Guide to Supporting the Digital Lives of Children and Adolescents
Data and resources for parents and educators to help promote the responsible use of technology in classrooms and homes.
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Technology is an integral part of the daily lives of children and adolescents, so we must create opportunities for informed dialogue on how to support them in their relationship with technology.
This UNICEF Guide to Keeping Children and Adolescents Safe Online[SA1] aims to contribute data and practical recommendations to the discussions already taking place every day in families and classrooms across Latin America and the Caribbean: from whether or not to use screens to educate young children to the debate over restricting social media use.
Over the course of 2026, UNICEF, in collaboration with the news outlet Infobae, will publish a series of resources that can be used by parents and educators to strengthen the digital skills of children and adolescents and protect their rights.
A step-by-step guide for you
Find here the topics covered in the Guide, which will be published in installments.
Part 1:
Is it a good idea to ban social media for children and adolescents?
➡️ Follow here: UNICEF presents the pros, cons and alternatives to restricting mobile phone use.
Part 2:
Artificial intelligence and children. Opportunities, risks and support.
Part 3:
Should mobile phones be banned in classrooms?
Part 4:
What can we do about the new risks that digital technologies pose to children?
➡️ Read more here: UNICEF identifies different situations that can affect children and adolescents.
