Informed Parenting in the Social Media Era

7:00 PM 

Featuring Pascale Burns

About the Event

Parenting today is a wonderfully complicated adventure that requires a steadfast commitment to understanding the world through the lens of our children. It’s a very different lens than the one we grew up with. Their lens includes easy access to technology and engagement on multiple social media platforms that for many has become a fixture of their daily social lives and for many a mainstay of their social engagement.

The conundrum we face as parents is how to provide guardrails and guidance practically, emotionally, and psychologically while balancing the need for them to develop as morally responsible stewards of their freedom in an independent but safe way.

Join us for a deep dive into the pros and cons for our teens of the most popular social media platforms. We will run a live demonstration of one of them and unpack recent data on social media’s impact on mental heath. Together, we will discuss strategies to curate our own approach to social media engagement so that our children see us as working with them and not against them.

Pascale Burns is a Licensed Clinical Professional MA, LCPC Counselor with over 18 years of clinical experience. She obtained her Bachelor’s Degree in Speech from Northwestern University and her Master’s Degree in Clinical Psychology from the Illinois School of Professional Psychology.

Pascale’s clinical experience includes 2 years of Master’s practicum work, 11 years of crisis assessment and counseling at Alexian Brothers Behavioral Health Hospital in Hoffman Estates and 5 years as a psychotherapist in private practice in Park Ridge, IL.

She is a proud mother of 6, including several Willows girls (two graduates, one current).

Informed Parenting in the Social Media Era is a part of our Raising Great Girls speaker series.