The White Hatter - Parenting In An Online World – Details, episodes & analysis

As social media safety experts, advocates, and coaches who present to thousands of parents throughout Canada and the United States, one question we are usually asked is, “What age do you think a child should be gifted a cell phone.”, - this is especially true during the Christmas season when youth are hoping for a phone as a gift under the tree. In this podcast, we are going to provide the information that parents and caregivers need to help you make an informed decision.

Resources mentioned:

• Our Website: www.thewhitehatter.ca

• Our FREE webbook “Parenting In An Online World” https://www.thewhitehatter.ca/book-list

• Is My Child Ready For Their First Cellphone Article: https://thewhitehatter.ca/smartphones/

When we speak with students, especially those in elementary schools and middle school, about what they want to do as a career when they grow up, the two most common answers we hear are #1 “I want to be an online professional e-gamer” or #2 “I want to be a social media influencer”. On this podcast, we are going to be talking about what is the likelihood of a teen becoming a professional e-gamer or social media influencer, and what do we as parents and caregivers say and do when our kids share with us that this is what they want to do as a full time job as they get older.

Resources mentioned:

Our Website: www.thewhitehatter.ca

Our FREE webbook “Parenting In An Online World” https://www.thewhitehatter.ca/book-list

Dfwchild.com article https://dfwchild.com/how-your-kid-can-become-a-social-media-influencer/

In this podcast episode, we are going to be talking about Social Comparison, Body Image, and Social Media. An important topic especially for teen girls, but also an issue for teen boys as well when it comes to our kid's emotional, psychological, physical, and social well-being.   

Resources mentioned:

• Our Website: www.thewhitehatter.ca

• Our FREE webbook “Parenting In An Online World” https://www.thewhitehatter.ca/book-list

• DOVE Videos - https://youtu.be/sF3iRZtkyAQ  https://youtu.be/iYhCn0jf46U 

• Steve Aoki Music Video - https://youtu.be/FkZlBznlUew

Now that summer holidays are coming to an end, parents and caregivers need to start thinking about preparing our kids for their return back to school - a part of that preparation is their past, present, and future use of technology going into this new school year. Some of the ideas and recommendations that we are going to share are not necessarily tech centric, but they all play an important role in our kids digital well-being, especially now that they will be starting a new school year. 

Resources mentioned:

• Our Website: www.thewhitehatter.ca

• Our FREE webbook “Parenting In An Online World” https://www.thewhitehatter.ca/book-list

• Family Collective Agreement: https://www.thewhitehatter.ca/parents

• BitDefender: https://www.bitdefender.com

• Gryphon Router: https://youtu.be/tSZtO1Ydj9k  

In this episode, we are going to be talking about how to report a cybercrime to police and what to initially expect from the attending uniform officer. Not only are we going to discuss what to do and what to say, but we are also going to provide you with some strategies if police show little interest in proceeding with your complaint.

Resources mentioned:

• Our Website: www.thewhitehatter.ca

• Our FREE webbook “Parenting In An Online World” https://www.thewhitehatter.ca/book-list

This episode is all about shining a light on what the research shows, and what we have seen to be the "best practices" when it comes to parental monitoring. We are going to be discussing what parental monitoring is, privacy law myths surrounding parental monitoring software, the difference between “spying” and parental “monitoring”, strengths and weaknesses of using parental monitoring software, types of monitoring options available to parents that we recommend, and lastly asking the question, “should parents be using monitoring software?” 

Resources mentioned:

• Our Website: www.thewhitehatter.ca

• Our FREE webbook “Parenting In An Online World” https://www.thewhitehatter.ca/book-list

• Family Collective Agreement: 

https://files.thewhitehatter.ca/owncloud/index.php/s/AjjifwXzZevgG2i

• Gryphon Router and HomeBound App: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QARebpaBZc

• Boomerang Parental Monitoring App

 https://useboomerang.com

• Bark App

https://www.bark.us/?ref=ZKX6VDJ

• KinZoo Messaging App

https://kinzoo.com

This episode is not about telling you how to parent your child, because you are the parent, not us. This episode is all about shining a light on what the research shows, and what we have seen to be the "best practices" when it comes to parenting in the onlife world. We are going to be discussing the 3 types of parenting online strategies, the 5 steps that parents can take to increase digital literacy and social media safety with their kids, what to do when your child wants to download an app, how to set up family tech boundaries, why parents need to be a good tech role model to their kids, and the concerns surrounding “sharenting” plus much, much more.

Resources mentioned:

Our Website: www.thewhitehatter.ca

Our FREE webbook “Parenting In An Online World” https://www.thewhitehatter.ca/book-list

Family Dinner Project:  https://bit.ly/37bAJMo

Common Sense Media: https://www.commonsensemedia.org/app-reviews

Book “Growing Up Shared” https://www.thewhitehatter.ca/book-list

Family Collective Agreement: 

https://files.thewhitehatter.ca/owncloud/index.php/s/AjjifwXzZevgG2i

In this episode we are going to be talking about the who, what, where, when, how, and why of Cellphones. We will be discussing age appropriateness, cellphone recommendations, setting cellphone boundaries, consequences to boundary breaches, problematic youth usage of cellphones, and third part monitoring and filtering software options.

Resources mentioned:

Our Website: www.thewhitehatter.ca

Our FREE webbook “Parenting In An Online World” https://www.thewhitehatter.ca/book-list

Family Collective Agreement: https://bit.ly/36VVhbi

Sonic Bomb Alarm Clock https://www.sonicalert.com/alarm-clocks

PinWheel Phone: https://pinwheel.com 

iPhone Parent Settings: : https://apple.co/3NviSD0 and  https://bit.ly/2IV2FLz

Android Parent Settings: https://bit.ly/3Pyfqto and https://bit.ly/35RO50s

Boomerang Parenting App: https://bit.ly/3foYHXH 

Gryphon Router: https://youtu.be/tSZtO1Ydj9k

KinZoo: . https://bit.ly/3fpNVjP 

In this episode, we are going to be talking about online pornography, hypersexualization, and our kids. We will be speaking to how the porn industry is capturing our kids, and the less than desirable outcomes that pornography can have on healthy human sexual development.  We will also speak to how media in all its forms is hypersexualizing youth for financial gain, and what we parents and caregivers can do to protect our kids from both online pornography and hypersexualization.

Resources mentioned:

Our Website: www.thewhitehatter.ca

Our FREE webbook “Parenting In An Online World” https://www.thewhitehatter.ca/book-list

Raised On Porn Documentary  https://youtu.be/hzPylqS01qU 

Cultured Framed online education https://www.culturereframed.org

Dr Jillian Roberts book “Kids, Sex, & Screens: Raising Strong Resilient Children in the Sexualized Digital Age” https://www.thewhitehatter.ca/book-list  

Gryphon Router https://gryphonconnect.com

Spin Browser https://spinsafebrowser.com

In this episode, we are going to be talking about why sleep is important to our kids,  how technology can affect sleep, and what parents and caregivers can do to reduce the challenges when it comes to technology and sleep deprivation in our kids based on the good evidence-based research, and why getting all technology out of the bedroom is so important! 

Resources mentioned:

Our Website: www.thewhitehatter.ca

Our FREE webbook “Parenting In An Online World” https://www.thewhitehatter.ca/book-list

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whitehatterteam