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.
@article{arxiv.2504.15533,
title = {Towards Resilience and Autonomy-based Approaches for Adolescents Online Safety},
author = {Jinkyung Park and Mamtaj Akter and Naima Samreen Ali and Zainab Agha and Ashwaq Alsoubai and Pamela Wisniewski},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2504.15533},
year = {2025}
}