How can we teach our children to be effective, cautious users of the Internet? In this episode of Chatabout Children, we invited Kirra Pendergast to help us understand the difficult-to-navigate world of social media and the internet.
Key Learnings How an incident at a previous job lead Kira to her current field The best age to teach children about social media and the best way to start doing so Trends, stats, and research on how parents introduce social media to their children How parents can monitor their children’s social media activity Examples of security child safety issues posed by children’s use of social media that parents are usually unaware of Parental controls that parents should take advantage of Behaviors parents should role model on their children with regards to social media use The best ways to describe social media platforms to children Children’s need for autonomy as they grow older Silent signs that something is wrong with your child in social media The importance of building trust-based relationship with your child