7: Should Parents Feel So Guilty?

This week, Vicki and Geraldine talk about screen time and other guilt-inducing aspects of family life online.Talking points:Why is play not seen as play when it’s online?Is it just that the technology’s new?Has parenting itself changed in ways that make parents feel more guilty?Why do parents feel they’re mainly - even solely - responsible for what their children get up to online?Is 'safety tech' going to solve the problems of feeling out of control?Can legislation help to take away some parental guilt?Tech Shock is a Parent Zone production. Follow Parent Zone on social media for all the latest on our work on helping families to thrive in the digital age. Presented by Vicki Shotbolt. Tech Shock is produced and edited by Tim Malster.wwwTwitterFacebookInstagram

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Tech Shock: Everything you always wanted to know about tech and family life.Podcasting from Parent Zone,the media literacy experts, host Vicki Shotbolt  explores the upsides and downsides of family life in the digital age. With a range of expert guests she looks at online harms to children ranging from pornography to gambling and at what should be done about them. Incurably optimistic, Vicki also celebrate the many benefits of tech for children and young people, as she considers how best to live in a world in which family life is now inescapably digital.Listen every Monday, subscribe, and give us a five star review.