Dealing with your Teens and technology

Dealing with your Teens and technology

Adolescent psychotherapist Collett Smart continues our series on teen parenting with a look at teens and technology.  While technology offers many benefits, things change so rapidly that it can be hard for parents to keep up with the latest socal media trend or to even understand the capabilities of their child’s mobile phone.  Lately a […]

By Katrina RoeThursday 4 Aug 2011ParentingReading Time: 1 minute

Adolescent psychotherapist Collett Smart continues our series on teen parenting with a look at teens and technology. 

While technology offers many benefits, things change so rapidly that it can be hard for parents to keep up with the latest socal media trend or to even understand the capabilities of their child’s mobile phone. 

Lately a number of tech-related teen issues have been making headlines. 

Firstly, the teen phenomena of sexting.  This is where teenagers text ‘sexy’ images of themselves to each other, often without being fully aware of the potential consequences.  

Plus cyber bullying – what is it, what does it look like in practice and how can you help your kids to use technology more responsibly? 

Hear Collett Smart explain the impacts of sexting and cyber bullying on our teens.
 

Listen Now – Collen Smart on Teen Parenting.

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