Parenting in a
digital world.

Tips and advice for
your connected family.

4 tips for a virtual family party

Gather your friends and family online for an experience everyone can enjoy.

Parents who bully: tips and strategies for how to respond

How do you respond to a bullying parent online in a way that inspires dignity, understanding, and motivates everyone to work in partnership with each other?

Stay connected: Set up a virtual story time for your kids

Need to connect with friends and family? Verizon Techxpert Oscar Martinez shares the steps on how to teach loved ones to use video chat apps remotely.

Kids at home? Here’s how to make a schedule you (and they) can keep

A reading specialist shows how to create structure and consistency for kids during quarantine with a schedule that benefits both children and parents.

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Once upon an Instagram live…

How two sisters started an
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Did you know?

60%

of teens

actually worry that they spend too much time online.
80k

apps

are labeled as educational but lack the proof to back it up.
56%

of parents

want more control over content on their child's device.

Get the download.

Take the conversation offline with these tools.

Get together
and put it in writing.
Set some pregame rules.
One family's rules won't work for another.
Convert your worries to wisdom.
Safety, security and digital citizenship.
Plan for these digital milestones.
Plan for these digital milestones.
What you say online stays online.
Talk,
don’t stalk.

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Kids and technology:
Advice, ideas, inspiration

Hey—we get it. Parenting is equal parts maddening and pure, indescribable joy. And that’s usually all before 8 AM. Technology works the same way. It’s enhanced our world in ways we never thought possible. But parenting in the digital age introduces challenges and questions we didn’t see coming. Like: “Dad, can I Snapchat just for the filters?” Or: “Mom, why are you following my best friend on Instagram?”

Parents are working through this one text at a time, trying to keep up and grappling with just how much screen time is OK for their 12-year-old Fortnite champion and whether their 2-year-old should video chat with Grandma.

Through a mix of independent research, best practices from parents and a partnership with the Family Online Safety Institute (FOSI), we are excited to offer a variety of fresh thinking for families and technology. As your parenting partner, we’ll answer top questions, provide guidance, and show the creative and educational potential of apps.

Parenting is a balancing act. And we’re here to keep you moving forward. At least until bedtime.

¹Jian J. (2018, August 22). How Teens and Parents Navigate Screen Time and Device Distractions. Retrieved from https://www.pewinternet.org.

²(2018, May 1). Children and Media Tips from the American Academy of Pediatrics. Retrieved from https://www.aap.org/.

³(2018, November). Online Safety Across Generations. Retrieved from fosi.org.

Parenting in a digital world.