Hi Parents
As I sit with all of the 5th grade teachers and students today listening and participating in a session run by Robyn Treyvaud about Cyber Safety, I can’t help realize that it is only six months ’til my own daughter will have her own laptop in our Middle School’s 1:1 Laptop Program. My daughter is growing up way too fast.

Considering my 5 year old cried in the car on the way to school today because I wouldn’t let her use the ipad… maybe she is the daughter who should be going 1:1!

During Robyn’s Presentation, I had time to check through my google reader and saw a relevant post by a former colleague, Jeff Utecht. I think in this post Jeff sums up nicely the concerns we may have as our children move into the program. I found this paragraph particularly timely if you don’t have time to read his post:

Remember That You Are The Parent

When it comes to technology, many parents feel that they do not know enough to create limits and boundaries. Because of this they do not feel right taking the technology away. You are still the parent and in your house you make the rules. You have every right to take the computer away from your child if you feel they are not having enough “down time”. I know one family that the whole family felt out of balance so they unplug the Internet in their house. So everyone has to be disconnected at the same time. They use this time to reconnect as a family and just have some ‘down’ time.