What is it about?
The paper explores how parents think about the risks and benefits presented by different types of online platforms and what parents are currently doing to create safe online experiences for their children. We interpret these descriptive findings using human life history theory, a framework developed in evolutionary anthropology, and outline how this lens can aid the development of a new approach to making online environments safer. We develop and test a prototype software application aimed at helping parents and children adaptively respond to perceived online risks by encouraging skill development aligned with executive functioning.
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Why is it important?
Commonly used parental moderation strategies involve imposing time or content limits. This project utilized participatory co-design to develop a new approach to parental moderation strategies. Building prioritization, parent-child discussion, and reflection experiences into parental controls adds to children's digital resilience.
Perspectives
Building digital resilience for youth is and will continue to be important in the future as the online environment continues to change with new innovations and uncertain risks, such as those posed by AI.
Professor John P Ziker
Boise State University
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This page is a summary of: Parent–Child Adaptive Responses for Digital Resilience, Social Sciences, March 2025, MDPI AG,
DOI: 10.3390/socsci14040197.
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