Parenting and Education in Digital Era: Changing Roles

Abstract

Digitalization, deeply affecting daily life in almost every aspect, has brought changes to roles and duties of parents and teachers in relation to psychosocial development and education of children and youth. These duties and responsibilities rely on an idea, which emphasizes maximizing digital learning opportunities while minimizing potential digital risks for children and youth. That is because of the current context of the world, in which digitalization has been an indispensable part of daily lives of all. Stating central role of digital literacy, we have inspected the notion of digitalization in relation to its effect on young people’s psychosocial development and education by emphasizing the changing roles of parents’ and teachers’. An urgent need for a comprehensive digital literacy policy that is supporting parents and teachers has been proposed.

Keywords

• digitalization
• parenting education
• education
• digital opportunities
• digital risks