{"id":7809,"date":"2018-03-22T10:00:13","date_gmt":"2018-03-22T14:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/?p=7809"},"modified":"2024-07-08T06:06:00","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T10:06:00","slug":"social-media-tweens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2018\/03\/22\/social-media-tweens\/","title":{"rendered":"Parenting, tweens, and tech"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"article_title abs_date abs_date abs_date abs_date abs_date\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<div id=\"attachment_7812\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7812\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7812\" src=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/62191718_s.jpg\" alt=\"10 years old pre teen girl lying down on sofa and playing with smartphone\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/62191718_s.jpg 450w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/62191718_s-125x83.jpg 125w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/62191718_s-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-7812\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Copyright: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.123rf.com\/profile_alenkasm\">alenkasm \/ 123RF Stock Photo<\/a>)<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>According to <a href=\"http:\/\/record.umich.edu\/articles\/social-media-makes-it-both-easier-challenging-parent-tweens\">a new report from the C.S. Mott Children&#8217;s Hospital National Poll on Children&#8217;s Health<\/a>, parents may struggle balancing the need for independence with appropriate supervision as children hit the &#8220;tween&#8221; stage between early elementary grades and the teenage years. And modern technology has changed the ground rules. Nearly all parents of tweens ages 9-12 agree that social media makes it easier for kids to get in trouble. But 61 percent also felt that social media helps parents keep track of tweens. &#8220;The tween stage brings new challenges for parents as they often must balance their child&#8217;s desire for more freedom and independence with supervision. It&#8217;s not an easy balancing act,&#8221; says poll co-director <strong>Sarah Clark<\/strong>. The nationally representative poll is based on responses from 717 parents who had at least one child aged 9-12.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to a new report from the C.S. Mott Children&#8217;s Hospital National Poll on Children&#8217;s Health, parents may struggle balancing the need for independence with appropriate supervision as children hit the &#8220;tween&#8221; stage between early elementary grades and the teenage years. And modern technology has changed the ground rules. Nearly all parents of tweens ages 9-12 agree that\u2026 <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2018\/03\/22\/social-media-tweens\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7812,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_umich_oidc_access":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[289,65],"class_list":["post-7809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus-news","tag-children","tag-social"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/62191718_s.jpg",450,300,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/62191718_s-125x83.jpg",125,83,true],"medium":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/62191718_s-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/62191718_s.jpg",450,300,false],"large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/62191718_s.jpg",450,300,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/62191718_s.jpg",450,300,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/62191718_s.jpg",450,300,false],"excerpt-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/62191718_s-200x140.jpg",200,140,true],"themonic-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/62191718_s-60x42.jpg",60,42,true],"ioslider-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/62191718_s-450x300.jpg",450,300,true],"post-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/62191718_s.jpg",450,300,false],"400x250-crop":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/62191718_s.jpg",375,250,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"News Staff","author_link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/author\/mitnewsadm\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"According to a new report from the C.S. 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