Smart and Affirming Choices: Technology Education for Parents

Practical tools for helping children build healthy, balanced relationships with technology and social media.

What you'll walk away with

  1. Understand how technology and social media can impact emotions, self-esteem, and decision-making.
  2. Recognize challenges like FOMO and unhealthy technology habits.
  3. Learn practical strategies for setting boundaries and fostering healthy technology use at home.
  4. Ask questions and get guidance during a Q&A with JF&CS professionals.

Smart & Affirming Choices: Technology Edition (Parent Workshop) equips parents with practical tools to help their children develop healthy, balanced relationships with technology and social media. Parents learn how screens impact emotions, self-esteem, and decision-making, while gaining strategies to navigate topics like FOMO, set healthy boundaries, and foster positive technology habits at home.

At a glance

Length
60 minutes

Audience
Parents/ Caregivers

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