This study aimed to determine the relationship between digital parenting awareness of parents with children aged 6 to 18 years, their parenting-related activities on social media, and their children's levels of social media use. This descriptive, cross-sectional study was conducted between December 15, 2023, and March 15, 2024, in a city center, involving 382 parents and their children. On average, parents spent 2.50 +/- 1.44 h per day on social media. The average age at which children first created a social media account was 9.72 +/- 3.64 years. According to the DPAS, parents exhibited high awareness in the sub-dimensions of "Efficient Use" (13.798 +/- 3.937) and "Protecting from Risks" (12.565 +/- 3.890) and lower awareness in "Negative Role Modeling" (8.683 +/- 3.090) and "Digital Neglect" (9.452 +/- 3.362). Both the parents' SS scores (27.235 +/- 8.983) and children's SMUS scores (18.447 +/- 7.275) were low. Positive correlations were observed between the DPAS sub-dimensions of Negative Role Modeling and Digital Neglect, and both SS (r = 0.379, p < 0.001; r = 0.311, p < 0.001) and SMUS (r = 0.404, p < 0.001; r = 0.316, p < 0.001) scores. In contrast, the DPAS Efficient Use sub-dimension showed negative correlations with SS (r = -0.209, p < 0.001) and SMUS (r = -0.129, p < 0.011), and the DPAS Protecting from Risks sub-dimension was negatively correlated with SS (r = -0.196, p < 0.001). Parents who demonstrated greater digital parenting awareness exercised more effective oversight of their children's social media activities. Furthermore, parents' social media posts on their children influenced their children's social media use patterns.