Parents concerned about the digital part of parenting deserve to know that they are not starting from scratch when their kids start using phones, tablets and other connected devices – even if they haven't had conversations about digital safety yet. Far from it. Besides a loving family member or 2, 3 or 30 and the safeguarding norms, identity and values that most kids develop at home, kids also … [Read more...] about The resilience part of digital parenting (& kids’ safety)
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Heart to heart: How connection protects & grows resilience
Back in 2008, I wrote about evidence that social networks – our social circles, as experienced online or offline – are a source of health and safety. They're also protective in the way that fellow family and community members have each other's backs. And the evidence is growing that meaningful social connections increase safety and well-being. Here's more evidence of how connecting with others … [Read more...] about Heart to heart: How connection protects & grows resilience
How to grow resilience, Part 2
This is the second of two posts about the internal online (and offline) safeguard resilience. Here's Part 1. Another perspective on resilience: this in a TED Talk in Edinburgh in 2012 in which game designer and author Jane McGonigal shares some simple ways people of all ages can build resilience – the four kinds (physical, emotional, social and mental) that science says increase health, … [Read more...] about How to grow resilience, Part 2
Study on long-neglected factor in Net safety: Resilience
As a society, we've been talking about youth online risk for years, but we've only just begun to talk about young people's resilience, which is what helps them keep risk from turning into harm. It's important to know, as the authors of an important new report note, that resilience – the ability to deal with negative experiences without being upset by them – doesn't come from avoiding risk, online … [Read more...] about Study on long-neglected factor in Net safety: Resilience
Surgeon general’s advisory: Let’s take stock
US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy advises that "we are experiencing a youth mental health crisis." Based on the data, there's no question about that. Where there is a question is whether tech and media are the cause. Some scholars simply assert they are (see the sidebar below), but neither the surgeon general nor the American Psychological Association asserts that, and the APA just wrote in its … [Read more...] about Surgeon general’s advisory: Let’s take stock