We're creating this culture where we disconnect from our phones even when we are transporting children around, and I think that's really where it happens. It trickles down from the top. Diana Graber More Quotes by Diana Graber More Quotes From Diana Graber Lessons emphasizescritical thinking, ethical discussion and decision making about digital media issues ... all through role-play, hands-on projects, and problem solving tasks. Diana Graber opinion This can be as simple as asking your child to show you how to use an app they love, and then let that evolve into a conversation about what's going on in their online world. Diana Graber health-news When we make time for this, then students learn to have each other's backs, develop and follow their own social norms and we see all kinds of problems, like these, disappear. Diana Graber health-news I guess that if baiting young girls and sharing their embarrassment via a frightening YouTube video is the best we can do when it comes to 'educating' our kids, it's better than nothing. Diana Graber health-news We know that throwing the book at them, it's too much too late, so that's not working, it's very normal teenage behavior... and we need to get with the times and get ahead of the problem, and just have these very easy to have discussions. Diana Graber top-news They had no idea what the consequences were. Diana Graber top-news I mean that was a complete surprise to literally all 28 kids, so it occurred to me that no one's ever bothered to tell these kids they couldn't do that. Diana Graber top-news You hear that sound and you feel like you have to respond to it immediately, we have to remember that every time we do that, there's a child watching. Maybe it's a child that's not even watching yet but they're going to remember that that's a behavior that we have condoned. Diana Graber top-news What I always tell parents is it's not the technical stuff that they need to know. It's the behavioral things, and it's age old things like being nice online and being wise and not saying mean things, protecting privacy and don't talk to strangers and all those ... golden rules, like the golden rules, they weren't delivered to me all at once. They were delivered again and again and again throughout my lifetime. Diana Graber health-news Then end it with, 'That's really kind of cool. Can you set me up with a Twitter? Can you tweet me?' Once they start tweeting you, you are involved in their world now. one little girl said, 'I wish my mom was following me on Instagram,' or 'I wish my mom had looked at what I posted but she just isn't interested or she doesn't know,' and they're sad. Diana Graber health-news In some ways, I think the 'tech talk' is replacing the 'sex talk' because our kids are learning about sex from tech. Diana Graber health-news We're giving children access to smartphones, tablets, and all sorts of digital devices so young. Diana Graber health-news I think that's anxiety-ridden, because you get likes based on how many friends you have, and you have to keep posting things to get more friends and it's like a vicious circle. Diana Graber living It's almost like a little competition for the number of likes, i think that's anxiety-ridden, because you get likes based on how many friends you have, and you have to keep posting things to get more friends and it's like a vicious circle. Diana Graber living I've devoted myself to hanging out with people who aren't toxic for me. Diana Graber We've taken away something from them that's very needed at the developmental stage. Diana Graber Kids are craving their peers and they're missing people they weren't even that close with before. Diana Graber Digital drama is often an extension of what happens at school. Diana Graber What's on the rise right now is hate speech in adults, it makes me sad because that's what kids see us role modeling. Hopefully kids look at that and go in the opposite direction. Diana Graber
