What you post on social media platforms doesn't disappear. It follows you throughout your life so be smart about what you do online.
Talking Points:
- What you post online doesn’t just disappear. It’s out on the internet forever. Future employers will have access to all of your posts.
- Be careful about giving out personal information. Don’t give your information to people on social media because you never know where that can end up.
- Don’t search anything you wouldn’t want your mom or grandma to see and don’t visit sites that are dangerous or unhealthy.
Discussion Questions:
- Initial reactions to this topic? What jumped out at you?
- As a family, compare how each of you use your phone. Parents, what do you spend most of your time doing on your phone? Teens, what are you doing?
- Do you know someone who has paid a consequence for something they’ve posted? Explain.
- What would a future employer think about you based on your current social media presence? What do you want future employers to think about you and how do you need to change your posts to reflect that?
- As a family, come up with some family policies on what personal information you will allow on your social media platforms. Why is it important to be careful about protecting your information?
- Are you visiting sites that you know aren’t healthy for you? What measures might you need to put in place to protect you?
- Is there a step you need to take based on today’s topic?