How to Parent in a Digital World: Resources

Looking for more resources on family technology? Here are key resources and links on digital parenting.
Family Technology Policies
Policy-making worksheet

Family Screen Policy

Family Minecraft Policy (Google Docs version here)

Family Social Media Policy

Family Support Form Responses  (copy this to your Google Drive so you can adapt it to your family’s needs. For help, see How to copy a Google Form)

Family Support Form (demo)

Parental Controls

iOS 12: Getting to Know Screen Time & Stronger Parental Controls (for iPhone/iPad)

The Complete Guide to Setting up Parental Controls in Windows

How to use Parental Controls in Windows 8

How to Use Parental Controls in OS X to Protect Your Kids

4 Ways to Set up Parental Controls on Your Home Network

Parental Control Tools That Cover Every Device In Your Home

Circle with Disney: Is it worth it?

Web filtering with OpenDNS

Recommended Resources
Common Sense Media

Sexplainer on Technology

Ross Greene’s Lives in the Balance and the Plan B cheatsheet

Geering Up tech camps

More reading and resources on family technology
Top how-tos and tech tips of 2011

Top how-tos and tech tips of 2011

by | Dec 29, 2011 | | 0 Comments

This entry is part 4 of 5 in the series Top 11 of 2011

These top 2011 posts offer tech tips and how-tos on social media, web apps and blogging. From creating a desktop folder that stays in sync with Google Docs, to configuring Facebook to protect your kids’ privacy, you’ll find step-by-step help for getting things done online.

What the Internet did for you in 2011

What the Internet did for you in 2011

by | Dec 23, 2011 | | 0 Comments

My year-end post for the Harvard Business Review asked the question, What did the Internet do for you this year? In that post, I wrote: Appreciating the moments when our online work and lives just click tells us that all this time we spend online is not a compulsion,...

Writing about Motherhood Online

Writing about Motherhood Online

by | Dec 20, 2011 | | 2 Comments

[O]n the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog, which liberates you to be a bitch. Not a bitch to others -- ...online mothers' groups are quick to sanction hostility -- but the impatient, imperfect bitch of a mom uses jarred babyfood, disposable diapers and a TV-as...