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Raising teens in a digital world creates new challenges for families. Technology offers connection, opportunity, and creativity, but it also carries real risks that parents need to understand.
This presentation features Robert Hackenson Jr., an internationally recognized social media safety speaker for schools and communities nationwide.
It was made for parents in the Union City area. Robert recently gave the same message to students, but parents are the most influential people in a teen's life, so this presentation is designed to help you carry those lessons into your home.
Keeping Up with Technology
Teens tend to adopt new platforms long before adults understand them, and that gap can create safety, mental health, and communication problems.
This presentation explains those issues and gives you strategies you can use right away. The goal is guidance, not fear.
You will learn how too much screen time affects teen mental health and why balance matters, including sleep, physical activity, and in-person connection.
You will also learn the early warning signs of tech addiction and how to set boundaries without constant conflict.
Texting and posting strip out tone and emotional context, so misunderstandings can escalate fast, and Robert shows you how to coach your teen through online conflict.
Cyberbullying / Hateful Posting
Cyberbullying prevention is a major focus. You will learn how to support a teen who feels targeted, and how to help your teen be a positive bystander when they see hateful posting.
Online Safety Explained
Robert covers online predators, dangerous online challenges, the lasting risks of sharing personal information, and the limits of privacy settings.
He also addresses sexting, explaining why these situations escalate so quickly and how to prevent and respond to them.
You Are What You Post
Every post reflects on your child, your family, your school, and your community. Even deleted content can keep circulating through screenshots.
Robert explains how to talk with your teen about their digital reputation.
You will leave with practical, actionable strategies. The presentation is nonjudgmental and focuses on conversation, trust, and consistency, so you can replace confusion with confidence.
Watch the Parenting in a Digital Age Presentation
Watch the full presentation below for practical tools and real-world examples to help your family handle technology together.
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Resources on Parenting in a Digital Age
New Jersey Resources for Families
If your teen is dealing with bullying or cyberbullying, the New Jersey Department of Education explains how to report it, how schools investigate, and where to find outside support under the state's Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights Act.
Bring Parenting in a Digital Age to Your School
Give students and parents practical tools to navigate social media, cyberbullying, screen time, online safety, and digital reputation.
Student assemblies, a parent night, and a recording families can watch at home, all in one program.