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From YouTube: Children and Media: Why The Stories We Tell and How We Tell Them Matters (Webinar)

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Aired: Thursday, November 19, 2020

Melissa Cleaver, Common Sense Education Outreach Manager
Candace Howze, Writer, Activist, and Multimedia Artist
Ravit Ortiz, Google Health and Human Performance Team
Dr. Christopher Willard, (Psy. D.),Clinical Psychologist, Author, Consultant, and Father

Moderated by:
Alka Roy, Founder, The Responsible Innovation Project

Parents, educators and children are sharing the role of choosing content and media, relying more and more on technology to learn and connect with others. This panel will probe impacts of the stories we tell and how they affect our children’s perceptions of themselves and our world. The panelists will share practical advice to help answer:·
-How to find appropriate media, including books?
-How to encourage and support children’s critical thinking?
-How to think about consent, privacy, and security, and their impact on a child's development?
-Why language matters ,and how it affects our children’s sense of self and the world?