Parental Monitoring and Education

With children being exposed and growing up online, parents need to become a part of their child’s digital world in both teaching and parental monitoring. 

As parents join the journey of their child’s milestones, they need to incorporate into their teachings about how to safely use the internet. 

A CNN article stated that by the time American children are 2 years old, 90 percent have an online history. This of course is happening from parents posting information about their children from the time they are born or even before they born. Another statistic stated by the time children are five, more than 50 percent will be using a computer or tablet device as a regular part of their interactions. And by the time teens reach middle school, they text almost 3,500 times a month and spend more time with the media than a parent or teacher. 

So if teens today are spending more time with the media than parents or teachers, just image in ten years how much time teens will be spending on the media or yet think about 7 and 8 year olds,  how they will be absorbed into the digital age. The message here is to educate yourself as parents about the latest trends in technology and begin talking consistently with your children about how to use technology safely. 

How often do you talk with your children about the internet and their online activities?