Digital Smarts - The Long Hot Summer: Some Advice About Kids and Technology

In an interview with National Public Radio Sonia Livingstone, a professor of social psychology at the London School of Economics and Political Science says parents need to worry less about whether they have said all the “right” things to their kids about the dangers of technology. Instead, she says, they need to be more concerned about whether their child can come to them and talk about what “they are doing and or their worries on the internet.” Livingstone goes on to describe that kind of approach and give tips on how to create that kind of relationship with your child. This scenario makes a lot of sense since the digital world changes daily and it is nearly impossible for parents to keep up.