? But you are worried because he/she isn’t overly aggressive and you have a pretty great parent-child connection. Also, you have more than shallow engagements with your child on a daily basis and really don’t ignore him or her enough. Well, not to worry because with these simple steps ANYONE can train a bully!
My Child Is Obsessed With THAT Video Game: Navigating Media and Fan Culture
With video games—just like everything else in parenting—it always comes back to the relationship we have with our kids. The more we care and communicate, the better!
Una Lección Sobre la Imagen Corporal Saludable
La mayoría de los niños comienzan la vida sin ideas preconcebidas sobre sus propios cuerpos. Ellos piensan en sus cuerpos sólo cuando se preguntan si son capaces de hacer una vuelta de carro, subir las barras de mono, ir al baño por si solos o sentir hambre.
Una Lección Sobre Gratitud
La gratitud es una práctica espiritual integral en todo sistema de creencias. Expresar gratitud permite a las personas pensar más allá de sí mismas, encontrar perspectiva, sentirse conectadas con los demás y disfrutar de la alegría.
My Child Is Hooked On THAT Video Game?! 5 Questions to Consider When Developing Your Action Plan
It seems every time we turn around, there is another study linking children and video games to dangers such as psychological disorders, sleep problems, and focus issues, just to name a few. These are real problems, and we as parents have a right to be concerned.
My child wants THAT video game?! 7 Secrets to Help Answer the Big Question
We parents might have different ideas about what “THAT game” is, but these days it’s only a matter of time before it comes a-knockin’ at the front door–or even sneaks in the back. Either way it’s now a force to be reckoned with. Now what?
Lesson: Teaching our Kids Smart Clothing Choices and Modesty
Dignity refers to the quality of being worthy for honor and respect. It’s also about our appearance, our intentions, our personal responsibility, and ultimately the extent to which we respect and represent ourselves. In regard to this lesson, we’re going to focus on...
App Alert: Sarahah and Your Kids
The concerns about cyberbullying through Sarahah are real, and the developer is taking steps to potentially address them. But such adjustments take time. The app’s rapid growth in popularity means that, at least right now, it should be on every parent’s radar.
Join Us! For the Race for Virtue
On Saturday, September 9th, people from all over the world will be racing in the most unique organized event in the racing world and in the world of those fighting sexual exploitation: the Race for Virtue.
Media Literacy: TV Viewing, What’s OK for Kids?
Media and technology affect children very differently than adults and can lead to confusion, fear, and developmental lag. Gaining some understanding in child development and media literacy can empower parents to make decisions that will benefit their children long-term.
Una Lección Sobre la Alfabetización Mediática
Anime a su hijo a pensar no sólo en las imágenes que ve, sino en los mensajes que se presentan en esas imágenes. Aprender a pensar críticamente es una parte importante del crecimiento.
