We recommend Bark parental monitoring for social media, email, and texts. Use Bark Parental Controls to monitor Apple’s iMessage, along with Snapchat, Instagram, email, and a whole list of other popular social networking sites. Read about all of the platforms this amazing service covers! What is Bark? […]
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What is the Bark Monitoring Solution? In their words, “Bark is an online safety solution powered by advanced algorithms that proactively alerts parents to potential dangers, including cyberbullying, sexting, drug use, internet predators, depression and suicidal thoughts – and provides expert recommendations on how to talk
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Everything Caregivers Need to Know about AI and Deepfakes Artificial Intelligence – AI – is developing rapidly. It can create efficiency with certain tasks, including content creation and research. It’s also creating new, extremely difficult problems related to intellectual property and exploitation, including children. The Pope,
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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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Is Spotify safe for Kids? Spotify is one of the most popular music apps available across mobile devices (both Apple and Android), PCs, Macs, Chromebooks, tablets, and even gaming consoles such as PlayStation and Xbox. Even on a music streaming app, kids can still find sexual
“Chris, what’s the best phone for kids?” (Updated March 22, 2024, with new pricing) We receive this question all the time! And now that there are multiple kid phone options, parents are hungry for guidance. When Lauren was going through the tween years (now just graduated
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Minecraft App Review: Description: One the most popular games of the past decade. Minecraft allows for unending creativity, but there are risks with its multiplayer features. Since its launch way back in 2011, Minecraft has steadily grown its player base as it continues to add new
Sextortion is on the Rise Within the past three weeks, I’ve had two different families reach out to me with dire sextortion situations. In both cases, these were older kids! Ages 17 and 18, respectively. In other words, sextortion isn’t just a young kid issue. Here
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I’m So Confused by my Router! Most parents freeze up when you ask them about their router. “Is that the same as a modem? Haven’t touched it since my internet provider gave us one last year. It’s behind the couch somewhere.” And yet, at PYE, we
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This post was written in collaboration with Blythe Winslow, Founder of Everyschool, and Amy Tyson, Co-Founder and LISW. Both bring a research- and child-development-centric view to educational technology practices. Their experience is valuable and authoritative. Please share this information with your school leaders. School-Issued Devices are
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