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Cyberwise Chats
by Cyberwise
Join Diana Graber and Dr. Pamela Rutledge for Cyberwise Chats they tackle concerns and opportunities around technology, social media, screen time, and more that will help you help kids build a healthy relationship with technology.
Episodes
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We Didn't Prepare Kids for Social Media: Let's Not Fail Them With AI
We made a lot of mistakes when social media hit — kids were deep in it before most of us even knew what to worry about. Now AI is here, it's moving even faster, and we have a chance to do this differently. In this Cyberwise Chat, Dr. Pamela Rutledge and Diana Graber sit down with special guest…
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Creating a Family AI Agreement: Smart Guidelines for a New Tech Era
AI tools are rapidly becoming part of everyday life—from homework help and learning apps to chatbots, image generators, and more. Kids are exploring these tools earlier than ever so in this episode, we walk parents and caregivers through how to create a Family AI Use Agreement—a clear,...
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Digital Pals: Kids, Chatbots, and Belonging
In this Cyberwise Chat, we explore the growing trend of children forming connections with AI companions. With the recent introduction of Google’s Gemini AI chatbot for users under 13, designed to assist with tasks like homework and storytelling , questions arise about the impact of such…
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Safe But Sorry: Why Digital Protectionism Won't Keep Kids Safe
Are we really protecting young people online, or are we just creating a false sense of security through various bans and restrictions? In this compelling "Cyberwise Chat,” Diana Graber and Dr. Pamela Rutledge chat with two leading experts, Dr. Sydney Sullivan and Dr. Nolan Higdon, who will change...
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What's Up With Today's Online Youth? Featuring Dino Ambrosi (Founder of Project Reboot)
In this Cyberwise Chat, Dr. Pamela Rutledge and Author Diana Graber welcome back special guest Dino Ambrosi, Founder of Project Reboot, a research-backed program aimed at helping students develop healthy digital habits. We discuss the insights Dino has gathered from meeting with students around…
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New Year, New Trends: Tips To Keep Your Kids Safe Online
A new year full of new trends awaits our digital kids… Meta (Facebook and Instagram) have ditched fact-checking, TikTok will likely be banned in the US, and Florida has enacted its ban aimed at keeping kids under 14 off of social media. At the same time, AI finds its way into literally every…
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AI & "DeepNudes": What Parents and Educators Need to Know
The use of generative AI (artificial intelligence that can produce new content) to generative nude or nearly-nude depictions of individuals is a troubling and growing trend. A simple Google search reveals dozens of free and easy-to-use “nudification” apps that anyone a use. Already students have...
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Are Kids Anxious or Unprepared? The State of Digital and Media Literacy Education
There’s increasing concern about rising anxiety levels among youth, and technology often gets the blame. As we navigate a world where technology is an integral part of life, it’s crucial to equip young people with the skills to use it in a balanced and responsible way. This is where digital and...
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Let The Summer Games Begin: How to Keep Your Young Gamers Safe! (Featuring Epic Games and Sony)
With summer upon us, children everywhere are looking forward to keeping connected to their friends by playing online video games. Learn how to safeguard your kids whether they are playing one of the most popular games—Fortnite—or using the best-selling game console—PlayStation 5. For this Chat we...
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Your Child's Digital Reputation Matters Featuring Kevin Quinlan of LifeBrand
Everything your child posts online, or what others post about them, can potentially be seen by anyone and everyone! And we know that this matters. More and more, colleges, prospective employers, and even complete strangers are learning about our children online. While maintaining an appropriate…
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Why Your Kids Should Learn Coding NOW! (Featuring Code Ninjas)
During this Cyberwise Chat, we chatted with Bill Marsland, the Director of Education at Code Ninjas, the world's largest and fastest-growing kids' coding franchise. Watch and learn about all the cognitive skills kids gain when they learn how to code. See all of our Cyberwise Chats here:...
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Teachers on the Front Lines: When Social Media Problems Come To School
Cyberbullying, Digital Drama, Exclusion, Hate Speech... problems that originate online are increasingly coming to school and disrupting the learning environment. Oftentimes, parents look to already overwhelmed teachers to solve these problems. But adding one more thing the the long list of...
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Shared & Compared: A Chat with the Author of "Growing Up in Public"
More than ever, today’s children are growing up in world where nearly every moment of their lives is captured and shared on social media and more. In this Cyberwise Chat we spoke with Dr. Devorah Heitner, the best-selling author of “Growing Up in Public: Coming of Age in a Digital World,” about…
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Making Games Safe For Kids
Worried about your kids and online gaming? Well, worry no more! In this Cyberwise Chat, Dr. Pamela Rutledge and Diana Graber talk about all the (easy!) ways you can keep your children safe while they play. Learn more: https://www.cyberwise.org/cyberwisechats
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How To Protect Your Child From Cyberbullying With Special Guest Ross Ellis, Founder & CEO, STOMP Out Bullying®
Learn how to protect your children from bullying and cyberbullying from experts Diana Graber, Dr. Pamela Rutledge, and Special Guest Ross Ellis from STOMP Out Bullying! How To Protect Your Child From Cyberbullying With Dr. Pamela Rutledge & Diana Graber + Special Guest Ross Ellis, Founder & CEO,...
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Back-To-School Special: 5 Lessons Kids Need NOW!
In this Cyberwise Chat, we discuss the top five lessons teachers say kids need most in order to use tech safely, wisely, and most of all, productively! From managing screen time to dealing with cyberbullies, we’ve got you covered. We’ll show you step-by-step how to teach these topics to different...
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Ready or Not, AI is Coming! Is Your Child Prepared?
Innovations in artificial intelligence (AI) are accelerating at breakneck speeds: it’s hard for busy parents to keep up! Already children are growing up with AI-powered devices in the home, like Siri and Alexa, and many are playing with AI art tools like Dall E-2 or Dreamlike, and they may be...
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New Laws Ban Teens From Social Media: Will They Work?
Utah became the first state in the U.S. to ban teens from social media. Utah SB 152 requires that all residents under the age of 18 have parental consent in order to create an account. Additionally, users under the age of 18 are banned from all qualifying social media platforms between 10:30 pm…
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Kids & Screens: Can We Help Them Strike a Balance?
Kids are spending more time with screens than ever, and worried parents are wondering if we have reached the point of no return. Can we help kids strike a balance between screen time and all the other important things in their young lives? We think so, and we explore how. We were joined for this...
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Should TikTok Be Banned? Or Not?
TikTok, the popular app beloved by tweens and teens, has found itself in the crosshairs lately. President Joe Biden recently signed legislation that would ban the app from phones and computers issued by federal agencies. Dozens of states have implemented similar prohibitions on devices used by...
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ChatGPT: A New Way to Learn? Or a New Way to Cheat?
ChatGPT — the popular new A.I chatbot that can write essays, solve complex problems, do homework, and more — has sent many parents and educators into a panic. They believe students will use this tool to cheat, or worse, that students will never learn to write or think for themselves all. Some...
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Don’t Just ”Wait Until 8th”
A popular “Wait Until 8th" campaign encourages parents to band together and agree to delay giving children a smartphone until at least 8th grade. While there are some advantages to this approach, in this Cyberwise Chat, Dr. Pamela Rutledge, Director of the Media Psychology Research Center, Diana...
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Parasocial Relationships: Help! My Child’s Best Friend is a Media Character
From Disney characters to YouTubers and Instagram celebrities, kids can develop deep emotional connections with media personalities and characters. These “parasocial relationships” are one-sided but to the kids, the media characters can feel like real friends, influencing everything a real friend...
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”Behind Their Screens” What Kids Are REALLY Doing Online.
In this Cyberwise Chat we talk to authors Dr. Carrie James and Dr. Emily Weinstein about their new book: "Behind Their Screens: What Teens are Facing (and What Adults are Missing)." It turns out what adults are missing is... a lot! After surveying more than 3,500 teens, the authors discovered…
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Building a Resilient Kid: What Parents Need to Know
Digital kids face all kinds of online pressures and challenges, from cyberbullying to sexting, counting social media “likes,” to trying to look “perfect” online. The one skill that can help them withstand these pressures is resiliency. In this Cyberwise Chat, Dr. Pamela Rutledge, Director of the...
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Sextortion on the Rise? What Parents Need to Know
In early 2022, two teen boys took their own lives due to "sextortion." This is a form of blackmail in which the attacker threatens to send intimate images or videos of the victim to others if they do not pay them or give them additional images or videos. Although this can happen to anyone of any...
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Digital Literacy: The Key to Success at Every Age
Online life is complex and the list of topics kids should know about and understand includes everything from misinformation, disinformation, sexting, cyberbullying, deep fakes, stereotypes, plagiarism, web search, personal information, copyright, and much more. Digital literacy IS today’s…
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Kids & Screen Time: How Much Is Too Much?
Just when you thought kids couldn't possibly spend more time with screens, a new study from Common Sense Media finds screen time is up 17% for tweens and teens since the start of the pandemic. And that doesn’t include time spent attending school virtually and doing homework. In this Cyberwise…
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Kids, War & TikTok: What Parents Need to Know!
If you think TikTok is just a fun, lip-synching, dancing app, think again. Millions of young people getting real-time information—sometimes quite graphic— about the war in Ukraine from the platform. Some posts have earned millions of likes and hundreds of thousands of comments. Even the White…
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Social Media Dangers: How Can We Make It Safer for Kids?
Along with exciting and positive ways of connecting, social media also exposes youth to new risks—like cyberbullying, sexting, misinformation, political polarization, inappropriate content, predators, mining of personal information, possible impact to self-esteem, and more. Most parents are aware...
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Teens and Dating in the Digital Age
For many teens during the pandemic, the only option to maintain and forge new relationships with their peers has been via their devices. This includes romantic relationships. Understandably, teens are flirting, “dating,” and even meeting potential partners online. In this Chat, we’ll talk about...
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What the Heck is the Metaverse and Should You Let Your Children Go There?
When Facebook rebranded itself as “Meta” last October, CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced plans to develop a massive “metaverse.” Broadly, this will be an immersive digital world accessed through virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (VR) devices. Still confused? Think “Ready Player One"! What…
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What’s On Your Child’s List? Are They Ready for the Hottest Tech Gifts?
From an iPhone to Nintendo Switch, a tablet to a smartwatch, what's on your child's wishlist? And more importantly, is your child ready for the responsibility many of these tech gifts demand? In this Chat we answer your questions about tech-readiness and how to prepare your child for the gadgets...
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Is Instagram Really Destroying Your Child’s Self-Esteem?
A Wall Street Journal article titled, “Facebook Knows Instagram Is Toxic for Teen Girls, Company Documents Show,” reports that “(f)or the past three years, Facebook has been conducting studies into how its photo-sharing app affects its millions of young users.” Facebook’s own researchers “found...
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TikTok & Gen Z: From Viral Dance Videos to Social Media Activism
When parents think of TikTok, usually viral dance videos come to mind. However, platforms like TikTok, Snapchat, Instagram, and Twitter are being used by Gen Z — youth born after 1996 —to revolutionize activism. At just the click of a button, they can start a movement… like TikTok users who…
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OMG! You Won’t BELIEVE What Kids Are Clicking On.
Did our clickbait headline get your attention? We hope so! In this Cyberwise Chat, we tackle the topic of clickbait and misinformation. Kids today are exposed to all sorts of online information that's downright untrue, and unarmed with media literacy skills, they can fall for (and share!)…
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Kids and Online Porn: What Parents Need To Know
One of the most disturbing problems of the digital age is how easy it is for children to access online pornography. With cellphones in their pockets, access to porn is often just a click away. In fact, the average age of first Internet porn exposure is 11 years old and whether your child...
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Post Pandemic Reboot: Helping Kids With the Return to ”Normal.”
During this post-pandemic return to “normal,” kids need parents to help them re-learn how to balance screen time with real life, understand how to use technology mindfully and safely and, most of all, help them manage the anxiety and stress many have (and will) suffer during this transition.…
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Parents: Get the Lowdown on Instagram
In this episode, we discussed parental concerns about Instagram. Here are some things that top the list: Data collection, access to inappropriate content (pornography, violence, fake news, dangerous challenges, etc.), a "compare and despair" atmosphere, possible links to anxiety and depression…
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What Parents Need to Know About Chat Apps
Clubhouse is one of the newest on the block, what about it is making is so popular, so fast? And Omegle has been around for a while, why the sudden resurgence in interest? Is it safe for kids? What other chat apps are kids using now and why? Join us to chat about these social media platforms and...
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When Cancel Culture Turns Into Cyberbullying: What Parents Need to Know!
Teens might use the phrase “you’re canceled” in jest, but some are taking it a step farther and actually blocking, unfollowing, and boycotting peers on social media (and in real life) because of a personal opinion or for simply saying/doing something disagreeable. “Cancel Culture” has made its…
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Kids Love TikTok Challenges! What Parents Need to Know.
From the "Cereal Challenge" to the "Penny Challenge," the "Blackout Challenge" and more, viral challenges born and spread on the popular app, TikTok, range from silly to downright dangerous. In this Cyberwise Chat, Dr. Pamela Rutledge and Diana Graber talk to Parentology's Editor-in-Chief, Rick...
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Deplatformed! How To Talk to Kids About Social Media Use Policies
Some prominent public figures have had their social media accounts revoked--on Twitter, Instagram, and more--for conduct that violates the sites' terms of use, and kids are watching! In this Cyberwise Chat, we discuss how to talk to kids about these events and how it influences their own social...
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Tech Tips to Help Your Family Thrive
2020 is gone, but COVID is still here. That means many of us are still relying on tech--for learning, work, and socialization. Listen to this Cyberwise Chat to find out what tech tools your family can use to thrive in 2021.
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Is Your Kid Ready for a Cellphone?
Dr. Pamela Rutledge, Director of the Media Psychology Research Center, and Diana Graber, author of "Raising Humans in a Digital World," answer your questions about tech and human behavior. This week find out if your child is ready for the most popular holiday gift... the cellphone.
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Navigating the Holidays: Tech to the Rescue?
Here we answer your questions about how to use technology (and which tech to use) to stay connected with family and friends during our COVID-holidays. Be sure to download the show notes to get access to the resources discussed.
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Join Diana Graber and Dr. Pamela Rutledge for Cyberwise Chats they tackle concerns and opportunities around technology, social media, screen time, and more that will help you help kids build a healthy relationship with technology.
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