The Tech-Wise Parent

What Every Parent Needs to Know About Kids and Media

From toddlers discovering tablets to teens navigating social media, technology is shaping every stage of childhood. But how do parents know what’s healthy, what’s risky, and when their child is ready?

Join Jenny Radesky, MD, developmental behavioral pediatrician and national leader in pediatric media research, for a developmental roadmap to your child’s digital world. With her expertise in child attention, learning, and parent-child relationships, Dr. Radesky brings a practical, research-based approach to raising kids in today’s tech-driven society.

In this webinar, you’ll learn:

● How child development shapes media opportunities and risks

● Why kids use screens for emotional regulation—and what to do about it

● When children are truly ready for phones and social media

● How to use the “5 C’s” Framework to guide healthy family tech habits

About the Speaker:

Jenny Radesky, MD, is the David G. Dickinson Collegiate Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Michigan Medical School, where she directs the Division of Developmental Behavioral Pediatrics. Her NIH-funded research examines the use of mobile and interactive technology by parents and young children, parent-child relationships, and child social-emotional development. She authored the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) policy statements Media and Young Minds and Digital Advertising to Children and is co-Medical Director of the AAP Center of Excellence on Social Media and Youth Mental Health. She is editor of the developmental behavioral pediatrics textbook Encounters With Children, 5th Edition and serves on the Board of Children Youth and Families at the National Academy of Sciences.

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