How We Parent: Surveillance, media literacy, and learning not to overreact

PLUS: Traveling with kids, working from home, and the dangers of over-educating kids. View this email in your browser  01.28.20 Parenting these days is a tough job. Kids face many of the same challenges their parents handled in childhood, but our hyperconnected world has a way of amplifying everything—and not always for the better. Is surveilling our teens the answer? How do we teach media literacy when "fake news" is an all-too-common rejoinder? Is it possible to encourage future employability and basic life skills? How do we establish healthy boundaries for ourselves, particularly if we work at home? And how do we know we're not just overreacting? Dive into our exploration of how we parent—and tell us what you think.   PARENTING I Monitor My Teens' Electronics, and You Should Too BY CHRISTOPHER NULL Kids should have no expectation of privacy on devices given to them by their parents, for better and for worse.   BE PART OF THE DISCUSSION Join Our Parenting Facebook Group This week, we're discussing how—and if—you should monitor your child's activity online. Join the group to keep the conversation going about preserving kids' mental and physical well-being, while also encouraging a healthy relationship with technology.   PARENT TRAP The Blurred Boundaries of Work-From-Home Parenting BY ADRIENNE SO The same technology that's made working from home easier than ever has fundamentally changed what "home" means to me.   LOL This Week's Cartoons: Parenting, Illustrated BY WIRED CARTOONS The joys of kids on planes, cameras masquerading as bears, and smartphone-addicted babes in arms.   PARENTING How to Raise Media-Savvy Kids in the Digital Age BY MEGHAN HERBST Experts tips and tricks for helping your younglings think critically about what they see on TV and social media.    PARENTING I Thought My Kids Were Dying. They Just Had Croup. BY DANIEL ENGBER The old-fashioned-sounding illness is mostly harmless. So why does it cause so much parental panic?   IDEAS Seriously, Stop Trying to Teach Toddlers How to Code BY ADRIENNE SO There are other, more important lessons to impart to your preschooler.   ARE WE THERE YET The Best Gear for Traveling With Kids BY ADRIENNE SO Hitting the road with babies, toddlers, or young children is no picnic. These accessories should help. GET WIRED Insider access to our Winter Sale   For a limited time, get a full year of the print magazine + digital access for just $10 $5.   Subscribe Today     This e-mail was sent to you by WIRED. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, wired@newsletters.wired.com, to your address book.   View our Privacy Policy Unsubscribe or manage your newsletter subscriptions