Talking Digital: A Parent's Guide for Teaching Kids to Share Smart and Stay Safe Online - Softcover

It is time for the digital talk. Today, kids are growing up in a wired world. Their online interactions, the good and the bad, will follow them through life. The choices they make online are as important as the choices they make in the real world. The best way parents can help their kids avoid mistakes and lead a healthy digital life is by talking with them early and often about how to share smart and stay safe online. Faced with a tech-savvy kid, who rolls their eyes when a parent mixes up a browser with search engine, the digital talk can be intimidating. This is where “Talking Digital” comes in. This book begins with preschool and continues through to high school. Each chapter focuses on a different age and contains information about what kids are doing online at this stage, what topic parents should bring up, how to answer tough questions and what to do when a child makes a mistake online. This book is about giving kids the life skills needed to lead a healthy digital life. Ultimately, the best online protection a kid will ever have is between their ears.