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Are online parenting groups forces for good or evil?
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Apr 26, 2016
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Are online parenting groups forces for good or evil?
Online groups can be a great lifeline for parents, but with deeply-held beliefs about parenting styles and emotions often running high, they can turn ugly too.
Would You Say That to My Face? And Other Questions of Online Citizenship. As technology increasingly shapes and informs how we interact with each other online, how can we foster positive communication through social media, and how we can encourage people to make good choices about the information they share? What does it mean to be a good digital citizen, and what impact does our online presence have on our off-line reputation? How and why do our online and offline personas differ? Could our online personas benefit from more deliberate thought about how we portray ourselves and interact with others? What role, if any, should civility play in our online personas? Hear a panel of national experts discuss these issues, and learn how social media users of all ages can cultivate and demonstrate digital civility, appropriate communication, and personal responsibility when using social media platforms. A Choose Civility event.

Our panel of experts includes Denise Lisi DeRosa, Tech Parenting Expert and Consultant; Professor Andrew Reiner, Towson University, and Dr. Mike Ribble, Digital Citizenship expert. Moderated by NPR's Korva Coleman.
Online groups can be a great lifeline for parents, but they can turn ugly too.
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Geoffrey Baker
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Online groups can be a great lifeline for parents, but with deeply-held beliefs about parenting styles and emotions often running high, they can turn ugly too.

They say it takes a village to raise a child. 

But these days, many moms and dads don't have that proverbial village,  so we turn to the Internet.

Sometimes that can be a great thing, but other times the web is a dark, scary and crazy-making space.

Online parenting groups— the good, the bad and the ugly. It's what we're talking about on our weekly parenting segment called The Brood. 

Guests:

  • Yvonne Condes and Sarah Auerswald, founders of the MomsLA blog

Subscribe to The Brood podcast here.