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Online Resources:
American Academy of Pediatrics website provides general child health information and more specific guidelines concerning a pediatric issue.
Center for Parent and Teen Communication website provides resources for parents/caregivers, youth, and caring adults to help foster understanding, communication, and development of important life skills through adolescence. All of the information is from a trauma-informed, strength-based, and resilience mindset.
Sesame Street in Communities website provides resources and multi-media tools for parents/caregivers and providers for children from birth to six. The site covers a wide range of topics, from school readiness to building healthy habits to tough issues such as divorce and hunger. Sesame Street in Communities builds on their almost 50-year commitment to caring for the developmental, physical, and emotional needs of children.
Child Development Institute provides parents information on child development, child psychology, parenting, health, and learning.
Empowering Parents provides parenting support and resources to address your child's behavioral concerns.
ROC Parent website connects families ot community resources and events.
Kids Health is a wonderful website with information about health, behavior, and development from before birth through teen years.
Disney Family is the premier family and parenting destination with kids' crafts, holiday fun and activities, healthy food recipes, free online games.
MiddleWeb provides a wealth of resources for school districts, educators, parents, and public school advocates working to raise achievement for all students in the middle grades.
- Netsmartz Internet Safety Guide for Parents
- Netsmartz Parents Guide to Smart Phone Safety
PBS will expand your collection of parenting resources
Kids Out and About, Rochester, New York premiere resource guide to local family events and activities.
Technology and Screen Time Resources
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- Think before you post
- Respect other people online; avoid gossip
- Ask for permission before you meet online friends in person
- Don't feed cyberbullies--block the sender, ignore mean messages, file a
- report with the website or the police
- Speak up if you see someone getting bullied
- Clean up your profile; eliminate your page of everything too personal,
- embarrassing and illegal
- Use the privacy settings
- Monitor what others post about you
- Keep adults in the loop--tell them when you add new sites, new friends or
- see something suspicious or harmful
- Use your voice for good--use social media to do something productive for you or for a cause
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- HowCast Videos include "How to Use Twitter," "How to Use Facebook" and "How to Use an iPhone."
- A Platform for Good include "Reporting Problems," "Parental Controls" and "Privacy Settings."
- SmartSocial describing vine, twitter, whatsapp, Instagram, ask.fm, snapchat, whisper, yik-yak, etc.
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- Common Sense Media (Common Sense Media Website) General information as well as customizable device contract and independent reviews of apps, movies, video games, etc.
- Family Online Safety Institute (FOSI) Good digital parenting--tips, tools and rules to confidently navigate the online world with your kids; Policy and research--in depth reports on challenging online safety issues, laws and regulations.
- Raising Digital Natives great TED talk titled, "Empathy is the App." Blog articles are very helpful
- CyberWise
- NetSamrt Home
- The Center for Internet Addiction (Net Addiction) information on a variety of internet addictions (gaming, gambling, porn, facebook, general internet)
- Connect Safely
- SmartSocial videos describing vine, twitter, whatsapp, Instagram, ask.fm, snapchat, whisper, yik-yak, etc.
- iKeepSafe
- U know kids shares a parent APP to help parents monitor their children's smartphone use (see their texts, pictures sent and received, location, call history, etc.) uKnowKids
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- NetNanny
- www.teensafe.com/ parents can see sent, received and deleted text and iMessages, made and received phone calls, current smartphone location, Web browsing and search history, Messages sent through Whatsapp and Kik Messenger, Instagram posts and followers, Facebook messages, friends, posts and more.
- Mama Bear Website lets parents know where their kids are, see their social media, and know how fast they are driving
- Qustodio see how your child uses the Internet, to set responsible time limits, to block dangerous or inappropriate content, and to monitor for signs of cyberbullying and online predators.
- My Mobile Watchdog Monitor all of your child’s smartphone use from the parent dashboard. Use the Parent Dashboard to view text and picture messages, contact history, find a lost phone, block websites, turn off apps during homework time automatically, and much more
- uKnowKids
- Web Watcher
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- Facebook - Help Learn how to manage your child’s account and report problems.
- Twitter - Help Center Find out how to use Twitter and protect your child’s privacy
- Apple Support Understand how restrictions (parental controls) work on your apple products (iphone, ipad, ipod touch).
- Youtube - Help Read about YouTube’s safety policies and how to report inappropriate content.
- Google - Safer way to search Browse through videos and articles for advice on using Google’s safety tools and how to manage your family’s safety online.
- Help Instagram Learn about the basics of this popular app and get tips for parents.
- A parents guide to Snapchat Understand how to use the app and what to do if your child is using it inappropriately.
- Kik - How can we help? Read about the app and how to report problems.
- Skype - Support Browse articles about securing your child’s account and managing their privacy settings.
- Pinterest - Help Find out how to use Pinterest and secure your child’s account.
- help.MeetMe.com Get answers to your questions about controlling who sees your child’s profile and how to report problems.
- www.ClubPenguin.com/help Read about this popular game’s rules and safety features.