Where Kids Use Tech Dictates How They Use Tech Parents can’t control all of the doorways that exist for a child to access the web. Creating a teach-ready home is one thing, but how many other ways exist for your child to watch YouTube without you knowing? […]
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Wherever the Kids Are is Also Where the Predators Are This is a statement we make during all of our talks to parents. It’s just an unfortunate digital reality. Kids are harassed online. We no longer just need to lock the front door and windows in
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**Trigger warning. We’ve included screenshots and one video from our Snapchat experience. This content might be triggering due to its highly sexualized nature. If you are sensitive to this type of content, please be careful.** Snapchat Testified in Front of the US Senate On October 26,
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Here are the results of your quiz. You answered question 1 as . Consider the significance of playing video games WITH your kids. You answered question 2 as . Keep strong controls over device use in certain locations, including bedrooms, bathrooms, sleepovers, and anywhere during the
Today’s world is bursting with information – including fake news. We have so much right at our fingertips. But how much of what’s out there is actually credible? In an effort to combat the rise in misinformation, Google recently developed an internet initiative called Be Internet
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**WARNING – the stories, words, and images included in this post are extremely graphic. But every child who has Instagram has instant access to photos like these. With zero parental controls. October 28, 2019 Update from the BBC – as a continued response to the suicide
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(Original post from 2018, but updated constantly) A Kansas City hospital has seen a horrifying increase in peer-on-peer sexual abuse among children and they have a theory on what is causing it. “Last year, Children’s Mercy saw 444 kids who were sexually abused within the last
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Are Sleepovers a Good Idea in the Digital Age? This is the question I want to explore in this blog post. It might be summer time when you’re reading this, which means your kids are spending more time in other places. Sleepovers might happen more frequently.
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The Complete Guide to Chromebook Parental Controls Special note related to anyone in a virtual learning situation (changes that were made to Chromebooks during the pandemic): Parents, we know that more kids than ever are using Google Classroom as a result of virtual learning. If using