# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Digital Communities: Understanding Your Child's Online Social World
- **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 22 Sep, 2026 at 04:00 pm – Tue, 22 Sep, 2026 at 05:30 pm (-07:00)
- **Event Description**: Explore how online friendships, gaming, and digital communities create connection and belonging for youth.About this EventExplore how online friendships, gaming, streaming, and digital communities can provide meaningful connection and belonging for youth. Parents will learn practical ways to evaluate online relationships for reciprocity, support, boundaries, and safety, while approaching their child's digital social world with curiosity rather than fear or dismissal.Learning ObjectivesParticipants will be able to:Identify different forms of online social connection, including friendship, community participation, and parasocial relationships.Evaluate online relationships using indicators of reciprocity, support, boundaries, and safety.Describe how online spaces can support belonging and social connection, including for neurodivergent youth.Apply strategies for discussing online relationships and safety with youth using curiosity, communication, and developmentally appropriate involvement.Facilitator BioAnthony Magnia, AMFT, APCC (he/they), is a certified Geek Therapist who provides identity-affirming, neurodiversity-affirming, and trauma-informed therapy to teens, adults, couples, and families. His work integrates Geek Therapy with evidence-based and culturally responsive approaches to help clients explore identity, relationships, emotional well-being, and the ways their interests and communities can support growth.Supervised by Julian Heart, LMFT Questions?Contact us at (510) 981-5350 or email phmailbox@berkeleyca.gov.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/berkeley/digital-communities-understanding-your-childs-online-social-world/100001998272117696
- **Event Categories**: virtual
- **Interested Audience**: 
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- **Event Highlights**: 
  - Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
  - Location: West Berkeley Family Wellness Center, Sixth Street, Berkeley, CA, USA
  - Languages: English

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- **city**: Berkeley
- **state**: CA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: West Berkeley Family Wellness Center, Sixth Street, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- **full address**: West Berkeley Family Wellness Center, Sixth Street, Berkeley, CA, USA, United States

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Digital Communities: Understanding Your Child's Online Social World being held?
  - **A:** Digital Communities: Understanding Your Child's Online Social World takes place on Tue, 22 Sep, 2026 at 04:00 pm to Tue, 22 Sep, 2026 at 05:30 pm at West Berkeley Family Wellness Center, Sixth Street, Berkeley, CA, USA, United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Digital Communities: Understanding Your Child's Online Social World?
  - **A:** Digital Communities: Understanding Your Child's Online Social World is organized by City of Berkeley + Niroga Institute.
- **Q**: What has been the experience of attendees at City of Berkeley + Niroga Institute's events?
  - **A:** Attendees have given City of Berkeley + Niroga Institute a rating of 5/5 based on reviews from early attendees on AllEvents. City of Berkeley + Niroga Institute has a verified profile on AllEvents where you can read reviews and explore their upcoming events.

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