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With the rapid pace of technology, it can be a challenging task to monitor your child’s exposure to different forms of media. What are the effects of media and technology exposure at varying ages and what can you do as a parent to regulate their interaction with technology tools? We’ve gathered a number of articles on just these topics so that you can be thoughtful about your child’s experiences with media and technology.
Hot Topics
- Do You Know What Your Kids are Doing on MySpace? It’s Not as Scary as You’ve Heard and You CAN Keep Them Safe (Dr. Larry D. Rosen)
- Parenting Your Net Generation Child or Adolescent (Dr. Larry D. Rosen)
- School Violence and the News
- Video Wasted on Toddlers, Unless it's Interactive (Vanderbilt Peabody College)
Understanding Your Child's Experience of Media and Technology
- Media and Your Kids (Palo Alto Medical Foundation)
- Children, TV, Computers and More Media: New Research Shows Pluses, Minuses
- Playstation or Playground?
- What is Media Literacy?
- Introducing Your Child to the Arts: Media Literacy
- How to Raise an Educated Consumer
- Raising Responsive and Responsible Children
- Teachable Media Moments
- Dealing with Media Pressure
- Links Between Media Exposure, Body Satisfaction, and Use of Sports Supplements or Steroids Among Teens
Advertising and Your Child
- Make Your Home Preteen-Friendly
- Alcohol Advertising
- Ads are Selling U.S. Kids Poor Health
- Watching R-Rated Movies May Affect Kids' Risk of Smoking, Drinking
- AAP Sounds Off About Advertising to Kids
- Kids and Commercialism Action Tips
- More Tips for Raising Healthy Kids in a Commercial Culture
- Facts About Marketing To Children
- Food Makers and Media Should Promote Healthier Eating for Kids, Report Says
Television and Your Child
- How TV Affects Your Child
- Sometimes a TV is Just a TV
- Can TV Teach Your Kid to Read?
- Help Prevent Violence on TV (Missouri Families)
- Healthy Habits for TV, Video Games, and the Internet
- Bedroom TVs Linked to Lower Test Scores in Kids
- TV Time, R-Rated Videos Linked to Lower Grades
- Video Wasted on Toddlers, Unless it's Interactive (Vanderbilt Peabody College)
- Toddlers and "Interactive TV" - Are Video-Based Toys Good for Your Child?
- Preschool TV Ads Focus on Fast Foods and Sweetened Cereals
- Parents Weigh in on Limiting Screen Time
- Limiting Screen Time — More Energy OUT
- Promise of TV Time Encourages Children to Exercise More
- How to Talk to Your Child About the News
- Media Exposure and Traumatic Events: How Much is Too Much?
- Violence in Audio-Visual Media: How Educators Can Respond
- Talking to Kids About Violent Images of War
- School Violence and the News
- Violence in Audio-Visual Media: How Educators Can Respond
- Now That's Funny!: Movies to Tickle Your Child's Funny Bone
- Teaching Good Attitudes Through Televised Sports
- Elephants, Donkeys and the Media, Oh My! Talking to Kids About Politics
How to Safeguard Your Child's Online Experiences
- Internet Definitions for Parents
- Appropriate Use of the Internet
- A Parent's Guide to Internet Safety
- Children and Teens Spend More Time on MySpace Than Parents Recognize (Dr. Larry D. Rosen)
- Guidelines for Your Child's Use of MySpace (Dr. Larry D. Rosen)
- CD9. NIFOC. PRW. Cracking the Code on Teen Netspeak
- The Internet at Home: Making It Work for You and Your Kids
- Use Your NetSmartz: Tips for Helping Your Child Safely Navigate the Internet
- Teens & Internet Safety
- Resources to Safe Web Surfing
- Safety Pledges
- Social Networking Online: How to Safeguard Your Child's Experience
- Social Networking Sites: Online Friendships Can Mean Offline Peril
- When Kids Network Online: The Benefits and Risks
- Many Kids and Teens Exposed to "Unwanted" Online Porn
- MySpace in College Admission (for teens)
Online Harassment - What to Look for and How to Help
- Girls Scout Survey: Sexual Harrassment of Teens on Net (NetSmartz)
- Online Harassment Rate Up for Young Internet Users
- Cyberbullying
- What to do When Your Child is the Victim of Cyberbullying (NetSmartz)
- Tips to Help When Your Child is Bullied Online
Cell Phones and Your Child
- Kids and Cell Phones: Staying Connected
- The Cell Phone Dilemma
- Cell Phones - Do They Cause Cancer? (Medline Plus)
Video Games and Your Child
- The Impact of Video Games on Children (Palo Alto Medical Foundation)
- Video Games: Cons and Pros
- Video Games: Research, Ratings, Recommendations
- Violent Video Games (Palo Alto Medical Foundation)
- The Gender of Video Games (Greater Good Science Center)
- Scientists Say Kids Need More Video Games
- APA: Reduce Violence in Video Games
