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Digital devices like phones, tablets, laptops, televisions and video game consoles have brought added convenience and entertainment to our fingertips. But they also bring new challenges to both to health and safety, especially for kids and teens. Here you'll find helpful information on how media can impact their health and wellbeing. If you have concerns about your child's digital safety you'll find great resources here to share and discuss. By keeping the dialogue open and supportive, you'll help them navigate the digital world confidently and responsibly.
Information on safe digital use
- 5 unhealthy ways digital ads may be targeting your child | American Academy of Pediatrics
- Beyond screen time: help your kids build healthy media use habits | American Academy of Pediatrics
- Constantly connected: how media use can affect your child | American Academy of Pediatrics
- Healthy habits for media use | Cook Children's
- How media use can affect kids | Cook Children's
- Kids and video games | Cook Children's
- Monitoring your child's media use | Cook Children's
- Talking to your kids about social media | Cook Children's
- Teaching kids to be smart about social media | Cook Children's
- Technology: 5 ways to reboot yourself | Cook Children's
- What's your family media plan? | Cook Children's
- Your child's first cell phone: are they ready? | American Academy of Pediatrics
- 5 ways to get drivers to stop texting | Cook Children's
- Cell phone safety | Cook Children's
- Cyberbullying | Cook Children's
- Cyberbullying: what parents need to know | American Academy of Pediatrics
- Multiplayer games online: keeping kids safe | American Academy of Pediatrics
- Online Safety | Cook Children's
- Online safety - kids | Cook Children's
- Online safety - parents | Cook Children's
- Online safety - teens | Cook Children's
- Protecting your online identity and reputation | Cook Children's
- Sexting: how to talk with kids about the risks | American Academy of Pediatrics
- Sexting: what parents need to know | Cook Children's
- Sexual harassment and sexual bullying | Cook Children's
- Social media and your child's mental health | American Academy of Pediatrics
- Teaching kids to be smart about social media | Cook Children's
- Teaching kids to be smart about strangers | Cook Children's
- Texting and walking | Cook Children's
- Virtual violence: how does it affect children? | American Academy of Pediatrics
- How to make a family media use plan | American Academy of Pediatrics
- Media use guidelines | Cook Children's
- Media use guidelines: babies and toddlers | Cook Children's
- Media use guidelines: big kids | Cook Children's
- Media use guidelines: preschoolers | Cook Children's
- Media use guidelines: teens | Cook Children's
- Video games: establish your own family's rating system | American Academy of Pediatrics
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