Week One Activity
ACTIVITY 1. VALUES TASK
People can have many different values about how they engage with the world. Here we have listed a number of values that may be important to you as you think about how you manage media and technology with your child.
Please rank these values by dragging them up in order as they relate to what you think is important in media parenting.
I want my child to...
- use media and technology in a safe way.
- use media and technology to promote their health.
- use media and technology to promote their knowledge.
- use media and technology to expose them to different perspectives.
- develop their skills with media and technology, to keep up with technology advancement.
- be able to self-manage their media and technology use.
- be able to control how much they use media and technology.
- learn how to interpret marketing messages they encounter in media and technology.
ACTIVITY 2. SORTING TASK
Media and technology can be used in many different ways. Think specifically about your child engaging these activities.
Move each use below into the bin where you think it best belongs.
- Express creativity
- Learn new things
- Connect with people like me
- Connect with people different from me
- Connect with family/friends who live far away
- Develop an online identity
- Cyberbullying
- See mature content like how to roll a joint
- Get tips on how to be more popular
- Follow my favorite alcohol brand on social media
- Play online games
- Find local events to attend
- Finding ways to cheat on schoolwork
- Posting content that would be scary to say in person
- Online shopping
- Learn about behaviors (smoking or drinking) that they might like to try