A critical component to digital parenting is our own education and engagement. It’s hard to teach our children digital literacy, media criticism, and to build healthy family iRules if we aren’t feeling solid and supported in opportunities and avenues for our own learning. One of the greatest gifts of this moment is that there is so much access to good, quality information around tech health and digital well-being for families, as well as specific tools, tutorials, and explainers. The surge in our children’s tech use has certainly unveiled a surge in individuals and organizations who want to educate and support us as we lead our families.
Below is my go-to list of work that informs and supports my own as well as people and places I’ve turned to over the years in my own digital parenting journey. Some are more foundational, research-based, and theoretical, while others are “grab and go”, quick and easy for a family’s everyday use of tech. I respect the approaches below as well as the way it is offered to families and communities.
I always encourage families to seek and create their own “team” in parenting so that no one has to go at it…
