Learning how to parent in the digital age.
Parenting has always been hard, but today things seem more difficult. These parenting experts explore the impact of technology on raising kids and how it can be both a tool and a hurdle.
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Learning how to parent in the digital age.Jessica Grose, Jodie Patterson, Jordan Shapiro, Ph.D., Susan B. Neuman
Your impact checklist
Here are a list of things you can do before and after the event to join the conversation.
- Check out Jordan Shapiro’s new book, The New Childhood, which talks about raising children in a connected world.
- Learn more about how kids can thrive in this new digital landscape at Common Sense, which offers expert media advice, tools, and resources to parents, teachers, and kids.
- Volunteer your time at Expanding Your Horizons, a nonprofit supporting and educating girls interested in STEM fields.
- Donate books to Open Books, which supports childhood literacy and writing programs throughout the city.
- Explore the work of Digital Play for Global Citizens, which helps prepare kids to learn about the natural world through digital play.
Idea: Who do your kids trust more—you or YouTube?
A Conversation about navigating modern parenthood.
For parents in 2019, technology is the monster in the closet. Thanks to the internet, age-old problems—bullying, racial discrimination, competition in school—seem more pressing than ever before. But what if the tech boogeyman actually holds the key to raising better children? What if better data, accessible information, and digital tools hold the keys to being better parents? This Conversation will dig into the challenges of modern parenting and parse out ways that old strategies can be coupled with new tools for preparing your children for our deeply interconnected world.
