Identity & Communityin a Public, Connected World

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7.5 hours screen time daily by 8 – 18

yr olds.

60 Texts a day sent by

avg. teen with a cell phone.

125

Percent of kids say they’ve encountered

unwanted/sexual stuff online.

73 Percent of teens were on social networks in 2011.

2 hours spent with media by 0 – 8

year olds.

BAD NEWS

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Marketers and cheap thrills are trying to steal your kids’

identity. “I have called you friends”

“Do not be conformed to this

world. Be transformed.”

“Do unto others as you

would have them do

unto you.”

“You are fearfully and wonderfully made.”

“No Gods before me.”

Poll!

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GOOD NEWS

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Yes! You’re Doing It Just Right!

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Embrace Their World

• Say yes and join in.

• Learn. • Share who “we”

are online. – Admire the

admirable & smart things they do.

– Share concerns more than fears.

Teach Explicit Steps

• Texting respectfully…and when to call • CyberBullying • Bullied: Tell them to stop. Stop responding. Get a

screen shot. Tell a trusted adult. • Bully: The internet is full of spotlights …and it can

make mean things look even uglier. When you’re angry, walk away from the spotlight.

• Creepy Online people • Walk away and tell a trusted adult to protect other

kids who aren’t as wise as you. • Scams • Ask who made the site and how does it make

money?

No Pop Ups!

Monitor as Best You Can

• Check browser history, their texts, friends on games, comments on photos, etc.

• Flip screen rule. • Take it all up at

bedtime. • Ask ‘em.

Encourage Balanced Use

Media Time

Real People Time

Personal Time

Good Times

A Few Don’ts

• Don’t be afraid of the big, new world. – Num. 13 “It really is a land flowing with milk and honey. Here’s

some of its fruit…but…they’re too strong for us!” • Don’t stop trying.

– Deut. 11:19 Teach [God’s words] to your children, talking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.

• Don’t freak out. – Prov. 22:6 Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he

is old he will not depart from it.

Don’t Go It Alone

www.commonsensemedia.org

Tech for Families Basic Rules of the Road

Truths to Teach Parental Control Websites

Minecraft…Safely Know what the heck your

2 – 6th graders are talking about

THA INTERWEBS! Browser Basics Internet Filters

Safe Search

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