Activity
Fire Drill
Activity: Work with your tween to come up with concrete ways to handle a group text that becomes problematic.
How will your child remember what to do when a text chain becomes mean-spirited or is clearly in violation of a school’s code of conduct or digital use policy? Help them come up with a concrete plan to deal with Problematic Posts. Make it fun – see if you can create an acronym together! For example, teach your tween CHAT:
Change the topic
Hold up, guys! (point out that things have become mean-spirited)
Ask the Trusted Team if you aren’t sure what to do
Take it offline
Problematic Posts
10-15 minutes
Create a Reach Out Plan
3Ds – It’s Bigger Than Me
10-15 min
Reset Using Research
Screen/Life Balance
10 min
Digital Detox
Screen/Life Balance
24 hours (if you can handle it!)
Mental Health Day
Screen/Life Balance
Every so often
Serenade Before Sending
Problematic Posts
10 minutes
Make it a Family Affair!
Narrating
Until your pet or stuffed animal is an influencer!
Accentuate the Positive
Narrating
Every so often
Go Team!
Modeling
Ongoing
Flip the Script
Modeling
5 minutes
Tone Deaf
Problematic Posts
5 minutes
Text Together For Tone
Problematic Posts
10 min
Building the Mindfulness Muscle
Screen/Life Balance
Ongoing
Demystify Your Digital Life
Narrating
Ongoing
Move It Offline
Complicated Communication
5-10 min
Fire Drill
Problematic Posts
10-15 minutes
TDSU-Libs
Get Started
5 minutes
Let Your Tween Be Your Tour Guide!
Get Started
10 minutes
Build Your Trusted Team
Get Started
10 minutes
What Would YOU Like
Get Started
5 mins
Text With Your Tween
Trusted Team
Every so often
Be the School Principal
Problematic Posts
5-10 mins
Get Permission Before Posting
Modeling
Every so often
Scavenger Hunt
Problematic Posts
5 mins
Sit Back and Scroll
Narrating
2 mins