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Digital Management & Media Literacy

How to Make a Family Media Use Plan
http://www.healthychildren.org/English/family-life/Media/Pages/How-to-Make-a-Family-Media-Use-Plan.aspx

Screen Time Guidelines
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/mental-wealth/201310/pediatricians-elaborate-screen-guidelines

Research-based Guidelines for Screen Use for Children Under 3 Years Old
http://www.zerotothree.org/parenting-resources/screen-sense/

How much screen time is OK for my kid(s)?
https://www.commonsensemedia.org/screen-time/how-much-screen-time-is-ok-for-my-kids

Media Management Tips
http://www.parents-choice.org/guides_mediamanagement.cfm

Digital & Media Literacy
http://mediasmarts.ca/digital-media-literacy

Media Tip Sheets
http://cmch.tv/tip-sheets/

Family Media Agreements (5 to 18 years)
https://www.commonsensemedia.org/sites/default/files/uploads/connecting_families/family_media_agreements_k-12.pdf

Media Time Family Pledge
http://www.healthychildren.org/English/family-life/Media/Pages/Media-Time-Family-Pledge.aspx

Screen Time Tips & Plans
http://www.healthychildren.org/English/family-life/Media/Pages/Setting-Limits-on-Media-Use-Audio.aspx 

Digital Media Management & Media Literacy
http://cmch.tv/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Tip-Sheet-Media-Addiction-14-18.pdf 

Media Time Family Pledge
http://www.komando.com/kids/commandments 

Teach Your Kids to Code: 6 Beginner's Resources for Parents
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/teach-kids-coding-resources-parents-matt-davis

Commonsense Media Family Toolbox
https://www.commonsensemedia.org/educators/connecting-families/share

Review Sites (Games, Movies, Apps etc.)

Common Sense Media
https://www.commonsensemedia.org

Parents' Choice
http://www.parents-choice.org

Kids in Mind
http://www.kids-in-mind.com

Movie Reviews and Media News for Parents
http://parentpreviews.com/

School Library Journal
http://www.slj.com/

Children's Technology Review
http://childrenstech.com (Subscription required)

Articles

Shortsightedness in digital age
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/the-digital-age-has-helped-to-create-a-generation-of-shortsighted-people-research-finds-10242477.html

Tech in class a good thing?
http://www.todaysparent.com/kids/technology/technology-in-the-classroom/ 

How FB knows your friends better than you
http://www.thestar.com/news/insight/2015/04/04/how-facebook-knows-who-your-friends-are-even-better-than-you-do.html 

How Internet Addiction Changes the Brain
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/internet-addiction-changes-brain-similar-to-cocaine-study/ 

Temptation Faced by Internet Addicts
http://www.thestar.com/life/health_wellness/news_research/2013/02/01/internet_addicts_face_constant_temptation_nonbelievers.html#

Digital Addiction Spreading
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2014/12/31/digital-addiction-social-media_n_6399222.html 

Kids Need to Learn Self Regulation
http://www.thestar.com/life/parent/2015/01/19/kids-must-learn-to-control-their-own-screen-time.html 

Various Articles on Media & Children by AAP
https://www.aap.org/en-us/about-the-aap/aap-press-room/aap-press-room-media-center/Pages/Media-Kit-Children-and-Media.aspx 

Dangers of Sexting
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/02/21/swapping-nude-images-spells-trouble-teens/23824495/ 

Sleeping Near a Smartphone Can Disturb Sleep
http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2015/01/05/375121373/sleeping-near-a-smartphone-can-disturb-a-childs-rest

Tablets Disrupt Sleep
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/tablets-disrupt-sleep-according-to-new-study-1.2882331 

iPhone Separation Anxiety is Real
http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2015/01/12/iphone-separation-anxiety/21626727/ 

Texting Shorthand Used by Teens
http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/columnist/komando/2015/01/02/texting-acronyms-parents/21098099/ 

Digital Detox - How to Unplug
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/digital-detox-how-to-unplug/ 

Why Are Good Apps for Kids Hard to Find?
http://www.joanganzcooneycenter.org/2014/12/09/parents-ask-why-is-it-so-hard-to-find-good-apps/ 

Pediatricians Say No to Digital Devices for Kids Under 2 Years
https://www.aap.org/en-us/advocacy-and-policy/aap-health-initiatives/Pages/Media-and-Children.aspx 

Screen Guidelines by Pediatricians Explained
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/mental-wealth/201310/pediatricians-elaborate-screen-guidelines 

How Can I Teach My Child About Online Behaviour?
https://www.commonsensemedia.org/cyberbullying/what-should-i-teach-my-kid-about-safe-online-behavior 

Screen Free Kids Have Better Social Skills
http://www.todaysparent.com/blogs/run-at-home-mom/screen-free-kids-better-social-skills/ 

Kids Do Better When Schools Ban Smartphones
http://money.cnn.com/2015/05/18/technology/smartphones-schools-ban/index.html 

Is Giving Your Child a Tablet Lazy Parenting?
http://www.todaysparent.com/family/parenting/tablet-keep-your-child-occupied-lazy-parenting/

Is Your Teen Using Apps to Keep Secrets?
http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/16/tech/teen-sexting-apps-hide-messages/index.html 

No Back Up to Smartphones for Internet Access?
http://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2015/04/01/396587714/pew-smartphone-dependents-often-have-no-backup-plan-for-web-access 

Popular Brands Target Young Girls to Develop Brand Loyalty
http://www.npr.org/2015/04/09/395091935/to-get-em-while-they-re-young-brands-target-tween-girls 

Masculinity Crisis Due to Porn and Video Games
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/porn-and-video-game-addiction-are-leading-to-masculinity-crisis-says-stanford-prison-experiment-psychologist-10238211.html

How Media Addiction Affects Kids & What You Can Do
http://cmch.tv/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Tip-Sheet-Media-Addiction-14-18.pdf

Devices that Listen
http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/columnist/komando/2015/10/02/3-gadgets-always-listening-and-how-stop-them/73191644/

Video Games
http://www.chron.com/business/technology/article/Overuse-of-video-games-can-be-bad-for-kids-health-1691476.php

Pedophiles Use Social Media to Steal Photos
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/australasia/paedophile-websites-steal-half-their-photos-from-social-media-sites-like-facebook-a6673191.html

Smartphone Addiction
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-33130567

Sexual Assaults by Children in School. Exposure to Porn Blamed
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-33130567

Digital Addiction and Kids
http://www.relevantmagazine.com/slices/heartbreaking-video-shows-how-technology-addiction-changing-childhood

Screen Addiction
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/07/06/screen-addiction-is-taking-a-toll-on-children/?mabReward=A3&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&region=CColumn&module=Recommendation&src=rechp&WT.nav=RecEngine&_r=0

Online Privacy and Kids
http://phys.org/news/2015-05-parents-threaten-children-online-privacy.html

YouTube Kids’ App Faces Complaints
http://m.thestar.com/#/article/business/2015/04/07/googles-youtube-kids-app-faces-complaints.html

Mobile Devices Affecting Posture & Perhaps Even Mental Health
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/computing/Your-iPhone-is-ruining-your-posture-and-your-mood/articleshow/50173946.cms

Other Parenting Sites

Joan Ganz Cooney Center
http://www.joanganzcooneycenter.org/

Zone'in Products
http://www.zoneinworkshops.com/

PBS Parents
http://www.pbs.org/parents/

Center on Media and Child Health
http://cmch.tv

Resources for Health Care Professionals & Educators

Guidelines for Pediatricians
http://aapnews.aappublications.org/content/36/10/54.full [Requires Subscription]

Resources for Teachers
https://www.commonsensemedia.org/educators