Mediate Michigan

What are some of the latest tools parents are negotiating into their mediated agreements? Just like revolutionaries who are finding innovative ways to use technology in their quest for true freedom, so too can embattled parents find Twitter, Facebook, Skype, et. al. remarkably effective tools for connecting with children and for communicating with each other. Often we have listened to parents complain that telephone contact on days when they don’t see their children, feels like little consolation. Particularly for young children who experience a few days away from each parent as a long stretch of time, the ability to video chat can be invaluable. Particularly for teens, more accustomed to texting than speaking face to face, even with their friends, technology bridges not just the time away from each other, but the generational divide as well.

via Abby Tolchinsky: The Family Social Network.