Parents and youth advocates: join us for an eye-opening webinar, “Navigating Digital Peer Pressure,” featuring Sofia Alvarez, a recent SoCal high school graduate. Sofia shares her candid experiences and insights on digital peer pressures and social contagion phenomena reshaping the teenage landscape. This webinar is perfect for parents, educators, and mental health professionals interested in understanding the impact of digital distractions and social media on youth. Even teens who are annoyed they don’t have access to smart phones or social media should watch this! It’s simply not worth the new risks and exposure to sophisticated scams to indulge in social media pressures before you are fully formed and functional young human.

Key Topics:

• Digital Peer Pressure: Sofia’s firsthand experiences with intense digital peer pressures and the glamorization of troubling trends like distributing deepfake nudes in high school.
• Impact of Social Media: How constant digital distractions and social media have changed high school, creating relentless drama, and creativity killer.
• Benefits of Delayed Access: Advantages of delaying access to smartphones and social media for a balanced and protective coming of age experience.
• Digital Misbehavior: Understanding the legality and mental health impact of cyberbullying and how to talk to teens about preventing harm and potentially long lasting consequences.