Parenting for the Digital Generation

Provides a practical handbook for parents, grandparents, teachers, and counselors who want to understand both the opportunities and the threats that exist for the generation of digital natives who are more familiar with a smartphone than they are with a paper book.

Jon M. Garon

Preface Introduction 1. Creating a Healthy Digital Family 2. Managing Online Engagement 3. Information and Digital Literacy 4. Online Education Fundamentals 5. How to be an Engaged Parent in Online and Blended Education 6. Equity and Equality for Online and Blended Education 7. Beyond High School - the Professional Online Presence 8. Copyright, Creativity, and the Teen Artist 9. Mature and Explicit Content 10. Cyberstalking and Online Harassment 11. Radicalization 12. The Dark Web 13. My Child the Hacker 14. Everyday Safety Online: Safe Shopping, Consumer Privacy, and Government's Rights to Search 15. Protecting against Identity Theft and Fraud: A Nontechnical Introduction to Cybersecurity for the Family Conclusion: Building Balance Online and Offline Appendices List of Acronyms Bibliography About the Author