{"id":1146,"date":"2008-01-22T18:45:50","date_gmt":"2008-01-22T18:45:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.designedtoinspire.com\/blog\/tv-pbs-frontline-growing-up-online\/"},"modified":"2026-11-11T22:04:36","modified_gmt":"2026-11-12T03:04:36","slug":"tv-pbs-frontline-growing-up-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.designedtoinspire.com\/blog\/tv-pbs-frontline-growing-up-online\/","title":{"rendered":"TV: PBS Frontline Growing Up Online"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I just watched the PBS Frontline special Growing Up Online<\/a>. PBS has made the full version of the program available online, along with extended clips, discussion boards, and chat room (live on Wednesday 01\/22 at 11 a.m. ET<\/a>)<\/a>. <\/p>\n

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FRONTLINE: growing up online | PBS<\/a> via kwout<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\nI am quite familiar with the issues and technologies highlighted in the
\npiece, I was pleasantly surprised by the balanced vibe of the program.
\nThe fear of helicopter parents faced with a cavernous digital divide is
\naddressed, but so is the fact that much of the hysteria is overblown.
\nIt is little wonder that this tightly controlled generation has taken
\nto the Internet as an open social outlet. What is not lost within the
\npiece is that the Internet is our new reality and that it is better for
\nadults to understand the online world and appreciate the abilities of
\ntheir children to negotiate it, rather than attempt to ignore or block
\nits existence. As several kids in the piece noted, if they are blocked
\nfrom access they will simply go elsewhere to connect to their online
\nlives. <\/p><\/div>\n

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