• Not engaging too much in digital devices when you are around children.

• Pay attention to children and to what they want tell you

• Engage in interactive talk with children when you are around them

• Have digital free zones like bedtime, dinner time, play time, driving time etc.,

• Model kindness and good manners, when using digital medium for communication

• Listen to children when they are trying to talk to you about their digital issues

• Respect their point of view without being too critical or judgmental

• Discuss about different ways to arrive at a possible solution and offer mentorship

• Engage in positive, encouraging and motivating approach while talking to children

• Have a calm and cool attitude without overreacting or over responding

• Be accessible to children; have certain time in a day allocated to family and children like dinner time, bedtime, weekend outings etc.,

• Take help of available technologies and apps which help you to keep track and tabs on child’s online activity. Example: Bark, net nanny etc.,

• Be observant and aware of verbal and nonverbal behavior cues of children. Look out for signs of sadness, anxiety, mood swings, aloofness, engaging overly on digital media, addictive behavior,sleeplessness etc., which may indicate trouble.

• Enable security features and privacy settings on the digital devices in age appropriate manner

• Know about the friends, social media accounts and activities that the child is generally involved with

• Monitor online gaming habits of children and keep them aware of dangers of certain online games

• Make screen time to be a combined activity rather than an individual one

• Be aware and be prepared for the challenges of parenting in the current scenario of cyber age.

• Be prepared to learn about the latest technologies, their advantages or disadvantages, about the impact it can have while the child is interacting on digital media.

• Be prepared to learn about parenting approaches that are innovative to work out effective strategies to find the right balance between setting limits yet enabling them in progressive use of technology, maintaining real time human bonds rather than virtual bonds.

• Always remember that there is no sure shot, laid down route to an absolute successful digital parenting. While there is support and information on the subject, every parents’ journey will be their own unique story with their own trials and errors. To be persistent and keep trying is the only way.

• Set to no technology zones and times in the house e.g. devices should not be allowed in the bedrooms and dining rooms. Limit the Internet activity of the child during the study, Family or night time.

• Set up restrictions on usage of apps, games, TV time and internet downloads, based on age appropriate content, child safety features.

• Use helpful resources like google safe search, white listing specific sites on your kids device, creating separate accounts with restrictions that are age appropriate etc.,