609: Elizabeth Milovidov: How To Use Connected Conversations In Digital Parenting

Dr. Elizabeth Milovidov is a lawyer from California, a law professor in Paris, France, and a Digital Safety Consultant in Europe. Using her European/American focus on Internet, technology, and social media issues, she researches solutions to empower parents to guide their children in the digital age. She is the founder of DIGITALEM, a website, and community with resources and strategies for parents. Currently, she is an independent consultant for the Council of Europe (Children’s Rights and Education departments), Microsoft (Digital Safety), Family Online Safety Institute (digital parenting), and e-Enfance (Child online protection). She is an international speaker on digital parenting and safety and her work has been featured in WSJ, BBC, France 24, HuffingtonPost, Internet Matters, and other media outlets and organizations focused on child online safety.

Internet safety is such a huge and important topic. I’m so grateful to have Elizabeth here to dig deep into this today.  

Listen in to hear Elizabeth share:

• How she went from being a lawyer to digital safety consulting
• The grief and growth that motherhood presented her
• What digital parenting looks like
• What are Connected Conversations and how to have Connected Conversations with your kids
• Why 13 is the recommended minimum age for kids to get on social media - and why it should perhaps be 23 if we want to be aligned with full brain development
• The one question you should go ask your kids about the internet right now
• How to create space for your child to thrive in the digital environment while keeping risks lower
• Creating a culture of “shared responsibility” around your child(ren)’s digital use, rather than relying on policing them online

Links mentioned:

• Sign up for my Plan & Prep Pajama Party: shamelessmom.com/pajamaparty
• Digitalem.org
• @digiparentcoach
• Facebook group: Digital Parenting Community
• Movies: The Social Network, Screenagers

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