TALKING TO TWEENS AND TEENS: WHITE SUPREMACY, BLACK LIVES MATTER AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN

Writer, editor and media critic Joanna Schroeder talks about the use of social media by white supremacy groups to radicalize young minds. What can parents do about keeping their teens and tweens safe from hate online, and how to talk to kids about race and prejudice.

Some key take aways:

• Start young, talk to your kids about difficult topics early on.

• Media literacy, specially social media use is an important skill, ensure your child is using it safely from your phone in the beginning.

• Let the teens and tweens explain how things work, what they are seeing online and thinking .

• Discuss the current events with your teens and tweens—whats happening, why it’s happening and what role can they play.

• Educate yourself on the topics of social justice with quick online resources. The more aware parents are, the better conversations they can have their children.

You can read Joanna’s article for the New York Times here.

Joanna Schroeder is a feminist writer, editor, and media critic with a focus on parenting and gender issues. Her work. has appeared in the New York Times, and online in publications such as Time Magazine, The Huffington Post, Esquire, Redbook, Cosmo and more. She is the mother of a toddler, a tween, and a teen and a lover of outdoor sports.