General
Edgington, Shawn Marie. The Parent’s Guide to Texting, Facebook, and Social Media: Understanding the Benefits and Dangers of Parenting in a Digital World. Dallas, TX: Brown Books Publishing Group, 2011.
Rheingold, Howard and Weeks, Anthony. Net Smart: How to Thrive Online. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2012.
Steyer, James P. Talking Back to Facebook: The Common Sense Guide to Raising Kids in the Digital Age. NY: Scribner, 2012.
Social Media
Rose, Kathryn and Pearlman, Pam Frame. The Parent’s Guide to Facebook: Tips and Strategies to Protect Your Children on the World’s Largest Social Network. Createspace, 2011.
Connect Safely is a website dedicated to making the web a safe place for kids. They have lots of information like:
- Collier, Ann and Magid, Larry. A Parent’s Guide To Facebook.
- Online Safety Resources for Parents
Common Sense Media has a wealth of information for parents addressing all aspects of media use by kids. Like these:
PC Magazine. Keep Your Child Safe Online. This article has a wealth of information on monitoring and filtering online access to information.
True Care Awareness Online. Middle-school age Media Agreement and High-school Age Media Agreement.
Examples of internet content monitoring products (include cell phones): Covenant Eyes and X3 watch. Note: Mentioning these products does not constitute an endorsement nor have they provided any remuneration or compensation for being included here. They have been rated at the time of this posting as good at what they do.
Video Gaming
American Psychological Association. Violent Video Games: Myths, Facts and Unanswered Questions.
Public Broadcasting System. Reality Bytes: Eight Myths About Video Games Debunked
Entertainment Software Rating Board (Organization representing the video gaming industry). A Parent’s Guide to Video Games, Parental Controls and Online Safety
Mercator. Games Egomaniacs Play. “Why are teenage boys spending 18 hours a week playing video games? The inventor of the hit game Civilization reveals the secret.”
