Want to create an interactive transcript for this episode?
Podcast: Smart Social Podcast: Keeping students safe so they can Shine Online
Episode: Talking With Kids About Advertising with Guest Suzanne Tomlinson
Description: These 3 tips can help your child see ads through a critical lens:1. Explain advertising, in general, using examples your child encounters the most, whether that’s TV commercials or pop-up ads in their favorite app. Advertisers want us to buy their stuff, so they try different methods to make us want what they’re selling. Advertisers track the digital places we visit online to show us things they know we’re interested in.2. Teach your child how to look for words in posts and images like “ad”, “sponsored content”, “hide”, or even a small X in a corner. Demon...