Social Media Parenting: Raising the Digital Generation

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Last week, our family Pediatrician told me a teen he saw earlier that day did 11,000 texts last month. 11,000! in a MONTH! To me and you (assuming you are old enough to drink), this sounds ridiculous. To the average teenager, you'll get a "meh." The average teenager does 3,000 texts per month. (This is a combo of actual texts, receiving texts, instant messages, and many other things). To me, this is the official generation gap between me and my two year old. Her future will be much different than mine.
One of the things I think about most is how to raise my two daughters in this internet world. How much screen time is too much? How much is enough? I dont want them addicted to screens (like their daddy), yet I want them to have the requisite skills to live in the evolving digital world.
At the end of the day, I am realizing that the most important thing is just to be as involved with them, in anything, as much as possible. This is the same issue that every generation of parents face (I am sure mine were concerned by how much TV should I watch - well, it ended up being a lot, and I just love consuming any media now). The screen time issue, online concerns, etc will all resolve itself as long as I know what they are doing in general. But having some tips, like the included article still help.

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