Digital Lives

Parents explored a variety of scenarios and debated how we can support our children within an increasingly digital world.

Today's forum focused on the digital lives of our children. The topic was selected by parents as we continue illustrate how learning that is self-directed is a powerful vehicle for motivation and engagement.  This was clearly evident from today's discussion as parents explored a variety of scenarios and debated how we can support our children within an increasingly digital world.  The questions tackled issues such as managing appropriate content, access to social media and support for children when they make mistakes.  

We were joined by a number of Junior School colleagues who also have children in Senior School, who were able to share their experiences of success and support.  One common theme was the importance of being open with your children, ensuring that there are open lines of communication and that your children feel free to share what they are experiencing.  We also discussed the importance of creating boundaries with choice and that parents need to consider how they are supporting their children in making informed choices.  The discussion ended with Mr. Todd sharing the vision of building parent learning into a more permanent position in the life of the school.  More details of these ideas will be shared in the coming weeks. 

Finally, one resource that was mentioned was Common Sense Media a website designed to help parents understand whether the content of a movie, game or book is appropriate for children.  Please do add it to your favourites as a resource for supporting informed choices about the media our children view.

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