This trip serves as your starting point in orienting you to the many issues of social media and what it means in the lives of our teens. While the headlines seem predominantly negative, there are some positives, starting with how social media in small doses can actually increase connection. Here, in Our Gold Star Articles, we serve up the pros and cons to offer you a balanced perspective.
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Social Media at a High Level
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Social Media: The Major Concerns
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Social Media: Our Teens’ Favorite Platforms
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How Social Media Is Changing Teen Culture
One stop will be delivered to your Inbox each week.
This trip provides you with the Our Tools to engage your teens in talking about social media, how it affects them, and what the expectations are for how they will behave online. It also serves up Best Practices for managing social media as well as insights sourced from experienced parents and experts alike.
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Social Media: What Teens are Saying
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Best Practices for Managing Social Media
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What’s the Right Amount of Time to Spend on Social Media?
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Our TimeWise Calculator
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The Social Emotional Well-Being Scale
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Our Family Agreement
One stop will be delivered to your Inbox each week.
This trip is where we help you to start turning information into action. Our Guides are designed to zero in on what parents need to know, while providing you with up-to-date and easy-to-follow instructions. If questions arise, you can always just text us!
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Our Complete Guide to YouTube
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Our Complete Guide to Instagram
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Our Complete Guide to Snapchat
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Our Complete Guide to Facebook
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An Introduction to Bark
One stop will be delivered to your Inbox each week.
This trip brings Our Collection to your Inbox, so you can take it one stop at a time. We’ve carefully curated the Gold Star Articles we think help to shed more light on the underlying dynamics of social media–both the nuanced and the psychological. Collectively, our children’s social emotional well-being is more vulnerable than ever, so it’s important for us to keep the lines of communication open with our teens.
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The Science of Human Connection
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Teens Explain The World of Snapchat’s Addictive Streaks
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My Body, My Selfie
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Teens are Being Bullied ‘Constantly’ on Instagram
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The Comparison Trap Psychology Today
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Porn is Not the Worst Thing on Musical.ly
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YouTube Still Can’t Stop Child Predators in its Comments
One stop will be delivered to your Inbox each week.
Social Media
Our Social Media roadmap is divided into 4 trips:
Get Up to Speed
Tools to Strike a Balance
Our Guides to Take Action
From Our Collection
Trip #1: Get Up to Speed
This trip serves as your starting point in orienting you to the many issues of social media and what it means in the lives of our teens. While the headlines seem predominantly negative, there are some positives, starting with how social media in small doses can actually increase connection. Here, in Our Gold Star Articles, we serve up the pros and cons to offer you a balanced perspective.
Social Media at a High Level
Social Media: The Major Concerns
Social Media: Our Teens’ Favorite Platforms
How Social Media Is Changing Teen Culture
One stop will be delivered to your Inbox each week.
Cancel This Trip
Trip #2: Tools to Strike a Balance
This trip provides you with the Our Tools to engage your teens in talking about social media, how it affects them, and what the expectations are for how they will behave online. It also serves up Best Practices for managing social media as well as insights sourced from experienced parents and experts alike.
Social Media: What Teens are Saying
Best Practices for Managing Social Media
What’s the Right Amount of Time to Spend on Social Media?
Our TimeWise Calculator
The Social Emotional Well-Being Scale
Our Family Agreement
One stop will be delivered to your Inbox each week.
Cancel This Trip
Trip #3: Our Guides to Take Action
This trip is where we help you to start turning information into action. Our Guides are designed to zero in on what parents need to know, while providing you with up-to-date and easy-to-follow instructions. If questions arise, you can always just text us!
Our Complete Guide to YouTube
Our Complete Guide to Instagram
Our Complete Guide to Snapchat
Our Complete Guide to Facebook
An Introduction to Bark
One stop will be delivered to your Inbox each week.
Cancel This Trip
Trip #4: Our Collection
This trip brings Our Collection to your Inbox, so you can take it one stop at a time. We’ve carefully curated the Gold Star Articles we think help to shed more light on the underlying dynamics of social media–both the nuanced and the psychological. Collectively, our children’s social emotional well-being is more vulnerable than ever, so it’s important for us to keep the lines of communication open with our teens.
The Science of Human Connection
Teens Explain The World of Snapchat’s Addictive Streaks
My Body, My Selfie
Teens are Being Bullied ‘Constantly’ on Instagram
The Comparison Trap Psychology Today
Porn is Not the Worst Thing on Musical.ly
YouTube Still Can’t Stop Child Predators in its Comments
One stop will be delivered to your Inbox each week.
Cancel This Trip