Digital Smarts - Be a Technology Role Model

How do you raise a technology savvy kid who isn’t staring at a screen all the time? That’s the subject of a very straightforward article on the PopSugar site filled with real world suggestions from Devorah Heitner, author of Screenwise: Helping Kids Thrive (and Survive) in their Digital World and the blog RaisingDigitalNatives.com.

Her suggestions include being a technology role model, establishing screen –free zones and, uniquely, teaching kids to apologize in person to reinforce that what happens anonymously online translates to the offline world as well.