How to Talk to Kids about Growing up in Public with Dr. Devorah Heitner

#top .av-special-heading.av-ll2f391x-9b84450d1d6ae719dcd41672b9801bb3{ padding-bottom:10px; } body .av-special-heading.av-ll2f391x-9b84450d1d6ae719dcd41672b9801bb3 .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{ font-size:25px; } .av-special-heading.av-ll2f391x-9b84450d1d6ae719dcd41672b9801bb3 .av-subheading{ font-size:15px; } How to Talk to Kids about Growing up in Public .avia-image-container.av-ll2fkjxa-860d115650b794e5ab2d460f187a2818 img.avia_image{ box-shadow:none; } .avia-image-container.av-ll2fkjxa-860d115650b794e5ab2d460f187a2818 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{ color:#ffffff; } Our kids are coming of age in a digital world. We must address the elephant in the room. How can we talk to kids about growing up in public when we, as parents, are often posting about our lives and our kids while online ourselves? How can we talk the them about what to keep private, even as details about our lives are broadcast for the world to see these days? Dr. Robyn Silverman speaks with Dr. Devorah Heitner, author of Growing Up in Public. Guest Expert: Devorah Heitner Well folks, we are in a digital age where we track our children’s every move through apps—access their grades within minutes of the teachers posting them, send photos at a push of a button before we’ve even considered whether or not we should share or have consent to share—yikes. I was interviewed on Good Morning America about this topic because of how the number of likes affects how a tween and teen feel about their worthiness! This can lead to the creation of an online persona that teens create to attract likes even if the persona doesn’t represent who the child is at the core— how can our kids cope with zero privacy and constant judgment? Let’s bring in my friend and friend of the show, Devorah Heitner. Bio: DEVORAH HEITNER, Ph.D., is the authority parents turn to for empowering advice on raising resilient and kind kids in our always-connected world ” with a book: “GROWING UP IN PUBLIC: Coming of Age in a Digital World.” She has spoken at top companies and excellent schools all over the world