BOOKS: Generation Text: Raising well-adjusted kids in an age of Internet
Everything.
Michael Osit. Amacom, 2008.
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Generation-Text/Michael-Osit/e/9780814409329/?itm=1
BOOKS: Generation MySpace: Helping your teen survive online adolescence.
Candace Kelsey. Marlowe & Company, 2007.
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Generation-Myspace/Candice-M-Kelsey/e/9781600940118/?itm=1
BOOKS: MySpace Unraveled: A parent's guide to teen social networking.
Larry Magid and Anne Collier. Peachpit Press, 2006.
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/MySpace-Unraveled/Larry-Magid/e/9780321480187/?itm=1
BOOKS: Me, MySpace and I: Parenting the Net generation.
Larry Rosen. Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Me-MySpace-and-I/Larry-D-Rosen/e/9780230600034/?itm=1
PBS's Growing Up Online: A Viewer's Guide for Parents.
Resources developed by Frontline to accompany the documentary include
discussion questions, guide for building parent-teen conversation and a Cyber
Quiz for parents.
http://www.pbs.org/frontline/teach/kidsonline
Parenting Teens Online.
Experts answer parents' questions and offer resources for raising healthy
adolescents. A CMS Counselor favorite for trends in technology and beyond.
http://www.parentingteensonline.com
i-Safe, Inc.
Among other programs, hosts the i-PARENT Campaign to inform parents about the
dangers their kids face online and offer tips to help protect them.
http://www.isafe.org
Wired Safety.
Online privacy and safety expert posts safety guide for parents and answers
parents' questions.
http://www.wiredsafety.org/parent.html
Wired Safety: Stop Cyberbullying.
Specifics about Cyberbullying and what parents can do.
http://www.stopcyberbullying.org
I Keep Safe Parent Resource Center.
Hot topics, videos, tutorials and activities about Internet safety. Fun Zone
activity site for younger kids.
http://www.ikeepsafe.org/PRC
Common Sense Media.
Discusses movies, games, websites, TV, advertisements, books and
music... "essential advice for managing media."
http://www.commonsensemedia.org
Central Jersey Parents of Tweens and Teens Meetup Group.
Local parent has started a meetup group to get kids less plugged in and more
active.
http://www.meetup.com/tweensteensmeetup/
ADOLESCENT CREATIVITY: Teen Ink.
National teen magazine, book series, and website devoted entirely to teenage
writing and art.
http://www.teenink.com
ADOLESCENT CREATIVITY: Youth Noise.
Dynamic online community for young activists who are passionate about
creating change.
http://www.youthnoise.com
ADOLESCENT CREATIVITY: Listen Up!
Youth media network for young video producers to tell excellent stories in
the fast-growing field of youth media.
http://www.listenup.org
NY TIMES ARTICLE 1/27/09: Teaching Teenagers About Harassment.
Digital harassment has gotten to be such a problem that it�s now the focus of
a campaign from the Advertising Council.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/27/business/media/27adco.html?_r=1
LEARN THE NEW VOCAB. Texting and IMing abbreviations. Warning: explicit
content.
http://www.webopedia.com/quick_ref/textmessageabbreviations.asp
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