Strategies for parents and other caregivers

These topics give helpful tips to parents and caregivers, child care workers and teachers. You will read about strategies to prevent harms occurring to your child through inappropriate media use and how to deal with the harms if they have already occurred. Some of these topics suggest ideas for activities that can be pursued with your child as an alternative to media use.

• Top ten tips for parents
• Mind Over Media: Early choices for healthy development
• Mind Over Media: Developing healthy relationships
• Mind Over Media: Developing good social and emotional skills
• Mind Over Media: Developing a strong and confident sense of self
• Mind Over Media: Developing good language skills
• Mind Over Media: Developing good thinking skills - analytical and creative
• Mind Over Media: Developing a realistic understanding of the world
• Dealing with harms that have already occurred

• Readings & research