PARENTS AND

YOUTH
DISCUSSION
GUIDE
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MIDDLE SCHOOL HIGH SCHOOL PARENTS -

PARENTS - Watch, then Watch together as a family

decide if your youth and discuss the questions on

should watch with you. the other side.

the social Technology is a tool. Tools wait
patiently. Social media is no
longer a tool. It's manipulation.
dilemma In what ways do you think you are

being manipulated? Can you give

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:
specific examples?

ASK: What are the benefits of

Name some of the negative
social media use? What are
effects of social media (increase
the problems? Do the benefits
in anxiety, depression, suicide
of social media outweigh the
among teens, fake news,
negative issues?
dysmorphia, massacres, election

manipulation). When or where

Watch movie, then continue the
have you experienced these
conversation:
effects? When have you been

triggered by a post (algorithm)?

"If you aren't paying for the
What steps can be taken as a
product, you are the product."
family or as individuals to limit
When you heard this comment,
these effects?
how did you feel? What's the

difference between being a

As people of faith, who are we
consumer and being consumed?
called to be? How are we called

to act and interact on social

When using social media, data is
media? Where can we look for
being gathered to build models
hope? How can we share love?
and predict actions, so the tech

companies can increase When you are finished with the

engagement, growth, and discussion, try an experiment,

Google the same question on

advertising. What actions do you
each person's device and see if
think the tech companies can
you get different answers?

predict about you? (Example inquiry: the earth is)