PC Magazine - USA (2020-09)

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arents reading this story probably remember life before the internet—

but your kids don’t. Internet access is just a given to them. Turn on the

tap, you get water. Turn on the internet, you get cat videos, intense

games, conversations with friends... just about anything! Face it, your kids are

connected in ways no previous generation has been.

Limits on gatherings and physical contact because of COVID-19 are pushing

young people online more and more. Can’t go to the movie theater? Have a

watch party with friends. Can’t sit down on the couch and play video games in

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schools won’t open for in-person learning this fall, so your connected kids will

take their lessons over the internet.

10 Things Every Parent With a

Connected Kid Needs to Know

BY NEIL J. RUBENKING

TECH PARENTING

TIPS & HOW TOS