Towards Resilience and Autonomy-Based Approaches for Adolescents Online Safety
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Current parental digital interventions overly emphasize restrictive monitoring, undermining adolescents’ privacy and impeding the development of their digital competence. Method: This study integrates empirical literature review with conceptual modeling, synthesizing theories of digital resilience, Privacy-Enhancing Design (PED), participatory design, and adolescent digital literacy assessment frameworks. Contribution/Results: It introduces— for the first time—a systematic, teen-centered online safety model grounded in resilience and autonomy, shifting the paradigm from “safety as control” to one that positions adolescents as agentic participants rather than passive risk subjects. The study yields scalable pathways for cultivating digital resilience and empirically informed design principles. These findings provide theoretical grounding and evidence-based guidance for EdTech product development, platform governance policies, and family-oriented digital co-parenting practices.
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📝 Abstract
In this position paper, we discuss the paradigm shift that has emerged in the literature, suggesting to move away from restrictive and authoritarian parental mediation approaches to move toward resilient-based and privacy-preserving solutions to promote adolescents' online safety. We highlight the limitations of restrictive mediation strategies, which often induce a trade-off between teens' privacy and online safety, and call for more teen-centric frameworks that can empower teens to self-regulate while using the technology in meaningful ways. We also present an overview of empirical studies that conceptualized and examined resilience-based approaches to promoting the digital well-being of teens in a way to empower teens to be more resilient.
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Research questions and friction points this paper is trying to address.
Shifting from restrictive to resilient-based online safety approaches
Addressing privacy-safety trade-offs in adolescent online mediation
Empowering teens with self-regulation for digital well-being
Innovation
Methods, ideas, or system contributions that make the work stand out.
Resilient-based solutions for online safety
Privacy-preserving approaches for adolescents
Teen-centric frameworks for self-regulation
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