Empowering youth to cultivate digital wellness for their mental, physical, and relational wellbeing.
Each letter in FILTER stands for one of the six areas we focus our teaching within: Following, Intentions, Life Story, Time, Emotions, and Reality. By acknowledging the positive, and safe guarding against the negative, we truly believe we can change the trajectory of the ways we are seeing Social Media affect our lives. We hope to stop the problem before it starts by teaching young people to set h
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11/17/2023
Check out FILTER president Hannah George most recent interview with Steve Baumgartner, host of the Fire Forged Leader podcast!
Step Into the Fray [Part 10] - Technology Expert - Hannah George FILTER is a digital well-being and online safety curriculum designed to empower young people to set boundaries, create good habits, and achieve healthier rel...
09/14/2023
Fantastic video from Thorn on what to do when you make a not so great decision online. Teens need to know that their life isnt over just because photos were shared online that were never meant to be out there. Relevant and spoken in a language a teen can connect with!
Stop Sextortion | Thorn Thorn’s Stop Sextortion campaign and PSA, narrated by Shay Mitchell, seeks to increase awareness about sextortion, destigmatize the issue, and encourage indi...
08/11/2023
The REALITY session of our newest curriculum has been updated to include a section dedicated to AI, creating conversations that encourage kids to use this new technology with wisdom and caution.
A big thanks to Jim Cole for assisting FILTER in creating this portion of the program!
08/09/2023
Remembering that social media is NOT reality can free us from cycles of comparison and striving. Our program empowers youth to live presently & authentic to themselves.
08/07/2023
The sixth and final letter in FILTER stands for REALITY, and is the topic of instruction for the last week of the curriculum!
This portion has been most recently updated in our 2023-2024 school year curriculum to include Artificial Intelligence & how to distinguish fact from opinion online.
08/04/2023
Emotions have a large impact on mental health, so this week we’re talking about how social media is impacting the mental health of our youth.
Take a couple minutes to read this post with the link in our bio.
08/02/2023
The fifth letter in FILTER stands for EMOTIONS, and is the topic of instruction for the fifth week in our digital wellness curriculum.
This is where we focus on mental health, and steps we can take to practice mindfulness in our consumption of media.
07/21/2023
Actually reducing screen time can be hard. Here’s some encouragement to make it happen!
07/19/2023
Here are some of FILTER’s tips & tricks for managing screen time.
07/17/2023
The fourth letter in FILTER stands for TIME — the topic of instruction for the fourth week in our digital wellness curriculum.
How much time are you spending online? How does that impact & change your life? We’ll be talking about that & more this week!
07/14/2023
Data permanency is a big reason why Life Story is such a powerful topic in the FILTER First curriculum. We believe in the importance of educating children early on so they can be good stewards of their digital footprints and online presence.
07/14/2023
Read through this post to understand the power of the digital footprint in Life Story.
