What Will They Text Next: Teen, Social Media, and Technology

The Screen Challenge Take a moment to total how much time you spend daily looking at a screen. Then, Take some time to estimate how much time your teenager spends looking at a screen.

Kids Today… 100% of EHS students have laptops 78% of teens have cell phones, almost half own smartphones 1 in 4 are “cell-mostly” internet users 23% of teens have a tablet 81% use social networking sites 8-18 year olds devote an average of 7 hours and 38 minutes to using entertainment media across a typical day 100% of EHS students have a laptop and access to the internet (The Kaiser Family Foundation, 2010; PEW Research Center, 2014) 100% of EHS students have laptops

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What Social Media Are They Using?

What are they posting? Hooking up is a hard to define term that can mean anything from kissing to intercourse More on oral sex next slide Kids want to know what they are allowed to do.

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Dangers of Social Media What we know about teens: They are constantly trying to define themselves. They crave positive feedback to help them see how their identity fits into their world. They use social media for this feedback... but they are looking in a dangerous place. How is this harmful: The danger exists in the possibility of a very public rejection because negative feedback is there for anyone and everyone to see. Another danger is that teens ask for feedback without learning first that not everyone will respond in a supportive way.

What Can You Do In order to teach your children how to seek feedback from genuine sources, parents should start early by helping their children identify trustworthy sources. Most importantly, parents need to reinforce that the most influential voice should come from within.

Engage Your Family Engage your teen in meaningful conversation about internet use Talk to other parents, deans, counselors Validate your teen's reality and their need to be connected Engage your child in drafting the rules for the family: guidelines for use consequences for breaking those rules Model appropriate use of technology: minimize texting don't use cell phone/laptop at meals don't use cell phone in the car

Let Your Teen Know That you have the right to check their laptop, phone, etc.. What apps/media are okay and what are not That you need to know their passwords What their online responsibilities are: Protecting their privacy Not engaging in cyber bullying

What Are You Worried About? Invading your kid’s privacy? Not feeling comfortable with being on social media? That they have secret accounts? Just as you would establish ground rules and do diligence in person, there is a need to do the same things - or even more - with the internet.

Other Parental Concern 81% are worried about how much advertisers can learn about their kid’s through their behavior online 72% are worried their kid is interacting with people they do not know online 70% are worried about how their online activity might affect their future academic or employment opportunities 60% are worried about their kids reputation online (Pew Research Center, 2013)

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