In this episode of Real Talk, KJK Student Defense Attorneys Susan Stone and Kristina Supler discuss the digital landscape, what parents should be aware of and how to promote healthy offline connections.

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Show Notes:

·         Discussing the digital landscape, what’s new and what parents should be aware of (00:45 )

·         What platforms are commonly used? (1:20 )

·         Description and explanation of Snapchat (2:15 )

·         What can parents do at home (3:20 )

·         Cell phones and driving (4:35 )

·         How phones effect sleep (5:20 )

·         How to help promote healthy offline connections (6:10 )

·         How the pandemic effected digital habits (7:15 )

·         Offline activities (8:30 )

·         Being aware of online bullying (9:20 )

·         Social media and FOMO (9:50 )

Transcript

Susan Stone: Welcome back to Real Talk with Susan Stone and Christina Soupler. We are full-time moms and attorneys, bringing our student defense legal practice to life with real, candid conversation. After school time is happening, and I think you and I need to explore what we saw last year to helpfully give our listeners some food for thoughts this school year for younger kids, the middle school and high school crowd.

 

Kristina Supler: Today we're going to talk about the digital landscape and what parents need to know and what's going on out here.

 

Susan Stone: Now what's new? And what's new today will not be new, it changes every day. So I think our first piece of advice to parents is stay on it.

 

Kristina Supler: And don't give up hope. I mean so often we hear, I don't know, I'm not good with tech these kids in their phones, who knows. But I mean at the end of the day, you don't have to know the intricacies of how to post the most perfect video. You just have to understand the platforms that kids are using and generally what's going on and what are the dangers of those platforms really.

 

Susan Stone: So to prepare, I called my rising senior and said, "What is everyone on your grade on?" I thought I'd start there and I wasn't surprised. We knew the answers.

 

Kristina Supler: TikTok and Snapchat.

 

Susan Stone: TikTok and Snapchat. Everybody is both viewing and making videos on TikTok, TikTok, is trending really well. And that B-roll, B-real, right, Kristina?

 

Kristina Supler: B-real.

 

Susan Stone: B-real. Real film. Got it. Where they would send a notification and then you have to take a quick picture. What was the purpose of that? That was a new one.

 

Kristina Supler: I guess to be spontaneous and be your au