Raising Kids in a Digital World 2016 - Oasis Youth Center

Tacoma's Oasis

Last night, Sam, Emily, and I had the privilege of taking our show "on the road" and sitting down for a discussion with parents in the Project 13! group at Tacoma's Oasis Youth Center. Thank you to all for your enthusiastic participation! Whether you were able to come or not, please find our slides below and links directly to many of our resources (which can also be downloaded as a complete document HERE).

Raising Kids in a Digital World - Oasis Youth Center 2016 from Holly Gerla

Other Resources

Emily McMason - evolving parents

Kids and Screen Time: A Peek at Upcoming Guidance (NPR 1/6/2016)

TrevorSpace Social network for LGBTQ youth ages 13 - 24

Out Online: The Experiences of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Youth on the Internet (GLSEN, 2013)

The Complete Guide to Anonymous Apps

Top Social Networks & Apps Your Kids Use

Common Sense Media - Facebook

• visit the Parent Concerns section
• Common Sense Census Infographic
• media use guidelines for K-5, 6-9, 9-12
• customizable device contract

Family Online Safety Institute - Facebook

Pew Internet & American Life Project - Facebook

• Teens, Technology, and Romantic Relationships
• Teens, Technology, and Friendships

Browser add-ons or extensions:

• AdBlock Plus
• A Clea.nr Internet
• Simple Profanity Filter (for Chrome)
• Ghostery (identify and block trackers)
• Lightbeam (for Firefox)
• https://www.mywot.com/ (Web of Trust) 

Safer Search engines:

• Duck, Duck Go (duckduckgo.com)
• KidRex (kidrex.org)
• KidzSearch (kidzsearch.com)
• SafeSearchKids (safesearchkids.com)
• GoGooligans (gogooligans.com)

Adolescent Development:

• Julie Metzger, RN, MN and Robert Lehman, MD, Great Conversations
• Robin Wright, The Wright Conversations
• Amy Lang, Birds + Bees + Kids
• Jo Langford, Be Heroes

Books:

• Bazelon, Emily - Sticks and Stones: Defeating the Culture of Bullying and Rediscovering the Power of Character and Empathy
• boyd, danah - It's Complicated: The Social Lives of Networked Teens
• Damour, Lisa PhD - Untangled: Guiding Teenage Girls Through the Seven Transitions Into Adulthood
• Englander, Elizabeth - Bullying and Cyberbullying: What Every Educator Needs to Know
• James, Carrie - Disconnected: Youth, New Media, and the Ethics Gap
• Jensen, Frances E. MD - The Teenage Brain: A Neuroscientist's Survival Guide to Raising Adolescents and Young Adults
• Wiseman, Rosalind - Masterminds & Wingmen: Helping Our Boys Cope with Schoolyard Power, Locker-Room Tests, Girlfriends, and the New Rules of Boy World