Author: TDSU Team

Helping our kids learn how to be safe, responsible, and eventually independent online could not be more important!  But where do you start? At TDSU we’ve made it easy for you!  We believe there are three main skills kids need to learn in order to be safe, responsible, and eventually independent online. It can be …

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Performance skills are important, but don’t overlook coping skills. Teachable moments come up in many ways. For example, your child makes a mistake, or they recognize that they need support. Mistakes are opportunities for learning. They can give you a window into what skills your child still needs to work on mastering. When your child …

If your tween can explicitly communicate what they are feeling, there is less chance of misunderstandings. Tweens grapple with a lot of big feelings.  It can be confusing for us to witness – one minute our child might be giggling and enjoying themselves and the next they might be furiously storming off to their room …

When you introduce ideas and values about online behaviors to your tween in a way that is natural and integrated into your daily routine, you are planting the seeds for them to contemplate and to potentially explore with you in future conversations. When you sow seeds to grow a plant, there is so much that …