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S1 E5: The case for giving your kids more freedom online

S1 E5: The case for giving your kids more freedom online

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S1 E5: The case for giving your kids more freedom online

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ratings:
Length:
30 minutes
Released:
Apr 7, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Every parent is forced to make tough choices about how much freedom to give their child online. How do you decide what the limits are? And what's the right level of risk?In this episode, hosts Taylor Owen and Nicole Edwards set out to find out just how worried we should be about teens' online safety. Two experts in children's digital rights weigh in. Sonia Livingstone, author and professor of social psychology at the London School of Economics, makes the case for giving kids more freedom online. Valerie Steeves, professor of criminology at the University of Ottawa, argues that we should be more concerned about data collection than security.
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Read more research and insight from the eQuality Project, which Valerie Steeves co-leads:
https://www.equalityproject.ca/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Released:
Apr 7, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (14)

Is the iPad breaking my kid’s brain? Is social media affecting my child’s mental health? Is YouTube exploiting my kid for profit? Parents are constantly told what they should and shouldn’t do when it comes to kids and technology. But what plays out in reality is usually a different story. So, how are parents supposed to help their kids navigate the digital world? Presented by Antica Productions and TVO, join hosts Taylor Owen and Nicole Edwards as they talk to parents and kids who are navigating the digital world, and the researchers and policymakers who can help us understand its impact.