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Nervous about letting your child use social media apps? Try mentoring, not monitoring.

Credit: Left image from Flickr/Ellen De Vos; book cover courtesy of TarcherPerigree, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Credit: Left image from Flickr/Ellen De Vos. Licensed under CC-by-2.0. Book cover courtesy of TarcherPerigree, an imprint of Penguin Random House

Sharing and messaging through social media apps is the modern version of passing a note in class. It’s how kids communicate. We speak parenting and technology expert Devorah Heitner about setting healthy boundaries for Internet use while giving children space to explore. Her latest book is, "Growing Up In Public: Coming Of Age In A Digital World.”

Sheilah Kast is the host of On The Record, Monday-Friday, 9:30-10:00 am.
Maureen Harvie is Senior Supervising Producer for On the Record. She is a graduate of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and joined WYPR in 2014 as an intern for the newsroom. Whether coordinating live election night coverage, capturing the sounds of a roller derby scrimmage, interviewing veterans, or booking local authors, she is always on the lookout for the next story.