Raising kids in the digital age means making dozens of small tech decisions before your child ever asks for a smartphone, and those early choices matter more than most parents realize. The tech use habits you model, as well as the tone and approach you take to tech in these early elementary years help pave a path for tech use in the future that includes being able to talk openly and honestly about what they experience when online. Setting tech boundaries early can help protect children from harmful content now and help prevent future risks like eating disorders, vaping or under-age drinking. We discuss the five proactive steps parents of elementary aged children can take now to “get ahead” of all the more complicated tech choices that are coming their way:

- Modeling the tech habits we want to teach
- Creating a family approach to tech (digital ecosystem)
- Delaying exposure to the most problematic types of tech
- Setting up guardrails for balanced tech use
- Creating community around shared tech norms. Includes intro to Kids IRL

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