Adolescence vs The Internet

Krystine Nation

Are we as parents educating ourselves enough?

Foxton Beach Fire Station

Our children have entered a world that we never had to deal with as children, so how much do we know as parents about them and their social media?
This evening aims to cover some topics that I have either personally experienced since having this platform or researched myself through study and interest in how the internet could be affecting our teens.
What you can expect to from this talk:
Topics.
- Introduction to me and my personal experience with social media.
- Discussion about flip the script, why and what it is and what it aims to do. (both adult and children models)
- My decision to spectate, watch how my friends and family communicated online.
- Areas of the internet we are not acknowledging when it comes to bullying because we do not generally relate them to each other.
- Porn and our children.
- Our children’s access to the world, and the worlds access to them.
- Tiktok challenges.
- The amount of social media apps that our children have which give the world access to them.
- My experience during lockdown with an online predator.
- The lack of current research around our children’s mental health in relation to social media.
- Discussion around the New Zealand teens digital profile prepared by Dr. Edgar Pacheco and Neil Melhuish.
- Why as parents we need to change the way we speak around our children to encourage positive dialogue.
- The importance of open lines of communication today.
- Discussion: do we protect them from their peers? Or from the rest of the world?
- Open discussion with parents on their views and concerns.
Gold coin entry with cash bar available.

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