Parenting has always been a challenge, but it has become even more so for many parents who struggle to understand and keep up with how their children are using the latest technologies. It isn't easy - since what is current today may be out of date within a very short period of time. Today's newsletter focuses on some of the many issues, both positive and negative, confronting parents, educators, and clinicians.
2. MEDSCAPE Cyberbullies and Cybervictims -- What's the Clinician's Role?
This expert encourages clinicians to become informed about the way kids use technology so that they can help families recognize and address potential problems. http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/730961
3. THE MACARTHUR FOUNDATION Hanging Out, Messing Around, Geeking Out: Living and Learning with New Media
This book examines young people's participation in the new media ecology. Online book chapters include Media Ecologies, Friendship, Intimacy, Families, Gaming, Creative Production, and Work. http://digitalyouth.ischool.berkeley.edu/report
5. CONNECT SAFELY A Parent's Guide to Facebook
The guide provides parents with the tools they need to help their teens optimize privacy and safety on Facebook.
Off Limits: A Parent's Guide to Keeping Kids Safe from Sexual Abuse Sandy K. Wurtele, PhD, and Feather Berkower, MSW, will empower your clients to keep their children off limits to sexual abusers. Off Limits is full of practical information and tips, and it includes lots of sample language for talking with kids and for screening caregivers.
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