Helping Your Child Navigate the Digital World With Kris Perry on the Girls That Create Podcast

In episode five of the Girls that Create podcast on Word of Mom Radio, host Erin Prather Stafford and guest Kris Perry discuss social media’s impact on children and parents’ role in guiding them through the challenges of the digital world. The conversation sheds light on the rapid development of technology and its pervasive influence on children’s lives.

Listen to the full interview on Word of Mom Radio.

The online world presents many challenges and opportunities for children and young people. Perry highlights the unprecedented acceleration and dominance of online digital lives in the past generation. Parents can better guide their children through this ever-evolving landscape by staying informed about the latest trends and establishing family rules for device use. Perry emphasizes the need to put devices away when they become difficult to use in moderation.

Are you looking for more information about helping girls navigate the online world? Children and Screens has contributed several posts to our website’s Parenting Resources section:

10 Ways Parents Can Work With Teens for Healthy Social Media Use

Tips For Teen Girls to Cope With Social Media Comparison

11 Tips for Helping Girls Build Character in a Digital World

10 Tips for Helping Teens and Tweens Navigate Online Civic Engagement

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About Kris Perry

Kris Perry is the Executive Director of Children and Screens: Institute of Digital Media and Child Development. Perry most recently served as Senior Advisor to Governor Gavin Newsom of California and Deputy Secretary of the California Health and Human Services Agency where she led the development of the California Master Plan for Early Learning and Care and the expansion of access to high-quality early childhood programs. She led systems change efforts at the local, state and national levels in her roles as executive director of First 5 San Mateo, First 5 California and of the First Five Years Fund.

Through it all, Perry has fought to protect children, improve and expand early learning programs, and increase investments in low-income children. Perry was instrumental in returning marriage equality to California after the landmark 2013 U.S. Supreme Court ruling Hollingsworth v. Perry, which she wrote about in her book Love on Trial.

Thanks to our episode sponsor Ellivate Alliance, a community of brave women entrepreneurs who are channeling their feminine wisdom to run their businesses, create social change and find joy in who they are and what they do.

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