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[quote=Anonymous]My 12-year-old's middle school has basically unfettered internet access and he just isn't getting the seriousness of digital citizenship.  So far this year he and his friend reported a teacher's google form as a joke ("we thought we could just undo it because google docs are editable" - he faced consequences at school and home for this thoughtless action) and posted pictures of himself making a funny face on redfin (?? weird, I know) during school somehow... I helped him take it down immediately after he told me and we took away all screens as a consequence.  He is a kid with a very guilty conscience so I have tried to toe the line between emphasizing accountability and consequences (all screens are suspended until we learn about digital citizenship together as a family and he demonstrates a full understanding of what it means) and self-forgiveness (these are small mistakes, but we are trying very hard to help him learn before he makes big mistakes that can hurt someone else or himself).

Has anyone BTDT and have resources or best practices they can share on what to focus on as I help him navigate this?  He is an extremely smart child, bored in school, and I can tell his brain is just not able to cope with the freedom of internet during school.  They are on Chromebooks the entire day.  Taking away all screens at home (and he doesn't have a phone) is just one piece of the puzzle if they have unfettered internet access all day.  I know he "should" be able to follow the school rules about staying off the internet, but he clearly developmentally cannot.

Any advice?   I have started googling and I think I'm going to put together a digital citizenship curriculum, read/watch it together with him and have him write me a reflection on what he understands as a prerequisite to getting any sort of screen time back.  But I would like feedback/advice.   [/quote]

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