Be mindful of screens. With remote learning and social distancing, children are logging more hours on screens. This increase in digital media time can expose youth to potentially hazardous experiences. Children have spoken of being bullied by classmates during Zoom breakout sessions at school or harassed more frequently on social media. For young people of color, this past year has brought crucial media recognition to how entrenched systemic racism remains in our society, but this has come with a cost. Journalist A.T. McWilliams poignantly describes the current risk of using social media as a black person: “… Every tweet, headline, and image sharing news of [George] Floyd’s murder builds into a daily deluge of trauma — flooding our psyche, leaving us afraid to drown.” Check in with your kids about what they’re watching online, make or revise your family media plan, and try to ensure kids have a safe place to process traumatic online exposures without fear of parental retribution.

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