Add to ORKGWhile there has been much research studying technology in family contexts, little to no research has explored the challenges and risks faced online by teens and their parents in foster care situations. To address this gap, we have begun to conduct in-depth, semi-structured interviews with foster parents of teens. Our preliminary findings suggest that teens in foster care situations face unique offline challenges (e.g., victims of sex trafficking or rape) that make them more vulnerable to online risks. In addition, foster parents struggle with managing the high-risk online behavior of their foster teens. The purpose of this paper is to present our early findings to help unpack the challenges and the problem context for online safety for at-...
The rapid increase of information and communications technology is manifested by its tremendous posi...
Parental knowledge about adolescents’ activities is an identified protective factor in terms of adol...
Item does not contain fulltextChildren’s engagement in risky online behavior—such as providing perso...
Teens in the foster care system often have histories that involve severe trauma, such as physical an...
Teens in foster care are some of the most vulnerable youth to encounter serious offline risks, such ...
Protecting adolescents from online safety risks is a major contemporary concern, and researching ado...
Teenagers are using the internet for a variety of social and identity-based activities, but in doing...
Background: Internet communication applications have become an important social context for the deve...
Adolescents are increasingly turning to social networking sites as a means of communication. The Int...
Today\u27s experts encourage serious conversations between parents and children about the risks of o...
At a crucial stage in their biological, cognitive, social and emotional development, the internet pr...
Past research has shown that parents tend to underestimate the frequency with which their teens expe...
Child-serving professionals have struggled to understand the often complex emotional and behavioral ...
Abstract The opportunity for online engagement increases possible exposure to potentially risky beha...
Research on the risks associated with children’s use of the internet often aim to inform policies of...
The rapid increase of information and communications technology is manifested by its tremendous posi...
Parental knowledge about adolescents’ activities is an identified protective factor in terms of adol...
Item does not contain fulltextChildren’s engagement in risky online behavior—such as providing perso...
Teens in the foster care system often have histories that involve severe trauma, such as physical an...
Teens in foster care are some of the most vulnerable youth to encounter serious offline risks, such ...
Protecting adolescents from online safety risks is a major contemporary concern, and researching ado...
Teenagers are using the internet for a variety of social and identity-based activities, but in doing...
Background: Internet communication applications have become an important social context for the deve...
Adolescents are increasingly turning to social networking sites as a means of communication. The Int...
Today\u27s experts encourage serious conversations between parents and children about the risks of o...
At a crucial stage in their biological, cognitive, social and emotional development, the internet pr...
Past research has shown that parents tend to underestimate the frequency with which their teens expe...
Child-serving professionals have struggled to understand the often complex emotional and behavioral ...
Abstract The opportunity for online engagement increases possible exposure to potentially risky beha...
Research on the risks associated with children’s use of the internet often aim to inform policies of...
The rapid increase of information and communications technology is manifested by its tremendous posi...
Parental knowledge about adolescents’ activities is an identified protective factor in terms of adol...
Item does not contain fulltextChildren’s engagement in risky online behavior—such as providing perso...