Helping Kids Navigate Technology

With heightened concern about our children’s technology use, Dr. Jill Walsh will explain what best practices around devices, gaming, and social media look like in 2025. Join us to learn more about:

• Technology’s impact (positive and negative) on child development

• The key tech rules to incorporate

• When and how to introduce devices/new platforms

• The important conversations to have with your children about technology

While Dr. Walsh will provide a research-based presentation, her goal is to provide practical and easily accessible guidelines and conversation starters that families can use at home. We'll also stream the event live on the District 200 YouTube page.

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Dr. Jill Walsh is a Sociology professor at Boston University. She is also the founder of Digital Aged, a consulting group that educates students, families, and educational institutions about positive technology use. She earned a Ph.D in Sociology from Boston University, a Masters in Public Policy from Brown University and a B.A from Harvard University. Before graduate school, she taught 9th-12th grades at an independent school.

Her research looks at the way that digital media use impacts psychosocial well-being and development. Her book Adolescents and their Social Media Narratives: A Digital Coming of Age was published in 2017, and she is working on a new book for parents. Her research interests include social media and identity work, parasocial relationships, mental health, and digital hate speech.