Parenting In A Digital Age Presentation for Wissahickon

Robert Hackenson Jr. brought his "Parenting in a Digital Age" presentation to families in the Wissahickon School District in Ambler, Pennsylvania, giving parents a firsthand look at the digital world their kids are navigating every day.

As a nationally recognized parenting in a digital age speaker , Robert pairs his background as a professional magician with research-grounded content, using illusion to open the conversation and evidence-based tips to make it stick.

During the Wissahickon parent night, Robert covered eight of the issues families are facing right now.

What Wissahickon Families Learned

Screen Time and Technology Habits Robert walked parents through what screen time actually does to a teen's mental health, and how to recognize when normal use crosses into technology addiction. Rather than scare tactics, he offered practical, positively framed habits families can put in place right away, the kind of healthy technology approach that sticks because it does not feel like a lecture.

Social Media and Mental Health Wissahickon parents learned how social media and mental health connect to teen anxiety, along with concrete tools for spotting warning signs early and opening up conversations at home without shutting kids down.

Digital Communication and Online Conduct The presentation covered how digital miscommunication happens, how to coach kids through hateful posting, and how to help a teen become a positive bystander rather than a silent one online.

Cyber Safety and Online Predators Robert addressed viral online challenges, the risks of posting personal information, and how online predators operate, giving parents language to use with their kids that does not feel like an interrogation.

Sexting and Digital Reputation The talk also covered the realities of teens and sexting, along with the long-term consequences of a permanent digital footprint, a topic many parents say they didn't know how to bring up before hearing it framed this way.

See What Your School's Families Will Get

Every Dynamic Influence parent presentation is recorded, so schools booking a similar event get more than a single evening, they get a resource families can revisit.

Below is a look at Robert's Wissahickon presentation. Once your school books a Parenting in a Digital Age event, your families will get password-protected access to their own presentation recording, along with the discussion questions and take-home resources from the one-year curriculum portal.

Pennsylvania Resources on This Topic

Families in Pennsylvania have additional resources available through the state. The Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General runs a Protecting Kids initiative that offers free educational presentations on internet safety and cyberbullying for schools across the Commonwealth, along with a set of cyber safety guidance written directly for families.

Combined with the strategies covered in this presentation, these resources give Wissahickon families a fuller picture of how to support their kids online.

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