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How to Talk to Your Eight-Year-Old About Online Images

How to Talk to Your Eight-Year-Old About Online Images — Practical screens guides from the Parenting lane. HowTo: Family Edition: family how-tos that actually help.

Start with Media Literacy
Establish a 'Safe Space' for Questions
Discuss the Concept of Privacy
How to Handle Unexpected Content

How to have the eight‑year‑old framing conversation — about images, not pornography. · How to respond when you have discovered something on the phone — the conversation that begins from there. · How to have the ten‑year‑old conversation before exposure — the calm script. · How to have the twelve‑year‑old conversation about what is in much of the material. · How to have the high‑school conversation about consent and expectations. · How to set up household filters — without thinking they are enough. · How to tell when exposure has become compulsive — and the clinician to call. · How to Talk to Kids About Difficult News · Supporting Independent Play at Home · Navigating Power Struggles During Transitions