This 60-minute course gives you a step-by-step guide to understand and navigate the challenges of parenting in the digital age.
It covers:
- Development and age-appropriate use of devices
- Persuasive design and why it keeps your child attached to the screen
- The 5 Ps Digital Family Pledge – learn, with the help of our experts, how to create a balanced digital plan for the whole family
Exclusive access: The 5 Ps Digital Family Pledge Printable booklet and template will help you focus on what you and your family need to live healthier online and offline lives.
Screen Smart Parenting – The 5 Ps Digital Family Pledge
Course format
This course comprises a 60-minute training session originally recorded in September 2024 for the purposes of on demand training only.
About this course
Children and young people are exposed to a range of media content in today’s world at fast speed. Media literacy is therefore becoming an essential skill for parents and carers to help support their children and young people navigate this complex landscape critically and safely. Understanding the draw of media, an awareness of its impact on thinking, emotions, relationships and behaviour at different ages and promoting responsible use of content, creation and connection will not only help parents and carers be less confused (and alarmed) about the benefits and harms but also help children and young people make more informed decisions.
stem4 is the originator of Online Safety First Aid (OSFA), supported by Ofcom, initially rolled out to professionals working with children and adolescents and now being launched to parents and carers.
Dr Nihara Krause MBE Consultant Clinical Psychologist and Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Dr Richard Graham, both experts in this field, help parents and carers transfer their offline parenting skills into the online/digital world. The session covers the following:
- Neurodevelopment in young people
- How Persuasive Design impacts upon young people and parents
- Strategies for discussing media engagement and content
- How to use The 5 Ps Digital Family Pledge – booklet, template and video guide.
Who is this course for?
This course for parents and carers aims to provide details on:
- How to distinguish between credible and misleading information
- How to recognise the influence of media, and persuasive design
- Understanding gender differences and development in engagement and their impact
- Developing a family media strategy – The 5 Ps Digital Family Pledge – with the support of stem4’s helpful family media strategy template.
Screen Smart Parenting – The 5 Ps Digital Family Pledge
What Others Have Said
Very useful course for parents with lots of practical tips
By: Catherine
Screen Smart Parenting by stem4 is a fantastic course that gave me the tools I needed as a parent to help my kids use screens wisely and keep our family life in balance.