A note to parents and caregivers:
"You play a crucial role in empowering and supporting children and young people to use digital technologies responsibly, respectfully, critically and creatively. Indeed, parental influence, guidance and education have a significant and long-lasting impact on children's safety and wellbeing in the online world."
Quoted from "Are you a parent or carer?" https://www.saferinternetday.org/en-US/
Check out the following resources to help you help your children and youth!
PTA Connected: Take Care of your Digital Life - Be Internet Awesome, Digital Families, and The Smart Talk provide tools and resources to help your family build healthy digital habits.
Safer Internet Day - Safer Internet Day is an international education and awareness-raising effort, celebrated in over 100 countries. Save the date for the next Safer Internet Day which will take place on Tuesday, February 11, 2025.
Bringing Digital Wellness Home Series - A free 9 week training series to explore various topics related to Digital Wellness. You'll come away from each lesson with practical tips, research and resource links, and invitations to help you build more balance, awareness, and deliberateness into your own tech use . . . so you can help your family and others do the same. There are two tracks, Winter 2022 and Fall 2022.