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#36 Title:
e-Parenting
Keeping Up With Your Tech-Savvy Kids
Special Guest: Sharon Miller Cindrich, author, columnist, editor and mother of two tech-savvy kids
Description:
Blog. IM. Downloadable ring tone. It's the language of the future and chances are, your kids are already fluent. But are you? "Tech-challenged" parents, you’ll want to listen in as we PODCAST with Sharon Miller Cindrich, author of e-Parenting: Keeping Up With Your Tech-Savvy Kids.
Duration: 46:32
Also listen to: Stay Safe Online and e-Shopping
Index
00:40 Welcome e-Parent!
01:59 What is an e-Parent?
03:38 About the Book: e-Parenting
08:55 A Need for Tech-Savvy Parents
17:26 Ready for a Cell Phone?
23:48 Caller: Jen "Can I Overload My Child?"
24:44 Technology at an Early Age
29:30 Overview: e-Parenting Book
40:22 Parent Resources
42:22
Closing Comments
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About Sharon Miller Cindrich
Sharon Miller Cindrich is an author, columnist and mother of two tech-savvy kids. Her work has appeared in magazines and newspapers across the country including The Chicago Tribune, Parents Magazine and FamilyFun Magazine, where she is a contributing editor. Sharon is currently editor of Metroparent Magazine.
Her self-syndicated column Plugged In Parent is published in parenting magazines around the country, and her book E-parenting: Keeping Up With Your Tech-Savvy Kids (Random House 2007) is available on Amazon.com.
Visit the Plugged In Parent Website. Ask Sharon a question.
Check out the Plugged In Blog, get tech tips,
sign up for a newsletter and more!
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Sharon’s Tech Tips
The following sites are great resources for getting familiar
with the family issues surrounding the internet.
Internet 101
Easy to understand basics about everything from browsers to spyware to shopping online to safety
Net-mom’s Internet Safe House
Comprehensive information on hot tech issues, website reviews, and a free online newsletter
Family First
Reviews of websites and recommendations for family-friendly surfing
Common Sense Media
The Internet Survial Guide for Parents (Download it). The information here will help your kids stay Internet safe and smart.
Stay Safe Online
Provides free and non-technical cyber security and safety resources to the public, so consumers, small businesses and educators have the know how to avoid cyber crime
Internet Safety - For Our Children's Sake
Blog website for parents with guest authors and a lot of resources. Nominated for Best Educational Blog.
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About Sharon's Book
It's light-weight, reasonably priced and maybe the best tech investment you can make for your family.
E-Parenting: Keeping up with your Tech-Savvy Kids is the only guidebook for families that covers all the technologies that affect family life - cell phones, video games, the Internet and more - and offers ideas, tips and suggestions on how to connect with today's tech-savvy kids...and have fun as a family, too.
Chapters:
1. Ready, Set, Boot: Everyday Computing, from Log-in to Back up
2. Riding the Internet Waves: Catch the Wave, Avoid Sharks, and Surf Safely
3. Blogs and Vlogs and Wikis, Oh My!: How to Be a Wiz When Connecting to the World
4. Games Kids Play: The Value of Video Games
5. Does GPS Stand for “Great Parent Spy”?: The Pros, Cons, & Possibilities of Using Global Positioning Technologies
6. Tech Tunes: Turning Up the Volume on MP3s, Podcasts, and Internet Radio
7. A Familiar Ring: Making the Call on Kids, Mobile Phones, and Cellular Plans
8. From Boob Tube to Broadband: Channeling the Power of Digital Television
9. Smile, You’re on Digital Camera: Capturing Life on Video, Through Snapshots, and Webcams
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Safe Websites for Kids
Photo: Graer Heindl, Age 17 mos. |
Did You Know?
• One third of all 10-17 year olds have seen online pornography.
• Estimated 24 million children between the ages of 10-17 use the internet regularly.
• The Center for Media Education indicates that online advertisers target children as young as young as 4.
• Approximately 1 in 4 children (about 6 million) has received unwanted exposure to sexually explicit pictures while searching for unrelated information.
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