POSITIVE DIGITAL PARENTING

The main objective was to empower parents as the primary educators of their children in the digital environment and to strengthen adult educators’ competences in teaching media and digital literac...

The main objective was to empower parents as the primary educators of their children in the digital environment and to strengthen adult educators’ competences in teaching media and digital literacy. We aimed to: ● Increase parents’ knowledge of online risks, safe internet use, and healthy digital habits. ● Equip adult educators with innovative methods and tools, such as comics, digital magazines, and podcasts. ● Foster communication and trust between children and parents regarding digital life. ● Create sustainable, multilingual resources that can be reused beyond the project’s lifetime.

The project was implemented over 20 months (January 2024 – August 2025) with partners from Lithuania, Turkey, and Estonia. Key activities included: ● Project Management & Dissemination: Kick-off meeting in Vilnius, six online partner meetings, risk management, quality monitoring, five newsletters, and active dissemination on social media, EPALE, and project websites. ● PDP Family Learning Toolkit: Development of six comics for children (8–12), six interactive digital magazines for teenagers (13–20), and an “Induction to Pedagogy for Parents” guidebook (PDF, PPT, audiobook). ● PDP In-service Training Programme: Creation of a comprehensive handbook (PDF + flipbook) and a 5-day pilot training for 18 educators in Tallinn, Estonia, with Europass Mobility Certificates. ● Local Trainings: Three national training events in Lithuania, Turkey, and Estonia for a total of 90 participants (45 parents + 45 educators). ● Dissemination & Events: Erasmus Days 2024 online conference (17 organisations from across Europe), newsletters, social media campaigns, stakeholder meetings, and presentations at local schools and NGOs.

The project produced and published all planned outputs on the project website (positivedigitalparenting.com) and partner websites: ● PDP Family Learning Toolkit (comics, magazines, parent guide, audiobook) in four languages (EN, LT, TR, EE). ● PDP In-service Training Programme Handbook (PDF + flipbook). ● Project website, logo, leaflets, newsletters, press releases, and dissemination materials. Other key results: ● More than 90 parents and educators trained in local events; 18 educators trained internationally. ● Participants reported significant improvement in knowledge (+30–37% in digital skills and inclusive education confidence). ● Increased collaboration between schools, NGOs, and public education centers. ● Sustainable integration of project outputs into partner training offers, with resources available online until at least 2028. All results were published on the project website (positivedigitalparenting.com) and partner websites (TR - https://iovayouth.org/pdp-projesi, LT - https://www.ivaigo.lt/projects-1/positive-digital-parenting-(pdp), EE - https://www.ptpest.ee/622349 ) ensuring transparency.