Supporting Your Child's Digital Wellness

Digital wellness means helping students use technology in ways that are safe, balanced, and positive.

Families, educators, and schools each play a role in guiding healthy habits and smart choices.

Social Emotional Learning (SEL)

Digital wellness starts with strong social and emotional skills. We help students develop the ability to:

• Understand their emotions and actions

• Build healthy relationships (online and offline)

• Make safe, respectful choices

• Manage screen time and digital distractions

These skills are especially important when navigating social media, texting, gaming, and online learning.

Social-Emotional Competencies - These are self-assessment questions to think about your student and their wellness.

Additional Resources:

A Parent's Resource Guide to Social and Emotional Learning
This article is a list of resources on Social-Emotional Learning from Edutopia

The Balancing Act: Navigating Time Limits On Tech Use
This article is from the Family Online Safety Institute (FOSI) on limiting tech use.

Why the Best Parental Control Is You
Instead of flipping a switch, be the voice in their head. By Christine Elgersma, Common Sense Media

Beyond Screentime
This article shares takeaways about the most powerful ideas and transformational practices that have emerged during the past 10 years.

Family Media Use Plan tool
This site has new recommendations on screen time for children/teens and helps you create a family plan.

Having A Heart-To-Heart About Online Reputation
Amanda Quesada from FOSI shares guidance on how to talk to your children about their online reputation, including discussing mistakes made online, and advice to help them think more proactively about their future and how digital plays into that.

The Screen Time Debate: Why “How Much?” Is The Wrong Question
Diana Graber from FOSI shares why parents need to look beyond just asking “how much time is spent online” to being more concerned with what content is being consumed, when the content is appropriate for your child, and why your child is choosing to spend their time on a certain platform.