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The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends this limit on screen time for everyone over the age of 2 years old.
What is 2 hours? That's 2 hours for ALL screens. TV, cell phones, computers. For children under 2 years, it's 0 hour recommendation.
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Studies report that cyber-bullying among kids starts at this age.
What is 2nd grade?
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Kids should never about any of these 5 topics online.
What are pranks, offensive language, threats of violence, underage drinking or drug use, hate speech? One of the most important concepts we need kids to understand is that everything they do online — on their cell phones, gaming — creates a digital footprint that will follow them into the future. It will impact their future education and job opportunities.
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On average this is how much time people aged 8- to 18-year-old spend online, watching TV and movies, playing games, and listening to music each DAY.
What is 7.5 hours a day? That’s 52.5 hours/week! Or 227.5 hours/month. That's more time than they spend at school or with their parents. Kids no longer make a distinction between the “real” world and the “virtual” one. It’s all one and the same to them.
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10% of children had someone else using this
What is their a social security number? That is is 51 times greater than adults. It often indicates that debt in your name exists. Often, it’s massive debt that no one knows about until the child applies for student loans for college. Kids need to be cautious about what they share online.
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These locations are helpful places because easy for you to monitor your kids media use.
What is the living room or kitchen? What happens behind closed doors is of concern. If your child feels the need to hide her online activity, her screen or her online "friends", that's a red flag. Anything she's doing online, she should be comfortable sharing with anyone.
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Kids begin illegally downloading music and movies at this age.
What is 4th grade?
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Kids falsely assume anything they share in here is private.
What are cellphones? Recent news about should have reminded all of us that cell phone carriers have extensive access to what do via our mobile networks. Wireless networks are not "private" either, data can be captured or recorded. In short - NOTHING IS PRIVATE. EVER. And we need to remind kids constantly.
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This is the percentage of teens, aged 12-17 who are online.
What is 95%?
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Sharing passwords among friends is a good way to encourage this.
What is hacking? Kids need to know not to share passwords or other personal information with anyone other than their parents. It's very common for kids to give each other access to their accounts. Ask about it and then explain why it's a bad idea.
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A tool like this might help you and your kids manage their online time.
What is a media log? Common Sense Family has a nice Media Agreement, and there are a variety of online programs that can help you and your students monitor how much time is spent on email, homework, Facebook, gaming, etc, and even block your access to distracting sites!
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We should encourage kids to do this in order to create a better online experience for everyone.
What is report all instance of bad behavior they witness online? This can be accomplished by reporting posts as inappropriate, telling an adult or contacting the service provider.
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This remains as a record of nearly everywhere your child has been and everything they have posted.
What is a digital footprint? This isn't always a negative! Kids are creating and sharing amazing, wonderful, inspired things online. We just need to help them decide what should and should not be shared publicly.
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Number of text messages sent by the average teen user per month.
The average teen sends almost 3,400 text messages per month. Over 100 messages a day, about seven messages per waking hour. And heavy-users send many more than that. Kids connect emotionally through their digital devices. And, what they experience in these venues has an impact on how they feel about themselves and the relationships around them.
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Many kids fall for tricks like promises of money or prizes, emails that ask for passwords or other information, and links that take them to inappropriate websites.
What are online scams or phishing? Explain to kids that this is a real thing, they think it's not. And then discuss what should or shouldn't be downloaded and what to do if they accidentally download something.
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This helps kids get much needed sleep.
What is a no laptop or cellphone policy in the bedroom? Your child needs sleep. She does not need to answer text messages, send email or monitor social media. Many students sleep with their phone beneath their pillows so they won't miss a message, tweet or text, and actual response or reply mid-sleep.
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Use of someone else's work online without giving credit.
What is stealing? It’s also called plagiarism, piracy, or copyright violation. The idea is for kids to create something themselves, not to rip off something or someone else. A great way to drive this home is to ask kids how they would feel if someone used their own videos or photos – items they had worked really hard to create – without giving them any credit.
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Teens might start to consider what they were posting if they did this.
What is Googled themselves? Would they feel comfortable with the information that came up if their mom found it? Their teachers? Their boyfriends? Employers? Teens need to Google themselves!
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Most kids block messages from people they don't know and despite media hype research shows very few kids are at risk of encountering this issue in real life.
What is online contact from a sexual predator? Kids think contact from people they don't know is "creepy" and don't engage in conversations with them. Posting provocative and inappropriate messages, images or videos is what gets kids into dangerous situations.
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Even though kids might never share their's online, they don't realize they shouldn't share other's either.
What is a friend’s cell phone number, address, location, or that they are going out of town? Being safe about your own information is great, but you should be safe with other's info as well.
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Parents should do this to keep lines of communication open with their teens about technology and media use.
What is asking questions? You should be asking questions about the sites your kids are on, what their friends are posting, what makes them nervous, uncomfortable, happy, excited about what they see online.
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Acknowledgement that whatever is posted, even if it is anonymous, you are responsible for legally, ethically and socially.
What is accountability? Kids need to understand that whatever they state (or create) they are accountable for both at school and in the legal system. As issues of teens and accountability comes into question - parents may become legally accountable for teen's online actions and statements.
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70% of HR professionals/recruiters in the US have rejected candidates based on this.
What is inappropriate behavior they found online? Remember it's colleges, future bosses, future spouses, in-laws. They all have the ability to search for your child.
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To become famous (or infamous), to have your 15 minutes of fame, or to be "discovered".
Why might a teen want to post information, images or videos for the entire world to see? Young people are not passive with media. They are connecting, creating, and collaborating, but we want to be kids to realize that the moment they share their creations, they lose control over them. And just because they can do something doesn't mean they should. The promise of an audience and instant recognition can inspire kids to use creative tools in anti-social or inappropriate ways. Videos of fights, sexually revealing images, speech that’s hateful or simply cruel – all are far too common in the digital world and should be considered off limits.
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A great way to protect your privacy and identity online.
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