Parenting & Technology
Click on a topic on the left to find tutorials and resources to navigate technology with your kids.
Online Safety & Security for Kids
What is a Digital Footprint?
Tackling Screen Time
Social Media Guide for Parents
Dealing with Cyberbullies
Remote Learning Help
Real vs. Fake Online
Games, Apps & Websites for Kids
Online Safety & Security for Kids
- Parent Guides from ConnectSafely (Connect Safely): This collection of parent guides covers everything from Tik Tok, Roblox, Cyberbullying, Amazon Alexa, Media Literacy and more.
- Be Internet Awesome (Google): Find a collection of information, games and resources to help parents and educators keep kids safe and secure online.
- Internet Safety for Kids (SafeWise): Learn about common online threats for kids and how to keep your kids safe.
- Your Privacy in a Growing Internet of Me (Stay Safe Online): This infographic shows how your data is collected across different connected devices.
- Help Boost Kids’ Safety, Privacy & Security (Common Sense Education): Four tips to help parents protect tweens and teens personal information online. Includes a downloadable PDF.
What is a Digital Footprint?
- Oversharing & Your Digital Footprint (YouTube- Common Sense Education): Teens share the truth about sharing information online and what happens to what you post online.
- Your Digital Footprint Matters (Internet Society): This quick series of tutorials has everything you need to know about online data tracking, including how to take control.
- Help Kids Post, Comment & Upload Responsibly (Common Sense Education): 4 tips to help parents guide their kids safely through social media. Includes downloadable PDF.
Tackling Screen Time
- Kids & Tech: Tips for Parents in the Digital Age: (American Academy of Pediatrics): Learn how to build a family media use plan to set and enforce healthy digital boundaries.
- Social Media, Social Life: Teens Reveal Their Experiences (Common Sense Education): Teens share their opinion. Check out the infographic to find out where teens can use some help.
- How and When to Limit Kids’ Tech Use (New York Times): There is no one-size-fits all tech plan to build a healthy lifestyle. This guide will help parents guide effective tech use.
- Stop Thinking About Screen Time (YouTube- Connect Safely): Learn how “screen time” is less important than what you do online. Start asking how and why your kids spend time online.
Social Media Guide for Parents
- Parent Guides from ConnectSafely (Connect Safely): This collection of parent guides covers everything from Tik Tok, Roblox, Cyberbullying, Amazon Alexa, Media Literacy and more.
- Social Media Facts & Advice for Parents (Internet Matters): Get familiar with social media safety to keep your kids safe online.
- Facebook, Instagram & Social Media Guide (Common Sense Education): Find FAQs, articles, and a forum for parents asking questions about social media and their kids.
- Help Kids Post, Comment & Upload Responsibly (Common Sense Education): 4 tips to help parents guide their kids safely through social media. Includes downloadable PDF.
Dealing with Cyberbullies
- Parent’s Guide to Cyberbullying (ConnectSafely): Use this guide to keep your kids safe.
- Help Kids Fight Cyberbullying (Common Sense Education): Six tips to help parents deal with the cyberbullying and mean behavior kids can face online.
- Keeping Kids Safe in Cyberspace (Center for Parenting Education): A guide to help parents learn and navigate safe use of digital communication for children and teens.
- What is Cyberbullying (Stop Bullying): Learn how cyberbullies operate, how to establish online rules, deal with bullies, and prevent your kids from becoming a victim.
Remote Learning Help
- Parent Tips and Tricks for Distance Learning (Common Sense Education): A guide to “help parents keep kids focused, interested and balanced while learning from home”.
- COVID-19 Resources for Remote Learning (Challenge Success): Find parent tips & tools and educator tips & tools to get everyone on the same page.
- Education at Home (NebraskAccess): Find librarian-curated websites to learn at home.
- 22 Remote Learning Tips for Parents (TeachThought): Use these tips to help your kids succeed when learning online, both in and out of the classroom.
Real vs. Fake Online
- How to Spot Fake News and Teach Kids to Be Media Savvy (Common Sense Education): This article has a checklist to spot fake news and a set of tips to help kids be media savvy.
- News Literacy (Games for Change): Find games, activities and resources for parents, students and teachers about news literacy.
- How to Identify Fake News in 10 Steps (ProQuest): A PDF checklist to identify fake news.
- How to Choose Your News (YouTube- TEDEd): A short video to learn about news literacy.
- Parent & Educator Guide to Media Literacy & Fake News (ConnectSafely): Use this guide to help kids navigate media online to determine real from fake news online.
Games, Apps & Websites for Kids
- Free Educational Apps, Games & Websites (Common Sense Media): This curated collection of digital options will keep your kids entertained for hours.
- Children & Youth Coding Resources (Nebraska Library Commission): Find age-appropriate coding resources for kids and teens.
- Kids Library Resource Page (Nebraska Library Commission): Find activity pages, homework help, and other resources curated by a children’s library.