- FAMILY TIP SHEET HIGH SCHOOL
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ONLINE SELF-EXPRESSION / TIP SHEET / DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP / REV DATE 2016
www.commonsense.org/educators | CREATIVE COMMONS: ATTRIBUTION-NONCOMMERCIAL-SHAREALIKE
What’s the Issue? Exploration
online can allow teens to seek out support and resources not readily available offline.
- So although trying out different personas online can be beneficial,
it can also be problematic.
- Teens may try out different personas online, or exaggerate things about
themselves, but this is a normal part of figuring out who they are and who they want to be in the world.
- They also have the power to affect others positively or negatively th...
9-12-familytip-online_self-expression.pdf 
