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Parental Stewardship for Media Use

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This blog is designed to educate parents of adolescents about social media. This video will give you ideas and tools to be a better steward so that your child doesn’t fall into a potential negative trap of social media.  The 3 areas of focus that will be covered are communication, setting media standards, and modeling good behavior. Struggling to know what to talk about around the dinner table?  Click here for 50 Family Dinner Conversation Starters. Challenge   This week, have at least one meal as a family without any media devices.  This includes smart phones, iPads, TV etc Plan a day to hold a family meeting. If this is your first time holding a family meeting, make the meeting about future family meetings. Discuss things like what day of the week works best, how the format should go, and potential topics to be discussed.     Reader Survey References Ballard, M. R. (2016, May)....