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The Secret World Your Child Could Be Living In Online
PITTSBURGH (Newsradio 1020 KDKA) – “Keeping up with technology is hard and the common joke a lot of parents make is that their young child ‘knows more about this stuff than I do’, but a local mental health counselor says it’s important that parents know about the devices their children are using.”
Workshop slated for parents about social media pitfalls children face.
NORTH HILLS (Trib Total Media) – “Ryan Klingensmith says the tricky thing about parenting in the digital age is that there is no way today’s parents and caregivers can base their approach to guiding children through social media on how they were raised.”
Creating Responsible Kids on Smartphones
ALTOONA (WTAJ News) – “Licensed counselor, Ryan Klingensmith runs workshops and counseling sessions for parents and children. Ryan wants parents to understand the ins and outs of social media so they can recognize potential issues or habits that can arise in children.”
Parents Discuss Social Media Abuse
ALTOONA (Altoona Mirror) – “Ryan Klingensmith, founder of Shape The Sky — a network of concerned parents, educators and clinicians — spoke at the Altoona Area Junior High School Auditorium. One grandfather in the crowd of about 50 admitted: ‘I’m so far out of the loop, I don’t even know what I learned.’”
Altoona Hosts Social Media Awareness Seminar for Parents
PITTSBURGH (Newsradio 1020 KDKA) – “Ryan Klingensmith, a public speaker, will speak at an internet safety seminar May 31 to make parents aware of social media misuse and take action in keeping children safe online. At the seminar, Klingensmith will speak of app reviews, cell phone use, social media use/misuse, setting expectations and discussing ways to talk to young people about wise uses of their devices.”
Meet Ryan Klingensmith, Founder of ‘Shape the Sky’
PITTSBURGH (WiseSOVA) – “In Mr. Klingensmith’s 20 years of working as a therapist, supervisor, and community educator in a variety of settings for young people and their families, he has seen many changes happening in the lives of adolescents—one of the biggest being technology.”
Shape the Sky: Overview
Young people have the knowledge to work new technology, but not always the wisdom to behave responsible on it. Adults have the wisdom to behave responsibly on it, but not always know how to work it. That’s the huge gap that Shape the Sky is trying to connect.
Program Planned to Teach Parents How to Access Social Media
WASHINGTON (Observer-Reporter Newsroom) – “’I downloaded the app because I thought it was a place to work on photos, but when I started looking around I realized it had blogs and places where people socialized,’ Klingensmith said. ‘When I began reading, I came across postings by some young people, they were sharing things that they should have been talking to their parents about, it seemed to me, or asking for professional help. It troubled me and I deleted the app but couldn’t help thinking about it.’”
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