Parent-Family-Community Connections

June 2022 Edition

If you give a child a cell phone . . .

Keeping Your Children Safe Online: Tools and Tips for Parents

When is the right time to give your child a cell phone?

Who are they interacting with on their phones or other devices?

What are some of the dangers we need to be aware of and talk about with our children and teenagers?

View a short video clip that addresses these topics.

The video clip features the PadresPresentes program from learntoprotectkids.com, that teaches educators and parents about the dangers of social media and how to talk to kids about online safety.

Additional Online Safety Resources

NetSmartz Home

www.missingkids.org

Since 1998, NCMEC has operated the CyberTipline, a place where the public and electronic service providers can report suspected online and offline child sexual exploitation. The millions of reports made each year uniquely situate NCMEC to identify trends and create prevention resources to address the evolving needs of kids and teens online.

Keeping Children Safe Online

www.justice.gov

Due to COVID-19, kids and adults are online more than ever, often unsupervised in the same space. Help kids stay safe. Parents should stay involved in their children's digital world, know the apps they use, use parental controls where possible, and block and report people who make them feel uncomfortable.

Internet Safety for Kids: Teaching Kids About Internet Safety

edu.gcfglobal.org

Lesson 1: Teaching Kids About Internet Safety The Internet can be a wonderful place to learn, shop, play games, and talk to your friends. Unfortunately, there are also predators, identity thieves, and others online who may try to harm you. In order to be safe online, it's important for you and your kids to be aware of the dangers.

Parent Involvement and Response to Uvalde

Resources in response to the Robb Elementary School shooting

In response to the Robb Elementary School shooting in Uvalde Texas, the National Child Traumatic Stress Network has developed resources to help children, families, educators, and communities navigate what they are seeing and hearing, acknowledge their feelings, and find ways to cope together.

These resources include:

· Talking to Children About the Shooting

· Helping Youth After a Community Trauma: Tips for Educators

· En Español

· Talking to Children: When Scary Things Happen

· En Español

· Talking to Teens About Violence

· En Español

· Tips for Talking to Students About Violence

· Coping After Mass Violence: For Adults

· Coping After Mass Violence: For Teens

· En Español

· Helping School-Aged Children with Traumatic Grief: Tips for Caregivers

· En Español

· Helping Teens with Traumatic Grief: Tips for Caregivers

· En Español

· Helping Young Children with Traumatic Grief

· En Español

· Guiding Adults in Talking to Children About Death and Attending Services

· After a Crisis: Helping Young Children Heal

· Once I Was Very Scared (book for young children)

· After the Injury (for families with injured children)

Summer Reading Resources

Summer is a great time to encourage your children to read.

Click on the free Read Aloud QR Code cards below, in English and in Spanish!

68 FREE QR Code Read Aloud Cards

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69 new items · Album by Emily Hopkins

28 FREE Spanish QR Code Read Aloud Cards

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28 new items · Album by Emily Hopkins

findhelp.org

Findhelp.org helps you find free and reduced cost social service programs in your community. When you type in your ZIP code, or the ZIP code of someone you're helping, you will see programs that serve that community.