Digital Stewardship: Social Media Resources for Parents

General social media topics broken down by age range in a Q&A format.

Learn the basics of Tik Tok, Instagram, YouTube, Snapchat, and other platforms your children may use.

Parental controls can support you in your efforts to keep your kids' internet experiences safe, fun, and productive.

This brief video from The Atlantic helps parents broach the questions with their children: "How can I be intentional about how I spend time online?" and "How can I align my time online to my values?"

Common Sense Media and the American Academy of Pediatrics teamed up to provide information about healthy media habits at every age and stage.

Resources on cyberbullying topics broken down by age in a Q&A format.

This article offers advice for parents on how to handle cyberbullying.

Information from the Child Mind Institute on empowering children with information and strategies to protect themselves from cyberbullying.

Suggestions for how parents can support their children's mental health when using social media.

This article and 1-minute video from Common Sense Media provides tips to help your kids balance the risks and rewards of social media.

Provides an overview of common mental health-related issues teens can experience and the connection to social media.

Information from the Child Mind Institute on the link between heavy social media use and depression in young people.

Created by Common Sense Media, this document helps families set expectations around the use of devices, online safety, digital citizenship, and media balance.

This article gives advice on how to talk to your kids about the latest social media challenge, including prompts for how the challenge affects their safety and digital footprint.

This guide, from Boston Children's Hospital, provides information on the risks, benefits, and motivations of social media challenges, along with ideas for starting conversations with your kids about them.