This document discusses social media use among teens. It begins by asking attendees about their social media use and any experiences with social media related issues. It then discusses common social media platforms teens use and how they sometimes evade parents' supervision. It emphasizes that parents are vulnerable to what their children share online. The document provides advice around establishing social media rules and consequences for breaking them, controlling home internet access, and maintaining open communication with teens about social media risks. It concludes that parents need to educate themselves on their children's online world to help guide them safely.

1. SOCIAL MEDIA AND TEENS
Huron and Tuscola County Abstinence Programs
Ken Dail, Executive Director
Prevention Network Michigan
kend@preventionnetwork.org
Dianne Perukel, Impaired Driving Program Coordinator
Michigan Office of Highway Safety Planning
perukeld@Michigan.gov
Saturday, March 14, 2015

2. SOCIAL MEDIA AND TEENS

3. SOCIAL MEDIA AND TEENS
WHO ARE YOU?
DO YOU HAVE KIDS/TWEENS/TEENS?
ARE YOU ON SOCIAL MEDIA? (AND WHICH ONES?)
HAVE YOU OR YOUR KIDS BEEN INVOLVED WITH ANY
SOCIAL MEDIA DISASTERS (OR NEAR DISASTERS)?

4. SOCIAL MEDIA AND TEENS
What brought you here today?
What are you concerned about related to teens and
social media use?

5. SOCIAL MEDIA AND TEENS
What social media outlets do you know
your teens are using?

6. #getourgrubon

7. #nomnom
#noms

8. #lunch

9. How are they getting away with it?

10. How are they getting away with it?

12. A catfish is someone who pretends to be
someone they're not using Facebook or
other social media to create false
identities, particularly to pursue
deceptive online romances.

16. You are as vulnerable as your dumbest friend on Facebook.
-Dianne Perukel

17. What ever are we to do?
Parenting…
Parenting…
Parenting…

18. Norms
What are “they” doing?
Bellbottoms vs. Corduroys vs. Boot cut jeans
Access
How easy is it to get something?
Water in the dessert vs. water in this room
Policy & Enforcement
What are the rues and what if I break them?
What ever are we to do?

19. What ever are we to do?
NORMS

20. What ever are we to do?
NORMS

21. What ever are we to do?
NORMS

22. What ever are we to do?
NORMS

23. What ever are we to do?
NORMS

24. What ever are we to do?
NORMS

25. What ever are we to do?
Rules & Enforcement
•Do you have any established rules?
•Are the consequences realistic, and will you
enforce them?
•Do you have alternative activities for your
kids if they lose their “screen time?”
•Contract examples…

26. What ever are we to do?
Access
•Who controls the wireless/internet access in your
home?
•How do teens access the wireless/internet access at
school?
•What wireless/internet devices do your teens
•This is a difficult issue to have complete control of,
but is only one leg of the three-legged stool.

27. In conclusion…
There is a world out there that we, as parents, need to know
about
It is full of opportunity. Both positive and negative.
Times are NOT the same as they were “back when we were kids.”
Spoken English has essentially become a second language to
many teens today
We can help out teens in this brave new world, or Law
Enforcement can
There are as many resources to HELP parents as there are for
teens to get into trouble on the internet
Google, Urban Dictionaries, and Youtube can be your BFF
You are still the most influential force in your children’s lives

28. SOCIAL MEDIA AND TEENS
Huron and Tuscola County Abstinence Programs
Ken Dail, Executive Director
Prevention Network Michigan
kend@preventionnetwork.org
Dianne Perukel, Impaired Driving Program Coordinator
Michigan Office of Highway Safety Planning
perukeld@Michigan.gov
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