Tips for Parents & Carers - Smartphones and children

Watch time 08:23 minutes
This film sees Dr Sian Williams give parents and carers tips on how to help families and young children navigate smartphones. Sian covers everything from Setting rules, and healthy phone habits to parental controls with helpful insights into why these tips will help you support your children's Mental Health.

Chapters:
00:00 Raising kids in the age of technology
00:22 How to approach giving your child a smartphone
00:48 Tip 1: Prepare well with teen-appropriate conversations
01:07 A contract of phone use
01:26 Make the conversation collaborative
01:47 Keep talking
01:58 Tip 2: Agree clear rules together
02:14 Communicating the rules clearly
02:20 Some ideas for rules on phone use
02:32 The right to check your child's phone
02:45 Monitoring & supervising your child's smartphone
02:56 Tip 3:Basic safety rules
03:13 Assuming everything will become public
03:23 Strangers and unknown contacts
03:32 Always answering the phone to parents & carers
03:37 Asking permission & being respectful
03:51 Privacy settings
04:05 Lost or broken a smartphone?
04:10 Tip 4: Model healthy phone habits for your kids
04:27 What do we use our phones for?
04:46 Tip 5: No phones in the bedroom
05:07 Start as you mean to go on
05:13 Tech-free time at home
05:23 Screen-free bedtime routine
05:35 Tip 6: Knowing they can always talk to you
06:16 Tip 7: Parental controls
06:32 Why staying in control is vital
06:50 Privacy settings
06:58 Tip 8: Stay strong & be kind
07:25 Remember kids will make mistakes

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