Supporting Parents Online With Our Screen Smart Program
Meta has launched the 2024 Screen Smart program to aid parents in managing their children's digital device usage. The initiative comprises workshops in multiple cities including Denver, Charleston, Houston, Boston, and Los Angeles. These workshops will provide one-on-one educational sessions on parental supervision tools and guidelines for safe device usage.
Screen Smart aims to empower parents with knowledge to set appropriate boundaries and protections for their teens. Meta has developed over 50 tools and features, such as private accounts and messaging restrictions, to ensure safe online experiences for teens.
Experts, including pediatricians and child psychologists, will speak at the events, sharing insights on fostering positive digital habits. This initiative follows a successful pilot program held last year in five cities, including New York and Chicago. Meta continues to promote digital safety through educational campaigns and resources available on its platforms.
- Meta's Screen Smart program aims to educate parents on digital safety tools, potentially increasing user trust.
- Workshops in multiple cities offer hands-on education, indicating Meta's commitment to community engagement.
- Over 50 tools and features developed for safe and age-appropriate online experiences for teens.
- Inclusion of experts such as pediatricians and child psychologists to provide credible guidance.
- Successful pilot program demonstrates proven engagement and effectiveness.
- High operational costs associated with running nationwide workshops.
- Dependence on parental adoption of tools; impact if not widely utilized.
- Potential negative perception if the program fails to meet expectations or lacks tangible results.
- Vague metrics on success; no specific data provided on previous program outcomes.
Takeaways
- We're kicking off our 2024 Screen Smart program to help parents navigate conversations with their families about using devices safely and learn more about Meta's parental supervision tools.
- With this program, we want to help parents feel more confident about raising their teens in an increasingly digital world, with boundaries and protections that work best for them.
NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESSWIRE / May 22, 2024 / With a seemingly endless range of apps, websites and devices, parenting in today's digital world can feel overwhelming. Kids today are using devices from early ages, and on average, most teens use about 40 different apps every week. This week, we're kicking off a series of workshops called Screen Smart to empower parents to confidently manage their teens' usage of smartphones and devices - including on Meta's platforms.
The series will start this week in Denver, followed by Charleston, Houston, Boston and Los Angeles. At each event we'll provide 1:1 hands-on educational workshops for parents and help them understand the best ways to use our supervision features. Attendees will also hear from academics and clinicians on ways to support their teens' experiences online and learn more from Meta about solutions that would help empower parents. We're calling the series Screen Smart because we want every parent to have the knowledge they need to manage their family's online experiences, with the boundaries and protections that work best for them.
At Meta, we've developed more than 50 tools, resources and features to help teens create, explore and connect on our apps in safe, age-appropriate ways. This includes built-in protections for teens, like private accounts and messaging restrictions, as well supervision features so parents can set the right boundaries for their teens.
However, we know that parenting online is more than just providing the right tools and protections. It's also about building trust with your family when it comes to how they're using smartphones and other devices, helping them navigate unwanted contact online, and approaching conversations about digital safety without being met with eye rolls.
"Instagram and other social media platforms can be great ways to find community, connect with friends, learn new skills and express yourself. Many teens share with me that they ‘find their people' online. For parents, it's important to learn about the tools the platforms offer to help their teen have a positive experience. For example, parents can help teens with their content recommendation settings, time management settings and set up parental supervision if it's right for them." - Screen Smart speaker, pediatrician and adolescent medicine specialist, Dr. Hina Talib
That's why we first piloted the Screen Smart series last year with hundreds of creators, community leaders and parents in five cities: New York, Miami, Chicago, Nashville and Seattle. During these events, Adam Mosseri, Head of Instagram, and Meta's Global Head of Safety, Antigone Davis, shared Meta's ongoing efforts in this space. Attendees also heard from experts including child psychologist Dr. Ann-Louise Lockhart, pediatrician and adolescent medicine specialist Dr. Hina Talib and Dr. Katie Davis from University of Washington's Digital Wellness Lab.
Whether it's through events like these, ad campaigns, in-app promotion or resources in our Meta Family Center, we're always working to educate parents on our safety features and tools, and to advocate for legislation that puts parents in charge of teen app downloads.
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