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Common Sense Tips for Digital Generation Parents
Five practical pointers from Common Sense Media to help parents understand and manage the lives of their digital kids.
Release Date: 5/27/2009
Running Time: 06:45 min
Video Credits
Written by
- Carl Bidleman
Coordinating Producer
- Lauren Rosenfeld
Editor
- Karyne Holmes
Production Support
- Amy Erin Borovoy
Production Assistant
- Doug Keely
Senior Video Editor
- Karen Sutherland
Executive Producer
- Ken Ellis
Footage Courtesy of
- Common Sense Media
- © 2009
- The George Lucas Educational Foundation
- All rights reserved.
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Glossary
Skype: A software application that allows users to make telephone calls over the internet.
World of Warcraft (WoW): A massively multiplayer online role-playing game where thousands of players adventure together in an enormous, persistent game world, forming friendships and engaging in epic quests that can span days or weeks.
Sources: WorldofWarcraft.com, Wikipedia.org
Discussion Questions
1. Calm Down: Do you think adults are too concerned about online safety? Does this concern overshadow the benefits of technology?
2. Embrace Their Digital World: What can you do with your kids right now to better understand their digital world?
3. Find Balance: How can you help kids balance their time on different technologies?
4. Provide Alternatives: How can we encourage our kids to disconnect from the digital world without taking away their independence?
5. Be the Parent: What values are the most important to teach to kids living in the Digital Generation? What are some specific ways to teach those values?
Reader Comments
Common Sense Tips for Digital Generation Parents
I enjoyed this particular video clip because I have a seventeen year old son who loves the internet. As I watched the video I checked to see if the things that I do with my son went along with what the speaker was saying and they did. I monitor his time on the computer and I have the computer stationed where I can watch his every move without him knowing it. I also talk to him about what he is doing or listening to. Most of all I try to teach him to be responsible when using the computer and not go to websites that have anything that is negative.