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When parents and teens both struggle with digital literacy but can't admit it

My teenage daughter knows way more about privacy settings and online safety than I do, but she also believes some things I know aren't true, and I can't figure out how to help her without admitting I'm completely lost myself. We're both pretending to be more confident about navigating the digital world than we actually are.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Two generations are performing competence around technology while both secretly feeling vulnerable and unsure.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Digital literacy and media literacy?”

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