Digital Citizenship for Families

WFES Internet Safety Presentation

Thank you to those who attended our Internet Safety Presentation. Below you will find resources from our presentation and more to support you in keeping your family safe online.

Presentation Slides

Resources from Common Sense Media

Family Media Agreement

Parents' Ultimate Guides

  • Struggling to keep up with the apps, games, and websites your kids are using? Common Sense's Parents' Ultimate Guides can help keep you up to date and answer your questions about all the latest platforms and trends. Whether you're trying to figure out if a new app is safe for your teen or if a popular game includes blood and gore, we've got you covered.

5 Questions to Ask Before You Get Your Kid a Phone

9 Social Media Red Flags Parents Should Know About

A Parents Ultimate Guide to YouTube

Apps to Help Keep Track of What Your Kids Are Doing Online

Easy, Free Browser Hacks to Make the Internet Safer for Your Kid

How Do I Keep My Kid Safe on the Internet

Strategies for Getting Kids off Devices

What Can I Tell My Kid to Do if He or She Is Being Cyberbullied

For additional information please check out Common Sense Media , which has a ton of reviews and other resources so you can make informed media choices and get answers whenever you want! 

FCPS Digital Citizenship Resources

FCPS Digital Citizenship Website

Parent Resource Center Resources on Digital Citizenship

For a complete listing of books, DVDs, and CDs at the FCPS Parent Resource Center, visit:

http://www.fcps.edu/cco/prc/resources/library.shtml

Audiobook:

  • Control Screens So They Don’t Control Your Family: 10 Secrets to Stop Power Struggles, By Celebrate Calm

Book: General Digital Citizenship

  • Screenwise: Helping Kids Thrive (and Survive) in their Digital World, By Devorah Heitner, PhD

  • The Art of Screentime: How Your Family Can Balance Digital Media & Real Life, By Anya Kamen

  • The Tech Savvy User’s Guide to the Digital World,  By Lori Getz

  • Sophie Takes a #Selfie: Rules and Etiquette for Taking Good Care Before You Share,  By J.J. Cannon

  • Growing Up Social: Raising Relational Kids in a Screen Driven World, By Gary Chapman

  • Media Moms & Digital Dads: A Fact-Not-Fear Approach to Parenting in the Digital Age, By Yalda Uhlsody 

  • A Practical Guide to Parenting in the Digital Age: How to Nurture Safe, Balanced, and Connected Children and Teens, By Winifred Lloyds Lender

  • Parenting in a Digital World: A Step-By-Step Guide to Internet Safety, By Clayton Cranford 

  • Touchy Subjects: Talking to Kids About Sex, Tech, and Social Media in a Touchscreen World, By Craig Gross with David Dean

Book: Teen Specific for Parents

  • The Parent’s Handbook for Talking with Your Teens about Social Media: The Right Words and Effective Techniques to Get Your Kids Safely on Board, By Ellen Mossman-Glazer 

  • It’s Complicated: The Social Lives of Networked Teens , By Danah Boyd

  • Got Teens? The Doctor Moms Guide to Sexuality, Social Media, and Other Adolescent Realities, By Logan Levkoff and Jennifer Wider

Book: Digital Citizenship for Students with Special Needs

  • Online Safety for Children and Teens on the Autism Spectrum: A Parent’s and Carer’s Guide , By Nicola Lonie

Book: Guides for Students to Read

  • The Teen’s Guide to Social Media & Mobil Devices: 21 Tips to Wise Posting in an Insecure World, By Jonathan McKee

  • The Secret Rules of Social Networking , By Barbara Klipper and Rhonda Shapiro-Rieser

  • The Tech Savvy User’s Guide to the Digital World, By Lori Getz

  • Sophie Takes a #Selfie: Rules and Etiquette for Taking Good Care Before You Share, By J.J. Cannon

DVD:

  • Social Media Addiction, By Real Life Teens

  • Dangers of Social Media, By Real Life Teens

  • Cyber Bullying, By Real Life Teens

Have questions? Please reach out!