Breakout: Teaching, Parenting, and Hard Online Conversations

• Kerry Gallagher, ConnectSafely (Moderator)
• Tami Bhaumik, Roblox
• Darren Brelesky, Nickelodeon
• Janell Burley Hofmann, Author
• Abigail Marsh, Carnegie Mellon
• Princess Young, U.S. Department of Homeland Security

The role of parents in keeping children safe and allowing them to access the benefits of the online world will be the focus of this panel. When and how to make parenting adjustments depending on a child’s age, how companies should talk to parents, and how parents should talk to kids will be topics of conversation, alongside media literacy and the role of schools in teaching online safety.

Additional Materials:

PrincessYoung.pdf