Tech Responsiblity

Topics:

 - Entertainment - Smartphones - Social Media - 

- Computers - Video Games - Music -

Phase Guide - Technological Responsibility  0-18 - Start here

Entertainment

Start Here:

• Common Sense Media– Will let you know themes and content of books, movies or TV shows. 

Explore with your Student: 

• See Social Media, Music, or Video Games.

Grow as a Parent: 

• YouTube Parent Guide -  
• Plugged In– Movie reviews
• Common Sense Media– Will let you know themes and content of books, movies or TV shows. 
• Kids in Mind –  Movie and TV Review
• Meetcircle.com -parental controls for all your kids’ mobile devices
• Internet monitoring Options - Here are the options for internet monitoring service.

Social Media

Start Here:

• Parents Guide to Social Media - These PDFs will answer your questions and equip you to dive deeper with your teenager.
• When should my student get social media? - Harris Creek Baptist Church

Explore with your Student: 

• Conversation Kit: Social Media - Explore tough topics together through teen-friendly videos that break down barriers for deeper conversations.

Grow as a Parent:

• 5 New Rules for Digital Parenting– Parent Cue
• Parents Guide to Social Media - These PDFs will answer your questions and equip you to dive deeper with your teenager.
• Parents Guide to Instagram - These PDFs will answer your questions and equip you to dive deeper with your teenager.
• Parents Guide to TikTok - These PDFs will answer your questions and equip you to dive deeper with your teenager.
• Parents Guide to SnapChat- These PDFs will answer your questions and equip you to dive deeper with your teenager.
• Effect of Social Media on Students– Orange Blogs
• Behind the Curtain of Social Media – Mike Su
• Health advisory on social media use in adolescence – May 2023 – American Psychological Association
• US Surgeon General speaks to social media.
• 3 reasons you shouldn’t call your teen a tech addict– Sticky Faith
• The Parents saying No to smartphones 
• Love vs Like- Dilemma of Social Media– Parent Cue
• Split Image, ESPN Article on Social Media, Body Image, and Suicide 
• Social Media, help or hurt?– CNN 
• Snapchat Cosmo After Dark– Protect Young Eyes
• Research on Social Media and Mental Health– RSPH
• Teen Social Media Habits and Experiences– Pew Internet
• The Impact of social media on teens’ mental health.
• Social Media, help or hurt?– CNN 
• Yolo App– anonymous feedback app on Snapchat
• Book -Right Click: Parenting Your Teenager in a Digital Media World (Fuller Youth Institute)
• Book - #Struggles: Following Jesus in A Selfie World – Craig Groeschel
• Book - The Shallows: what the internet is doing to our brains– Nicholas Carr

Technology: Smartphones & Computers

Start Here:

• Parents Guide to Cell Phones - These PDFs will answer your questions and equip you to dive deeper with your teenager.
• Book Tech Wise Family- Andy Crouch

Grow as a Parent:

• Parents Guide to Cell Phones - These PDFs will answer your questions and equip you to dive deeper with your teenager.
• Parents Guide to Smart Phone Addiction - These PDFs will answer your questions and equip you to dive deeper with your teenager.
• Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation? - The Atlantic
• Teen cell phone contract - Josh Shipp
  • Parent/teen contract 
  • Cell phone agreement - (PDF) Parent Cue
• http://iparent.tv/
• Center for Humane Technology
• French ban on Smartphones in Schools- The Guardian 
• Is it time to ban children from smartphones?- The Guardian 
• Are You Guilty of Phubbing- MNN
• 18 Tips for surviving the surveillance age- The Guardian
• Sensible Screen Limits
• Book Tech Wise Family- Andy Crouch
• Book #Struggles: Following Jesus in A Selfie World - Craig Groeschel
• Book The Shallows: what the internet is doing to our brains- Nicholas Carr

Video Games 

Explore with your Student: 

• Conversation Kit: Video Games - Explore tough topics together through teen-friendly videos that break down barriers for deeper conversations.

Grow as a Parent:

• Parents Guide to Video Games - These PDFs will answer your questions and equip you to dive deeper with your teenager.

Music

Explore with your Student: 

• Conversation Kit: Music - Explore tough topics together through teen-friendly videos that break down barriers for deeper conversations.

Grow as a Parent:

• Should I let my kid listen to secular music? - Axis Blog