Digital Smarts - Be Facebook Friends with Your Children

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The Right Way to Do Family Time, a recent article in the Wall Street Journal on spending quality time with your children, cites a 2014 study that found that adolescents who engaged with their parents on social media felt more connected to them—and the connection grew stronger with more frequent interactions. Although parents may not think of Facebook as quality time with their children, even little things such as “likes” in our busy lives can make a difference.