In the current age, small children are born into a world full of media and digital devices. This is why media education should be considered early on in families, preferably before the child is born. Mannerheim League for Child Welfare (MLL) encourages parents to ponder digital media and interactions in the family from the young children’s point of view with a versatile online resource. The resource "Vauvana ja taaperona digiajassa" (Being a baby and a toddler in the digital age) features articles, exercises, podcasts, and videos by professionals.

The resource provides information, tips and food for thought for parents on how to provide safe media environment for a very young child, how to use and manage the media and mobile devices in a child-friendly way at home, and how to take care of digital wellbeing of the whole family. The online resource helps parents to gain understanding on in which ways the media may affect the child, what to consider related to very young children’s own safe and suitable media use and also how to respect the child’s right to privacy when it comes to parent’s own social media use.

This resource is targeted to parents of children aged 0-3, families expecting a child and other educators and professionals working with families with young children e.g. at maternity clinics.