>>> HELPING KIDS NAVIGATE
SOCIAL MEDIUM IS NOT AN EASY
TASK.
TEACHING KIDS TO BE RESPONSIBLE
WHILE ONLINE IS CRITICAL AND IT
IS MY NORTH GREEN GENERAL
HOSPITAL HAS TEAMED UP TO BRING
MEDIA EXPERIN TO TALK TO
PARENTS ABOUT GETTING OUR
CHILDREN THROUGH THIS DIGITAL
WORLD BRING HER TO TELL US MORE
IS ONLY AN AMLIN, THE DIRECTOR
OF COUNSELING OF NORTHCROSS
SCHOOL.
WELCOME TO THE SHOW.
GOOD TO HAVE YOU.
DOUGLAS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS
UPCOMING SPEAKER YOU ARE
BRINGING IN.
>> DOCTOR DEVORAH HEITNER IS
OUT OF CHICAGO AND SHE IS A
MEDIA SPECIALIST.SHE HAS AN
EXCELLENT BOOK CALLED [
SCREAMING ] WHICH WE WILL ALSO
HAVE AT THE EVENT.
HER APPROACH TO HELPING PARENTS
MANAGE OR GUIDE THEIR KIDS
THROUGH THE DIGITAL WORLD IS
REALLY INSIGHTFUL.
SHE REALLY TALKS ABOUT HOW AS
PARENTS AND EDUCATORS WE NEED
TO HELP MENTOR OUR CHILDREN
THROUGH THIS DIGITAL WORLD.
RATHER THAN FOCUSING SO MUCH ON
MONITORING AND SPYING ON THEM.
>> ALL RIGHT.
THEY ARE GOING TO GET ON SOCIAL
MEDIA WHETHER WE LIKE IT OR
NOT.
>>WE PARENTS NEED TO GET
INVOLVED.
WE NEED TO SEE WHAT THEY ARE
DOING, NOT JUST GO THEY ARE ON
THIS THING AND I DON'T WANT
ANYTHING TO DO WITH THAT.
>> RIGHT.
>> WE DO
HAVE TO GET INVOLVED.
SHE WILL TALK TO US ABOUT WHAT
TO SAY TO OUR KIDS .
>> YES
BUT TO SAY TO YOUR KIDS WHAT
ARE SOME GOOD TOPICS OF
CONVERSATION TO HAVE WITH YOUR
KIDS .
IT IS WONDERFUL TO HAVE GREAT
TALKING POINTS AND HOW TO
ESTABLISH SOCIAL NORMS WITH OUR
KIDS.
WHAT IS NORMAL IN THE SOCIAL
WORLD, DIGITAL WORLD AND WHAT
ISN'T.
SHE WILL HAVE SOME REALLY GREAT
TIPS ON HOW TO NAVIGATE THAT.
>> THAT IS SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE
THE CELL PHONES DON'T COME WITH
INSTRUCTIONS.
ON HOW TO TREAT PEOPLE.
OR JUST TALK TO PEOPLE.
AND ALSO, WE ARE SEEING KIDS ON
IT CONSTANTLY.
IT'S LIKE THEY CAN GET AWAY
FROM IT.
THAT IS NUMBER CONVERSATION I
FEEL
LIKE WE AS PARENTS NEED TO
HAVE WITH OUR KIDS.
HOW MUCH TIME ARE YOU SPENDING
ON THIS, HOW ARE YOU FEELING .
I NOTICED MY FEELINGS CHANGE
WHEN I AM ON
CERTAIN SOCIAL
MEDIA SITES.
AND YOU NEED TO BE COGNIZANT OF
THAT PARENT IS A LITTLE CHILD
WITH A GROWING BRAIN , THAT IS
SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.
SO SHE SAYS IF YOU ARE RAISING
KIDS YOU ARE RAISING DIGITAL
NATIVES.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
>> WE ARE RAISING KIDS NOW WHAT
IS RIGHT TO DON'T MEET UPS AND
THESE ARE KIDS BORN INTO
TECHNOLOGY.
NOT JUST IN THE CLASSROOMS BUT
AT HOME.
THESE ARE KIDS
, MY
THREE-YEAR-OLD KNOWS HOW TO
OPERATE THE IPAD.
WE DIDN'T DO THAT WHEN WE WERE
THREE.SO WE HAVE TO GET WITH
THEM AND UNDERSTANDTHEIR
EXPERIENCES OF GROWING UP IN
THE DIGITAL WORLD.
WE NEED TO MEET THEM IN THE
MIDDLE.>> WHAT ARE SOME
TAKEAWAYS PARENTS CAN EXPECT
FROM LISTENING TO THE SPEAKER
ON WEDNESDAY?
>> I THINK PARENTS CAN GET --
LATER GOING TO GET REALLY GOOD
TAKEAWAYS ON HOW TO REALLY TALK
TO YOUR KIDS.
TO ESTABLISH SOME OF THE SOCIAL
NORMS OF WHAT THEY ARE GOING
THROUGH.
I THINK PARENTS ARE GOING TO
WALK AWAY FEELING MORE RELAXED
AND AT EASE OF UNDERSTANDING
THAT AS PARENTS WE REALLY DO
HAVE A LOT OF TOOLS IN OUR
PARENT TOOLBOX AND OR WISDOM TO
HELP OUR KIDS THROUGH DIGITAL
TECHNOLOGY.WE HAVE THE TOOL
WHICH IS EMPATHYIN WORKING
WITH OUR
KIDS AND HELPING THEM
NAVIGATE SOCIAL PRESSURES THEY
MIGHT HAVE.
>> I'M SO GLAD YOU GUYS ARE
DOING THIS .
SO IT IS HAPPENING WEDNESDAY,
OCTOBER 4 AT 7 PM FISHBURNE
AUDITORIUM.
THEN YOU ARE HAVING A BREAKFAST
THE NEXT DAY?
>> AND WE ARE ALSO HAVING
TEAMING UP WITH THE HOSPITAL
FOR BOTH.
THURSDAY MORNING A PROFESSIONAL
BREAKFAST FOR EDUCATORS OR