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.


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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.

  
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